Video Compressor Gold vs Panostory Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Panostory Pro
Create personalized photo collages, widgets, and wallpapers with various layout styles. Stitch multiple images together, cut pictures with shape masks, and even take video screenshots. Share your creations easily to social media platforms.
- Photo widget for home screen
- Multiple collage layout styles
- Stitch photos horizontally, vertically, or in a grid
- Cut pictures with shape masks
- Take frame screenshots from videos
- Create custom wallpapers
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Panostory Pro turns your screenshots and photos into clean long images, grids, and swipeable posts. Everything runs on your iPhone. Your photos are never uploaded. STITCH SCREENSHOTS - Auto Stitch finds screenshots that belong together and joins them into one seamless long image - Perfect for chats, web pages, and articles - Stitch any photos vertically or horizontally, and fine-tune each joint by hand LONG IMAGE COLLAGE - Combine multiple photos into one long image, vertically or horizontally - Or arrange them into a 3x3 grid in a single image - Adjust spacing, borders, and background color SPLIT AND POST - Split any photo with a custom ratio and tile count, including 3x3 grids - Posts & Stories: cut a wide image into seamless swipeable slides, ready for Instagram carousels - Keep the original image or fill each tile SMART CURATION - Magic Collage arranges 3 or more photos into a complete layout automatically - Browse your library sorted by color, place, and category, each turned into ready-made collages - New collages from today's photos, every day COLLAGE TEMPLATES - Hundreds of layouts in every ratio, with new templates in every update - Change backgrounds, borders, and spacing in a tap MORE TOOLS - Batch watermark, white borders, and EXIF info - Subject blur backgrounds and quick blur - Video frame capture, wallpapers, and home screen photo widgets PANOSTORY PRO VIP Unlock every template, Smart Curation, and Magic Collage. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options are available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://wangruiapk.github.io/panostorypro/?lang=en Support: https://wangruiapk.github.io/about/?lang=en Questions or ideas? Email wrzxnx@gmail.com. Panostory Pro is made by an independent developer and updated regularly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Video Compressor Gold at 4.6 against Panostory Pro's 4.1. Video Compressor Gold also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (166 vs 22). Panostory Pro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 33 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Panostory Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Video Compressor Gold asks for nothing beyond the download.
Video Compressor Gold holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor Gold has 166 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Video Compressor Gold's written reviews are positive against 71% of Panostory Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Video Compressor Gold ships an update every 33 months, Panostory Pro fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Video Compressor Gold | Panostory Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (166 ratings) — better | 4.1 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽譞 牛 | 锐 王 |
Customer experience
Video Compressor Gold
Panostory Pro
Bugs and 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
Panostory Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Video Compressor Gold
No in-app purchases
Panostory Pro
- Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
- Monthly VIP$2.991 Month
- Yearly VIP$6.991 Year
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- Yearly VIP$16.991 Year
- Lifetime VIP$24.99
Questions
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