# Compress Photos & Pictures — user reviews > 340 indexed App Store user reviews of Compress Photos & Pictures by New Marketing Lab, Inc, rated 4.70/5 from 22,412 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/compress-photos-and-pictures/id1449007043/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/compress-photos-and-pictures/id1449007043.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19,165 · 4★ 1,556 · 3★ 617 · 2★ 270 · 1★ 804 ## What do users think of Compress Photos & Pictures? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Effective compression - 💡 Useful for reducing photo file size - 🚀 Fast processing - 🚀 Saves a lot of storage space **Cons** - 🐛 Compression issues (photos look distorted or washed out) - 🐛 Crashes or freezes during batch processing - 🔍 Difficult to find compressed photos in library - 💰 Aggressive ads in free version - 💰 Paid version still has ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent compression quality - Compressed photos not saving properly - Incorrect file size display before compression - Inability to delete compressed photos - Incompatibility with certain photo formats (e.g. RAW) **Most requested features** - Option to select desired output file size - Ability to preserve EXIF/metadata information - Batch processing with no limits - Sort/filter photos by file size - Dedicated album for compressed photos ## Newest reviews (10 of 340) ### 3/5 — Best *2026-08-21, version 3.3* Best ### 2/5 — Pop-ups *2026-08-13, version 3.3* I try to use the app and continue to get annoying pop-ups for void flick…frustrating! Just let me compress photos please. ### 4/5 — Pretty good compression tool *2026-08-05, version 3.3* Creates small and high quality compressions with ease. Only flaw is that it doesn’t allow sorting by file size. ### 2/5 — Ads *2026-07-07, version 3.3* Way too many ads makes it very annoying to use. ### 4/5 — This saved my iPhone storage *2026-04-17, version 3.3* I’ve been deleting apps important videos and pictures.And still my storage yet is full.After I download this amazing app.My storage has more space.However this app requires payment when I pick more vids or pics but that’s still fine.Whoever created this is a genius. An amazing app for sure. ### 3/5 — Good start *2026-04-03, version 3.3* Would be better if it let you select all photos, or all photos matching certain criteria. 50-photo limit silly, since can internally group into batches. ### 2/5 — was nice. now partly unusable *2026-03-16, version 3.3* shows compression size 0 bytes. after month unable to use, l found I have to use advanced compression settings. setting to HEIC is 0 bytes and crashes , but jpeg works. wth? the links in menus dont work anymore, it always says “only from photos app” even from photos app. still loses caption with “conserve metadata on” . still shows very different file sizes than photoapp. jul30. l paid $10 and it keeps crashing. no fix. jun7. still crashes when l press compress. what’s going on? may28:new engine? still says “works only from photo app” -it does not. when I use the compress app, it crashes. -don’t update yet. dec2024. work around: I cannot use “all photos” because of mention earlier. but l now use select photos which seems to work. still no fix of this annoying bug since over a month. nov25: major weird bug: compresses total different photos with same name but years older. all my new photos names eg IMG_0244 exist already. so IMG_0244-compressed is a totally diff photo. how is a file identified? why double names that cannot be changed? No memory warning. memory and space kinda full tho. 2.and yes, the file size was always different from what the iphone says. most of my photos are “cropped screenshots”. each app shows different sizes. sept8 :bug: lost caption after entering it after compressing 2photos at once.(no field to enter again) ——first test show that some cropped screenshots get compressed but original screen size photo. most of my screenshots are cropped, and I have to crop them again after compression. I got a “memory warning”,tho. then I simply close all apps from memory. the date is newer making the file show up at way different place than orig. and I need to change date of a file that I might have let deleted. complicated. Its always unclear if it gets fullrender compressed. Often I dont want it compressed but simply a smaller file bec. an apple-cropped picture is often still stored as the original and I just want to erase the cropped-away part. apple shows diff. filesizes. some ads now are in full chinese, you have tapwithout knowing what it says to continue.mar6,2024 ok, I paid the $10. now its still hard to find the compressed picsin photo app to see the changes. have