# Video Squishy — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Video Squishy by Dominic Manley. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-squishy/id577098361/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-squishy/id577098361.md ## Newest reviews (10 of 34) ### 3/5 — Was great *2019-08-14* I have used this for years with no problems. Now after new iPhone 8+ and iPad mini 5 upgrade it freezes saying no access to photo library — check settings . It does not appear in settings so can’t give access. Please fix. **Developer response:** Hi, apologies for the issue. The 2.9.1 update should fix things for newer versions of iOS and newer devices. Please reach out to me via the in-app support if you have any further problems. ### 4/5 — I like it a lot *2014-12-29* It does what it says without issues, don't know what some of the other reviewers are on about. No other app does queueing at the moment and options are very good. Only thing I found a bit of a pain is not having an easy way getting rid of original videos, took me a while to figure out which is which to delete the right ones. ### 2/5 — Shame *2014-02-22, version 2.01* A squished video took just as long as an unsquished video to be sent via text ### 4/5 — Great way to save space and keep quality *2013-12-24, version 1.20* But it really needs the ability to delete full size videos after they have been squished. ### 5/5 — I like it *2013-10-03, version 1.20* It's really great app, I recommend it for every iPhone user. ### 4/5 — Doesnt support many sizes *2013-08-23, version 1.11* I need to change my videos to 400x400 for Vine, this only has a few sizes and none of them are square. Could be a useful app for others though. ### 5/5 — Does exactly what it says it does *2013-05-26, version 1.11* And it does it really well. I was looking for an app to do exactly this. I'm very happy with it. ### 3/5 — Does the Job *2013-02-26, version 1.11* A dedicated video compressor. The app is definitely intuitive and user-friendly. The app copies the existing video into a temporary location and then for a brief time, compiles it into a lower-resolution file. When the conversion is complete, you end up with a compiled video that is exported to the camera roll as well as the uncompiled original file. Unfortunately, the process of copying and conversion requires a ton of internal memory; if you want to compress a 45+ minute, 1920x1080 iPad video recording, you will need devote practically 30 GB to do so. I was only able to successfully compress up to 25 minutes of video, which is fine; but for those of you who wish to use this app to compress large videos, the app is impractical. All-in-all, the app does it's job; definitely recommend for videos less than 30 minutes in length. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2013-02-20* Don't waste your money. A lot more better FREE apps available which performs much more better than this purchase. Negative star rating applicable. Totally rubbish ### 1/5 — Mad!!!!! *2013-02-10, version 1.1* It will not open!!!! Does not work!!!! Don't buy!!!!!!!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Desperately needs an update! *2019-05-08, version 2.9* I’ve used this app for years and it’s been great when it worked! It filled a big gap in the iOS ecosystem, which was a proper video compressor/re-encoder app. However, these days, it’s completely broken on newer devices & OS versions. It’s an absolute shame, considering there’s STILL not much available that had this level of control. It’s been 4 years since the last update, unfortunately, so I’m not very hopeful... **Developer response:** Hi, really sorry for the issues, especially as you were finding the app so useful. The 2.9.1 update should fix things for newer versions of iOS and newer devices. Please reach out to me via the in-app support if you have any further problems. ### 1/5 — Useless *2015-11-23, version 2.9* This app does not work. After compressing the video it never gets sent to the appropriate library. There is no way to send the videos after compressing them, which is after all the entire reason for compressing them. I gave one star because zero wasn't an option! **Developer response:** Hi there. Please reach out to me via the in-app support if you're still having issues. Videos should save back to your photo library and from there you can share them using the Photos app. To date, I've kept Video Squishy focused on the squishing bit more than other functionality such as sharing... I'll consider adding it in the future. Thanks. ### 1/5 — Waste of money and time *2014-07-13, version 2.05* Total waste of money. Actually doubled the size of my videos! ### 1/5 — Bad Update *2014-02-09* After updating, the App won't read my library and just crashes. Don't update!!! ### 1/5 — refund *2013-11-26* it doesnt format it to your desired sizes as in width n height!! it just cant square a video ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2013-09-09* Absolute RUBBISH... Was looking for a reliable app to reduce the size of my videos taken on my iPhone to make transfer quicker and easier to my PC... Trust me, this App ain't it! ### 1/5 — Instant Crash *2013-09-05, version 1.11* Bought the app, opened it, allowed access to photo roll, instantly crashed and continues to do so every time it's opened. Very disappointed and would like refund ### 1/5 — Too Slow *2013-04-03, version 1.11* It's certainly easy enough to use. However, the slow rate of conversion makes this app not worth it. In today's age, you need speed and quality. I did not wait around to see the quality because the conversion rate was just too slow. I can export the video and compress it with an external program that does it at "light speed" compared to this app. Would really like a refund. ### 1/5 — Complete waste of Money. *2013-03-23* The original video was 72.26 MB and the squished version was 122.71 MB. Should call it video expander. I chose message attachment preset. Supposedly it's the setting that makes the video the smallest possible. ### 1/5 — Not working *2013-02-23* Not working ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-03-18* Been looking for a proper bit rate compressor. This app is great. No fuss. ### 5/5 — Does what it says perfectly. *2017-10-28* I hope the dev hasn't abandoned it. It's a fantastic app, and it would be great to see it continue. **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind words. I went off the radar for a while but I've just released 2.9.1 and will try keep things updated a bit more regularly from now on! ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2015-05-23, version 2.9* If you want to manipulate video, this app is a must. Native resolutions are fine but bit rates are not. It is absolutely necessary to use this app first, if you want smooth reverse or frame by frame playback with some of the more high-powered video players in the App Store. Just use the default parameters with 720x480 it's perfect! High definition video works great as well. Thanks Devs! ### 5/5 — Works well, clear UI *2015-03-28* I used it to crudely upscale a video to preserve a weird res that got encoded horridly to 240P by youtube. Used this app to upscale to an HD res and all is well! ### 5/5 — Great app to save memory *2014-10-14, version 2.05* I've been using the app for a while now and can't figure out why I got such a poor review by the previous person. The app works well and has Compress videos as expected. One feature I would like to see his ability to delete the large videos from my iphone. I also got the app for my kids so that they cannot reduce the size of their videos. ### 5/5 — Brilliant, straightforward video compression *2014-08-10* Super-useful, fast and easy way to compress videos prior to uploading to dropbox. ### 5/5 — You'll be amazed *2014-01-19, version 1.20* I don't write reviews. But this is an amazing transcoder. ### 5/5 — 😍😍😍😍 *2014-01-04, version 1.20* حلو جدا انصح بالتحميل ### 5/5 — Does what it says on the tin *2013-12-29* Excellent... Squished a 3min iPad-shot 1080p video from 350Mb down to 720p / 45Mb file size in less than 30 seconds. Straightforward, uncomplicated, no unnecessary settings & options. Perfect for reducing upload times / data use. ### 5/5 — Great app!!! *2013-10-06, version 1.20* Very useful. The compressed video didn't lose any quality! If I were to use this app for every video in my folder, my phone would probably have an extra 1.5 GB. --- *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.*