# Video Compressor - Kompresso — user reviews > 59 indexed App Store user reviews of Video Compressor by Baris Ulas Cukur, rated 4.60/5 from 107 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compressor-kompresso/id6740043017/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compressor-kompresso/id6740043017.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 89 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Video Compressor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Extremely fast compression - 👍 Simple and intuitive UI - 🔒 No data collection - 💡 Convenient video compression option - 👍 Works well with RAW videos **Cons** - 🐛 Awkward handling of horizontal screen recordings - 🐛 Compression sometimes goes over 100% - 👎 Freemium model not preferred by all users **Commonly reported bugs** - Compression goes to 103% complete - Incompatible with older devices **Most requested features** - Batch selection of videos - Photo compression option - Sort by largest video files - Ability to compress from Files app, not just Photos - Automatic deletion of original video after compression ## Newest reviews (12 of 59) ### 4/5 — Really great video compressor *2026-04-24, version 1.4.6* It’s wonderful and super useful. The settings are fairly customizable to give a tradeoff between quality and space. The only things I wish is that it could automatically adjust the timestamp to match (the metadata setting doesn’t seem to work for that), and possibly support queuing files. Also the background processing failing is a little unfortunate but afaik that’s not an issue with the app itself. ### 5/5 — Best video compressor ever! *2026-01-28, version 1.4.5* Easiest video compressor I’ve ever used and so fast! ### 5/5 — Finally a good video compressor with options *2026-01-26* So many apps for video compression seem to be made with little thought that some people would want more than 2 options. The app I used to use before I found this app through a Reddit post when googling for a better app, only had small, medium, and big options for resolution and a bitrate slider, that’s it. This app actually allows you to choose video codec, bitrate, framerate, file container, and a specific resolution like 4K, 1080p, 720p, or original. I just starting using it and really wanna buy lifetime but I genuinely can’t afford it right now, the App Store page shows a $2/month tier which I planned to sign up for but sadly it’s only $2/week or $20/lifetime, which isn’t a bad price but I can only afford to buy the weekly subscription every once in a while and compress everything at once. The App Store showing $2/month did mislead me, I’m still very happy I downloaded the app however and hope I can afford to support the dev in the future, been looking for an iOS app like this for years. Would give this 4.5 stars for the misleading App Store in-app purchase menu but in lieu of that option, it still deserves 5 stars more than 4. **Developer response:** Hi Aidan, Thank you so much for your kind words. Please send me an email at kompresso@barisulas.app and we can work something out for you :) ### 5/5 — Very good (can we have a Mac version?) *2026-01-17, version 1.4.4* The compression system is very good and keeps all the metadata (even GPS location)! Which not many converts can actually do … can we have a Mac version? Or at least install the iOS app on Mac ? ### 5/5 — I want to make a deal with you *2026-01-03, version 1.4.4* Changing my review to 5 stars, app works really well, I’m just having a payment issue, I hope to be resolved soon! ### 5/5 — I literally use this daily. Amazing! *2025-12-28, version 1.4.4* Thanks so much! Please add batch processing/a queue! ### 5/5 — Finally useful app worth the price *2025-12-07, version 1.4.4* Finally got the app that works! It saved me over 50gb space. Compared to others its faster, and the quality loss is not significant. (The others make video quality poor) im really glad that i found that and i make a subscription. Thx ### 5/5 — Needs Batch Compress! *2025-12-02* Great product at a very fair price for Lifetime purchase. Thank you. I really like the UI, the presets if you want and the ability to control more of your compression if you want. The only feature that I would like to see would be to have the ability to select and compress multiple videos at once. Still giving you 5 stars for an awesome app. **Developer response:** Hi there, batch processing is now available on versions 2.0 and later. Enjoy :) ### 5/5 — Yeap *2025-11-20, version 1.4.4* Cool App! ### 4/5 — Very good compression *2025-11-16, version 1.4.4* The compression speed and quality is impressive. Loading videos takes a while. Improvements I would like to see: - faster loading - batch compression - more filtering and sorting options. It would also be nice to see file size in the file explorer or at least filter by size (eg more than 100 MB) good work! ### 5/5 — Wow! *2025-11-12* Great product at a very fair price for Lifetime purchase. Thank you. I really like the UI, the presets if you want and the ability to control more of your compression if you want. The only feature that I would like to see would be to have the ability to select and compress multiple videos at once. Still giving you 5 stars for an awesome app. