# Video Compressor:Shrink videos — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Video Compressor by 80 Degree Photo Studio, rated 4.60/5 from 967 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compressorshrink-videos/id1539113529/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-compressorshrink-videos/id1539113529.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 805 · 4★ 77 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 48 ## What do users think of Video Compressor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient compression - 👍 User-friendly and easy to use - 💡 Supports various video formats - 🚀 Provides significant file size reduction **Cons** - 🐛 Ads can be intrusive and difficult to close - 🐛 Occasional app crashes or freezes - 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads blocking access to the app - Inability to exit the app after viewing an ad **Most requested features** - Batch compression option - Support for compressing files outside the camera roll - Improved ad experience with shorter or skippable ads ## Newest reviews (18 of 51) ### 4/5 — It works well, but has no instructions! *2023-01-29, version 1.8* It seems to be very easy to work, but without instructions it takes a little while to get to that point. ### 3/5 — Just ok *2023-01-08, version 1.8* It would be 5 star if it would compress files outside the camera roll. ### 4/5 — Best compression app *2022-07-08, version 1.8* Best compression app I’ve found so far and $0.99 is reasonable enough for pro. Totally recommended for anyone searching to save space and x265/Hevc is supported. Better gif support is the only improvement I can see, it should either support conversion in gif to keep animation or add an option to exclude gifs. At the moment it converts them into static images. Beyond that it’s really great. ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-06-26, version 1.8* Made my life is easier ### 5/5 — Great app! *2022-06-02, version 1.8* Look at an ad and compress your video. Doesn’t get any better than that IMO. ### 4/5 — Best Compressor *2022-05-01, version 1.8* it saved me ### 5/5 — Thank you Compressor *2022-04-08, version 1.8* You make my Storage less full. I’m proud ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2022-04-02, version 1.8* Helped clear out over 30 Gb on storage and ads are super short compared to others. ### 2/5 — So So *2022-03-18, version 1.8* It works ok but you can’t do batch compression anymore for some reason even after deleting it and putting it back on the phone. It gets about 30 to 50% finish with just two items an freezes then you have to restart the phone for it to function with one hope you can figure that out at some point. ### 5/5 — 💘 *2022-03-11, version 1.8* El servicio es excelente, cuando tengo que entregar algún video de la escuela y WhatsApp no me deja mandar un video de una gran tamaño yo utilizo esta App, ES EXCELENTE!! ### 4/5 — Some ads are odd to to formatting but compressor works like a charm *2022-01-04, version 1.8* Love it ### 5/5 — Best Compressor Around *2021-12-22, version 1.8* I’m very pleased with this app, nitpicking would be to say the ads, but it’s fantastic ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-12-15, version 1.8* Excellent ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-12-12, version 1.8* Great app ### 5/5 — The best compressor App available! *2021-10-20, version 1.8* Of course that's my opinion, but the options available in advance settings and the fact it's FREE with ads that are not any problems since they're not crazy long long or intrusive, make this #1 to me!!! ### 5/5 — Appreciated *2021-09-14, version 1.8* Thank you for your helping us we really enjoyed using this apps ### 5/5 — Great! *2021-09-07, version 1.8* Best compressor til now ### 3/5 — Works, but ads can break the app. *2021-06-06, version 1.8* TL;DR: I’m giving 3 stars because, although this app works great and has been the best I’ve used so far, it only works about half the time for me. — — — — This video compressor is works great... when the ads don’t stop me from using it. After I select a video I want to compress, the app will play an ad, which I’m fine with. The ad plays, and after about 10 seconds, an “X” pops up so I can close the ad and get on with my video compression. However, about 45% of the time, an ad will play and place the “X” in the top right corner of my iPhone 11 screen where my notifications are, making it so I can’t tap the button and close the ad. The app becomes unusable at that point (I’ve tried a bunch of stuff to try and move forward,) and the only way I’ve found to fix it is to restart the app and hope the app gives you better luck next time with a different ad. