TAPCA vs Video Compressor Gold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TAPCA
This app offers a variety of image filters and manual camera controls for enhanced photography. It features anti-shake technology to automatically capture focused moments with a single tap, simplifying the process of taking high-quality photos.
- Awesome image filters
- Manual lens focus
- Adjustable exposure
- Shutter speed control
- ISO adjustment
- White balance control
- Anti-shake technology
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▣ AWESOME IMAGE FILTERS 4 THEMES, 41 FILTERS: BRIGHT, WARM, MAGENTA, CYAN ▣ MANUAL CONTROL Lens Focus Exposure - Shutter Speed - ISO White Balance ▣ ANTI SHAKE Screen Tap -> App Detects Lens Focus and Takes Photo. Perform lens focus and take Photo automatically at the focused moment. Single Touch let you take the best picture! * More Information -> 'Developer Website' https://cocoswing.com/tapca/
Video Compressor Gold
Free up valuable phone storage by compressing large video and photo files. This app helps you reduce file sizes significantly, allowing you to store more content like videos, apps, and music. Easily identify and compress multiple files at once, then share them with ease.
- Compress videos by up to 80%
- Compress photos
- Identify large video files
- Multiple compression presets
- Batch compression
- Easy sharing of compressed files
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Are you running out of space because of too many videos on your phone? Use video compressor GOLD to compress them and free up space to store more videos, apps, and music! Functionality: - Compress and optimize videos to decrease sizes by 80% or more - Compress photos as well - Easily identify large video files - Lots of presets to choose from - Compress multiple videos at once - Easily share compressed videos with friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TAPCA at fortnightly against Video Compressor Gold's every 33 months. TAPCA also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13). Video Compressor Gold's advantage is chart position (#182 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
TAPCA costs $0.99 and Video Compressor Gold $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for TAPCA against 4.6 for Video Compressor Gold. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 164 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of TAPCA's written reviews are positive against 67% of Video Compressor Gold's.
TAPCA ships an update fortnightly, Video Compressor Gold every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TAPCA | Video Compressor Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (66 ratings) | 4.6 (164 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #182 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoCO SWING | 丽譞 牛 |
Customer experience
TAPCA
Video Compressor Gold
Bugs and requests
TAPCA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Video Compressor Gold
Reported bugs
34 issues- Error when saving files
- App not working with new iPhone models (iPhone 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max)
- Compression errors
- App freezes and requires restart
- Compressed videos disappear after saving
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- App doesn't show all videos
- Error message: 'can't save to file'
- Videos are sent to another country for compression
- App doesn't compress photos
- Frame rate reduced to 24 FPS
- Does not support H.265
- App crashes or shows errors
- App not opening after purchase
- Cannot save compressed files to iPhone
- Error saving to Album
- Doesn't convert video
- Videos not appearing in the app
- Error saving to file
- Privacy concerns about video transfer
- App not working on iPhone, only on Mac
- App doesn't work after last update
- Cuts videos instead of compressing
- Slow and heavy performance with multiple videos
- No Arabic language support
- Cannot reduce video size multiple times
- Changes filename after compression
- Image compression not intuitive
- Cannot input exact output width and height
- Issues with storage and permission errors
- Compressed videos are blurry
- App does not visualize videos on the device
- Cannot save to album
- Compression failed
- App doesn't work on iPhone
Requested features
12 requests- Feature to save a frame from video in full resolution
- Option to keep original timestamp and location data
- More detailed functions and formats
- Ability to compress photos
- Mac computer version
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- Back button
- More intuitive image compression
- Ability to enter exact output width and height
- Option to reduce video size repeatedly
- Preserve original video filename
- Support for higher frame rates (e.g., 30 FPS)
- Support for H.265 codec
In-app purchases
TAPCA
No in-app purchases
Video Compressor Gold
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TAPCA free?
Is Video Compressor Gold free?
Which has better reviews, TAPCA or Video Compressor Gold?
Do TAPCA or Video Compressor Gold have ads?
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