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-11-03* Would be really nice to sort by largest file size to clear up space. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Didn’t work at all *2026-03-02, version 1.4.6* 30 minutes and zero KB compressed ### 1/5 — App stopped working *2026-02-07, version 1.4.5* I wish I could love this product, given it’s made by an independent developer. But the app has simply stopped working. I paid for the lifetime subscription, and after converting 4 videos in total, the app won’t finish converting any more videos. It would get stuck in the conversion stage. I tried uninstalling and installing it, contacting the developer, but nothing has worked so far and I feel a bit scammed out of paying for the lifetime subscription. ### 1/5 — Was pretty good before *2026-01-18* I got it when it had initially released and was happy with the app, you either had 3 compressions a day for free or you paid if you wanted more, seemed reasonable. This was completely removed and now it’s $20 for an app made to compress discord videos (no, offering a subscription isn’t helpful) **Developer response:** Hi there, We identified an account sync issue that caused this problem and fixed it in version 1.4.5. Could you please update Kompresso and try again? If the issue persists, feel free to contact us at kompresso@barisulas.app. Best regards, Baris. ### 1/5 — Original users rug pulled by dev 👎 *2026-01-07* For long time users and supporters of this app, the developer basically rug pulled us. You used to get a few free conversions per day, which are performed on-device and not via a server, and the dev basically recently flipped a switched so that is no longer the case. And they are now charging $20 for this…and all of this without offering any new features or functionality. This is incredibly disappointing… Especially since you can get this exact same functionality for free, with no limits on usage, and up to 1gb video files, via an online search of “video compressor online free”. **Developer response:** Hi there, Thank you for your feedback. I’m sorry for the frustration this caused. We identified an account sync issue that affected some long-time users and resolved it in version 1.4.5. Legacy users who supported the app early should still retain their original free usage. Please update Kompresso and try again, and if the issue persists, feel free to contact us at kompresso@barisulas.app so I can personally look into your account. Just to clarify: all video compression in Kompresso is always performed fully on-device. The app works offline and does not rely on any servers for processing. I truly appreciate early supporters, and it was never our intention to remove previously available features from them. Best regards, Baris. ### 2/5 — Only 3 per….? *2026-01-24, version 1.4.4* Haven’t used the app in months but somehow my usage limit hasn’t reset. Useless. ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2026-06-03* I like and paid this video compressor because it’s natively built and it had background processing vs live activities.. what the hell happened to that?? ### 3/5 — Batch processing please! *2026-01-07, version 1.4.4* This works well I think but currently only allows one video to be processed at a time. Can’t select a group of videos from the photos thumbnails. Need to reconsider my subscription. Thanks ### 3/5 — Found on reddit, was impressed until… *2025-12-23, version 1.4.4* I was almost happy with the app but unfortunately I got to the sudden and harsh realization it doesn’t keep the metadata of the lens that was used to shoot stored in the final file, in my use-case scenario this is to compress iPhone videos but if I were to shoot with something else in the future I’d like the lens or model reference to be kept intact. A minute detail but a key reference I pay attention to. ### 3/5 — Awkward handling of horizontal screen recordings *2025-05-01* Title says it all, I tried to compress a 1920x886 screen recording and it made it 886x408 with no option to change it :( Other than that this app functions great and seems like a well integrated iOS native video compressor. **Developer response:** Hi there, sorry for the inconvenience. This issue has been fixed in version 1.3. Please update your app, and feel free to reach out to me at kompresso@barisulas.app