# Video Compress - Shrink Videos — user reviews > 1,230 indexed App Store user reviews of Video Compress by Shenzhen Jinxixi Technology Co., Ltd., rated 4.50/5 from 11,445 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compress-shrink-videos/id1163846234/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compress-shrink-videos/id1163846234.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,667 · 4★ 1,375 · 3★ 366 · 2★ 201 · 1★ 836 ## What do users think of Video Compress? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Works great - 🚀 Quick and easy to use - 💡 Useful for compressing videos - 👍 Simple and straightforward - 👍 Preserves video quality - 👍 Gives control over compression level **Cons** - 🐛 Compression fails on some devices - 🔍 Ads can be intrusive - 🔍 Ads sometimes block UI elements - 🐛 Compression info not always accurate - 🔍 Requires access to all photos **Commonly reported bugs** - Fails to compress videos larger than 10GB - Unable to compress the same video multiple times - Compression screen sometimes shows gray instead of videos **Most requested features** - Preset bitrate options - Preserve original video metadata - Landscape mode support - Option to remove ads ## Newest reviews (10 of 1,230) ### 2/5 — Crashes *2026-08-22, version 2.4.1* When the app works it works alright but fails more often than it works. It pops up a message saying it’s failed. No explanation why. Force close and restarting doesn’t work, only works when it decides too ### 4/5 — 还好吧 *2026-08-12, version 2.4.1* 能永久免费吗 ### 2/5 — Very buggy lately *2026-08-06, version 2.4.1* Used to work great. Now it freezes and won't load photos. I'm not certain why it changed all of a sudden. ### 5/5 — Works well *2026-07-22, version 2.4.1* Just downloaded and works really well! ### 3/5 — Was good, now unusable *2026-07-19, version 2.4.1* I love this app and i've used it for years. However in a recent update, the compress button is blocked by advertising, making it unable to start the compressing operation. I'd love to reinstall and improve rating when this issue is resolved. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-07-18, version 2.4.1* Genuinely love this, its fast easy and honestly the small little features that make it still look high graphic make it even better!! Im glad I found this otherwise I’d be having hundreds of GB hogging my storage XD ### 5/5 — Rating for compressor *2026-07-18, version 2.4.1* Great compressor for videos ### 1/5 — Bad experience *2026-07-12, version 2.4.1* I downloaded the app and paid $1.99 to fix one video and it didn’t work. I can’t even find the account to cancel it. I do not want to continue with this subscription. It is of no use to me. ### 4/5 — It works *2026-07-11, version 2.4.1* It allowed me to send a video to my daughter to start it off at 56. Meg got it down a size 1/3 of that at least. ### 5/5 — Hoori *2026-06-29, version 2.4.1* Hoori ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This doesn’t work *2026-08-28, version 2.4.2* Waste of time. Will be deleted after this review. ### 1/5 — 2 min. of adds to compress 15 sec of video *2026-08-27, version 2.4.2* Fail ### 1/5 — Dead App. Doesn’t work. *2026-08-19, version 2.4.1* I used to use this all the time. Then one day it stopped working. Changed phone stopped working. Downloaded. Delisted. Tried everything different Apple devices. It’s no longer works. ### 1/5 — Unusable with ads *2026-08-16, version 2.4.1* Compress button is blocked by ads. No way to close or move them. Used to work great, now unusable. ### 1/5 — No *2026-08-06, version 2.4.1* Could not get it to work switch to some gaming ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-04, version 2.4.1* Download the app, but the button necessary to compress the file is covered by Add Links. I clicked the ad link to see if I could then compress the file, but was directed to download another app for pornography. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-07-26, version 2.4.1* Does not work ### 1/5 — Not enough info *2026-07-26, version 2.4.1* I tried this app today to shrink a jpg, not the write app of course, but already charged. I was not aware or could not remember sighing up to be charged when app was used. Thought it would have been a one time payment which I usually go for. Hard to track with not enough info on PayPal transaction, just a simple mention of Video Compress would have done it. Can’t find where to remove auto payments on App either. Cancelled App now. Be aware. ### 1/5 — Ads Don’t clear *2026-07-26, version 2.4.1* Compression works just fine but requires to watch an ad banner to be able to download and after you watch it it just doesn’t clear and there’s no way to close it out without clearing the app (swiping up) and you lose your compressed video and start again with the same problem. ### 1/5 — Ads are in the way? *2026-07-21, version 2.4.1* Conveniently, there’s an ad right where you press “compress” and I’ve pressed on it six or seven times and I can’t even use the app for what it’s marketed for. A bunch of pop-ups. Am I supposed to press on this ad for like 10 times or something??????? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My experience *2026-08-31, version 2.4.2* It does what it says it’s going to do and it’s easy to use ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-08-31, version 2.4.2* Simple, practical, and without many ads! ### 5/5 — Better quality again<3 *2026-08-28, version 2.4.2* Finally! Since the latest update (v2.4.2) that just came out, compressed video at the same 2.4 Mbps is good enough quality for small text to be readable again. It does take longer to encode - maybe just make that clear in the selectable options (“faster speed” and “better quality”, rather than “standard” and “efficient” which aren’t very clear in meaning). ### 5/5 — Best compressor on ios *2026-08-24, version 2.4.2* Thank you for updating this app. It broke for a while but this new update has made it better than ever. So fast and painless to use. A+ ### 5/5 — Keep getting error *2026-08-21, version 2.4.1* I paid for … still issues ### 5/5 — Super *2026-08-21, version 2.4.1* ❤️ ### 5/5 — GREAT APP!! *2026-08-14, version 2.4.1* Of several different video compression apps I’ve used, this stands out as the best! For example, the first video I wanted to impress to email was approximately 170 MB, I use this app, and I got it to just below 25 MB and emailed it to myself as a test, and there was no loss in video Quality! I highly recommend ### 5/5 — Better than expected *2026-08-11, version 2.4.1* Help me a lot to release space storage on my iPad and the quality of the videos looks great. ### 5/5 — Julio *2026-07-28, version 2.4.1* Buena aplicación ### 5/5 — Rating *2026-07-25, version 2.4.1* Does exactly what it’s supposed to do👍👍 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*