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — After two years, it stopped working. *2022-11-04, version 1.8* This app was FIRE for two years solid. Last night I opened the app to compress some videos like I do almost every day and it wouldn’t open any videos. It has every video in my camera roll as <1kb. Even the 1.5gb movie I downloaded. According to the app, it doesn’t exist. App no longer opens any video to compress. I have to find a replacement pronto because I relied heavily on this app. ### 1/5 — Still get adds *2021-07-01, version 1.8* I paid for the app after using it for free Once I did app crashed so I deleted it l, reinstalled it now I get the ads again What a waste of time Other than that I loved the app ### 1/5 — Best to worst.. *2021-05-03, version 1.8* Since the new update this was before the best compressor, now riddled with ads that can’t be closed. Total insanity….. ### 1/5 — Needs to be updated *2021-03-05, version 1.8* I LOVED this app and now it’s not formatted to my iPhone 11 and won’t let me exit out of ads once they’re finished it’s very annoying and I can’t use the app anymore! Very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2021-03-03, version 1.8* This used to be the best app available but the new version mandates that you sit through 60 second ads that you cannot bypass. I could handle 5-10 seconds but this is inexcusable. Sellouts ### 1/5 — Very deceptive!! *2021-02-23, version 1.8* How you took the app off the store. Then put it back on. So if you upgraded then you have to upgrade again. Can’t just restore eh. That’s not hustle, that’s deception!! ### 1/5 — Add *2021-02-19, version 1.8* Can’t even use the app as the x on the ads at impossible to click ### 1/5 — Ads? Take 1 star as a gift *2021-01-24, version 1.8* Ads after every picked video? What does the developer want to say with such approach? ### 1/5 — Broken? *2021-01-21, version 1.8* Ads pop up and I can’t quit out of them ### 1/5 — Boo *2020-12-09, version 1.8* Sometimes the commercial is impossible to close. Teeeeny-tiny cross in the ornes that is impossible to reach. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Worth 5 for Functionality *2023-07-21* But some of the ads do not allow you to return to the app even tho the ad is completely finished! I use an iPhone. The current frustrating example is the SONIC ad, after viewing the ad my iPhone does not show a countdown or an X, or “close” or “Compressor” so there is no way to exit. So forced to click on the only button on a black page, marked “Open”, I go to the website linked to the SONIC ad. If I click on the “Compressor” in the upper left of the screen it takes me not to yr App, but the black page with the word “Open” in the center. And again no way back to Compressor, so I must refresh yr app and start again, and if I see SONIC pop-up I bail immediately. I think the app is worth paying for. Is that an option? ### 5/5 — Resize and compress! *2023-02-23, version 1.8* Make videos look almost the same but much less band/memory hogging! ### 5/5 — This app is awesome *2023-02-03, version 1.8* THIS APP I LOVE IT SO BAD NOW I CAN SEND LARGE VIDEOS IN WHATSAPP NUMBER 1st APP THIS HAS ᅠᅠᅠTO BE APPROVED TO BE THE BEST APP I LOVE IT ### 5/5 — Much faster than I expected *2022-11-15, version 1.8* I was told video compressor apps take an incredibly long time. This one is fast and very easy to use. ### 5/5 — Best one yet *2022-11-15, version 1.8* Love this compressor. The best one from many I’ve tried 💞very user friendly. You must try before you buy any other one, again l, this one is the best💪💪 ### 5/5 — Very handy application. I love it so much, easily compresses files *2022-11-09, version 1.8* The application is so nice and easy to use. Fast and free as wellb ### 5/5 — Compressor *2022-09-11, version 1.8* Easy work with! Great sourse! ### 5/5 — USA *2022-09-06, version 1.8* Good ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-07-28, version 1.8* Does the job perfectly! ### 5/5 — Perfeeect *2022-07-07, version 1.8* Works great --- *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 2026-06-10.*