to scroll thru 5000photos each time. the sorting is different. what makes it harder too is that it doesnot show the full pic, and only little, esp. with similar photos. apr5,2024 seems he doesnot understand what I mean. there are no compressed photos before I let it compress. which ones should I compress before I kniw which ones? Does not copy the caption. nov20,2025: still shows wrong sizes. eg 53kB, photoapp shows 560kB. then sometimes “cannot compress further. sometimes it can. mar2026: still shows wrong filesize for edited pics and connot compress. ### 1/5 — Wasted My Money *2026-03-13, version 3.3* Crashes every time i try to compress photos ### 5/5 — Compress more than 50 pls *2026-03-12, version 3.3* 50 is better than 3 but for $12 at least 100 please and thank you ### 3/5 — Good app *2026-02-27, version 3.3* How does it compress a 4MB photo to just 39kBytes with almost no blurring? Sounds unbelievable. Diff. apps show diff file sizes tho. Does it copy the caption?? Worth the 13$ for life without ads. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — stupid offers *2026-07-18, version 3.3* this app is horrible to claim to be free but does not allow me to compress a photo because the BUY subscription pops up the 50 times I tried to compress a photo ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-09, version 3.3* Can only compress 3 photos at a time and have to watch 3 ads then get asked to rate the app. Can’t even tell if it works yet… ### 1/5 — Too many ads. Deleted app. *2026-06-25, version 3.3* Omg the ads! Holy cow I can’t get anywhere with this. Immediately deleted after trying it briefly. Ads pop up after each small step. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2026-06-07* Bought and still act like garbage ### 1/5 — Scammy ads *2026-05-16* Free version has full-screen ads that are frustrating to continue past, including claims that your phone has been hacked. ### 1/5 — Ads are awful *2026-05-11, version 3.3* Free version bombs false ads about virus attacks. Also doesn’t change image dimensions as expected; smaller size (eg for Twitter profile) is only in KB not HxW. Also pic quality becomes poor regardless of setting. ### 1/5 — Hacked app *2026-04-30, version 3.3* This app has been infected with some sort of hacking software. Beware when you use it ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-04-03, version 3.3* Do not touch this app. It sends your details to another company. In my case "topfitroutine.com" They take £0.01 from your bank account then take more after 3 days. They then claim you signed up with them directly and refuse to back down or refund you. ### 1/5 — Adds *2026-04-01, version 3.3* Your adds suck go away and let me compress my files ### 1/5 — Unable to use app because ad blocks won’t close *2026-04-01, version 3.3* Unusable ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Is very convenient and fast! *2026-08-26, version 3.3* The lifetime membership was extremely cheap and the software works extremely quickly and isn’t super complicated. It has definitely been a lifesaver for me! Would recommend for anyone who isn’t very tech-savvy. ### 5/5 — Easy Peezy *2026-07-18, version 3.3* The App is very easy to use. The quality of compressed images are flawless. I am photographer who send image to websites and the compression is very good. Worth the money if you are creative. ### 5/5 — Works great *2026-07-16* Love this app. Works great for me ### 5/5 — Perfect app for sending job site photos to clients *2026-07-14* I am a contractor and send photos of all repairs before and after to my clients. On average every bid may include 50 or more photos. Impossible to send that many photos over email. This app lets me control the photo size so I can send as many photos as I need. The image quality is perfectly acceptable for my line of work. I recommend this app for any job that includes photos in a formal report or project ### 5/5 — Great way to reduce size *2026-07-07* Working amazingly well for over a year. ### 5/5 — Clean and easy! *2026-06-08, version 3.3* Was looking for an app that would simply let me resize photos on my iPhone as I used to do on my android. Don’t throw $30 at that other app. Keep it simple, get what you need and get this app! ### 5/5 — Engenheiro *2026-05-18* Excelente ### 5/5 — Life Saver *2026-05-15, version 3.3* This app works flawlessly and is a true lifesaver!! Thanks for a great product for a great price!! ### 5/5 — Unexpected *2026-04-23* I have checked every single website and app yet none worked but this actually works ### 5/5 — Working good *2026-04-09* Good --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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