if you run into any further problems. ### 3/5 — Great start but doesn’t replace original video *2025-04-16* Great app and simple to use. But I won’t use it until there is an option that automatically deletes the original video as it’s too cumbersome to go find the original and manually delete it. **Developer response:** Hi there, thank you for the kind words and helpful feedback! The feature you requested is now available in version 1.3. After compressing a video, you can enable the “Delete Original” toggle to automatically replace the original file. If you have any other suggestions or questions, feel free to reach out at kompresso@barisulas.app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — There is no refund for $20 unused purchase! *2026-07-16* Apple customer service for app store is terrible. They declined my refund request which I accidentally purchased. There is no way to contact realy person to resolve the issue. Terrible service. ### 5/5 — The Only Choice for Video Compressing on iOS *2026-07-11* The UI - simple; The performance - excellent; Ease of use - incredible. One of the few app that I can reliably use on day to day basis. The fact that I can pop a video in, compress to Discord share size, and out within seconds is sensational. Rarely an app made me want to write a positive review, but the amount of time this app saved me the hassle of figuring out how to evade Discord’s size limit deserve all the gratitude, five stars and all. **Developer response:** Hi there, Thanks for taking your time to write this review, it means a lot! I’m glad you liked Kompresso :) ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2026-07-06, version 2.0.4* I downloaded the app after seeing a discussion with the (independent) developer on Reddit. I also emailed the developer some queries before buying and they were very helpful and kind. I like that the videos are compressed locally so there’s no worry about a big corp owning your data. It’s also an excellent app and every upgrade has been a huge improvement. You can compress multiple files at one and mass delete what you’ve compressed as well as choose multiple compression settings so you can make the file smaller but not lose much quality at all. Highly recommend it! ### 5/5 — Recommendation *2026-05-10* Have Select All feature and skip videos that are already compressed as the file names have Kompresso on it… ### 5/5 — Magic App *2026-04-11* Super user friendly, actually does what it says it's supposed to do. No frills, just simple and clean. Amazing. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind words :) ### 5/5 — Love the app! Can you give us the option to remove Kompresso from converted file name? *2026-03-27, version 1.4.6* I absolutely love this app. I’ve been using it for months now, but one thing that I wish was changed was that it always renames the file to “Kompresso_IMG0000”. I wish we could remove the renaming of it. Or at least let us choose our own name before the _IMG0000. That would be superb! Maybe after that, batch edit? That would be amazing!!!! ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-03-26* Love this app! It’s incredibly easy to use and worth every dollar. I’ve been able to compress large videos files into much smaller ones, which has saved me a ton of storage space. As someone who values their privacy, I appreciate that the developer has made user privacy a priority. Their privacy policy is straight forward and easy to understand. In today’s world, if something is free, then you’re pretty much product. I appreciated that the developer provided a free trial. Thanks to that I was able to try it out and in the end purchase it. Vote with your wallet people, if you value privacy, support those who respect yours. ### 5/5 — Sooo good *2026-03-01, version 1.4.6* This was exactly what I needed I saved 60 gb on my phone. ### 5/5 — Honestly, so nice *2026-02-23* Love the app, do kinda wish there was a version for the Mac tho, I use it mainly for compressing my homework videos before uploading them, and so that they don’t take up so much space on my drive, but it’s just a bit annoying to have to transfer them to my phone, to then transfer them back. Also I guess one gripe is that sometimes when it says it’s “loading”, it takes what feels like forever for it to do so, so if there was a progress bar or a bit of text saying what it was doing at that time, it would be nice. ### 5/5 — The App Store dream *2026-02-15* This is what the App Store was made for. A simple app for a totally fair one-time purchase that does exactly what you want it to do, simply and well! Now I can upload videos to Discord without needing to pay for a Nitro subscription just for the video size limit increase. --- *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 2026-09-05.*