Comparison

RCam Pro vs Compressor Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RCam Pro

This app offers professional video and photo recording tools with manual controls for focus, exposure, and resolution. It supports RAW image formats and advanced features like focus peaking and false color for enhanced creative control.

Highlights
  • Manual focus and exposure control
  • RAW and PRORAW photo support
  • 4K video recording
  • Focus peaking and false color assist
  • Custom resolutions and frame rates
  • Multiple shooting modes (slow motion, time-lapse, night)
Features
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RCam Pro is a professional video recording and photo shooting application designed for iOS devices. It provides professional tools including focus peaking, false color, Histogram and support for PRORAW / RAW shooting --DNG export photos. It gives you audio metering, custom resolutions, and framerates. To build eight kinds of professional model, and its manual mode has extremely fast response speed, allowing you to control the shooting parameters freely. Support shoot log / fat video Support free switch wide camera, ultra wide camera, telephoto camera Camera eight modes: 1. Slow motion --- Support 24fps , 30fps , 48fps , 50fps , 60fps different frame rates 2. Time-lapse ---- Support 24~60 different frame rate settings, adjust the shutter interval and set the automatic shooting time 3. Video --- Support 1080P, 3k, 4K video shooting, 24~60 different frame rate settings, 5 kinds of picture quality adjustment, up to 100 Mb/s encoding rate, self-timer, beauty filter 4. Photo -- Support PRORAW, RAW, HDR, AEB ,self-timer, beauty filter , and aspect ratio (4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1) 5. Night mode-- Supports 1s, 2s, 4s and other slow shutter speed settings 6. Motion Blur - Easily generate personalized special effects photos such as water fog effects 7. Light painting -- support sensitivity adjustment 8. Light field - easy to take pictures first, focus, every detail is retained Camera function: • Focus peaking and expanded focus for manual focus assist • False Color exposure assist • Manual exposure and focus control - select individual focus and exposure, drag to adjust • Full Manual control: exposure, shutter speed, focus, zoom, ISO • Focus, exposure, and white balance (WB) lock • Support horizontal and vertical shooting • Support for freely settable delay photography • Anti-shake - Active video anti-shake eliminates sloshing during shooting • Support HEVC and H.264 video encoding • Support JPEG、HEIF and RAW format photos • Support RAW、HDR、AEB • Support for setting aspect ratio of photo: 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 • Support multiple resolution settings for video: 720P, 1080P, 1440P, 3k, 4k • Support Video frame rate : 24fps , 25fps , 30fps , 48fps , 50fps , 60fps • Mobile space and mobile phone battery display • Slow motion video mode, 6 playback speeds (60 fps / 50 fps / 48fps / 30fps / 25fps / 24fps) • 6x digital zoom • Volume meter (level average / peak) • Location • Snap to the grid • Support for front/rear cameras • Flash settings (Auto / On / Off) SHOOTING ASSISTANTS: - Focus peaking and Expanded focus helps for focus - False color helps for exposed Video sharing: • Copy videos to your computer using iTunes file sharing • Support for exporting videos to mobile photo albums • AirDrop contact us:1242296736@qq.com

About

Compressor Pro

This app helps you free up storage space by compressing videos and images. It allows you to reduce file sizes without significant quality loss, making it easier to share media and manage your device's storage.

Highlights
  • Compresses videos and images
  • Frees up disk space
  • Supports multiple file formats
  • Offline compression
  • Restore deleted files
  • Batch processing up to 30 files
Features
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Resizer and compressor for one or several media files (up to 50 files at a time). Helps free up disk space. If your storage space is almost full and you are struggling with deciding what to delete, you need this app in your life! No need to delete photos, videos, apps, or music you like anymore, this application will compress your files and free up disk space without unnecessary losses. This also helps with upload speed if your internet connection is not the best at the moment, since smaller files are faster to upload and send via WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber or any other messaging application. The algorithm of this application allows you to reduce file sizes and save up disk space without compromising the quality of the images or videos. Download the app and test this modern way of handling data! You can delete the original files or keep them in case you need them for something else. If you delete a file by mistake and want to restore it, you can later find it in the “Recently deleted” folder. Video formats supported by the app: mov, mp4, m4v, sdv, 3gp, 3gpp, 3g2, 3gp2 Image formats supported by the app: jpeg, png, heic, heif, svg, gif, tiff, webp Here are some reasons to use our Media files compressor regularly: - Your private files stay secured - Helpful and very easy to use - Supports a lot of different formats, more than your average file compressor - Faster uploads and sending via messaging apps or in case of slow internet connection - Minimize the sizes of you files and send them to your friends and family faster - Add multiple files at a time for a faster compression - Keep both resized and original files if you wish - No need to delete files, apps, games, songs you like to free up space - No need to use suspicious online compressors with pop-up ads - Offline compression - Restore deleted files if needed At this point, there is really no reason not to use this app! But let’s talk about safety. It is important to note that this application operates in the offline mode only, that means that no data is being sent to any server, cloud, or any third-party application. This is our way of making sure that your data stays protected and that only you have access to your private files. You do not need to worry about deleting your favorite videos or images to free up space anymore. Download this app to try out this modern approach to data storage and enjoy all the benefits! We’re planning to develop our application together with you. For any questions, contact support - hello@lanars.com

Screenshots

RCam Pro4 screens
Compressor Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Compressor Pro at every 10 days against RCam Pro's every 3 months. Compressor Pro also leads on ratings volume (112 vs 19) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). RCam Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

RCam Pro costs $5.99 and Compressor Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RCam Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compressor Pro has 112 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of RCam Pro's written reviews are positive against 73% of Compressor Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RCam Pro ships an update every 3 months, Compressor Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RCam Pro versus Compressor Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRCam ProCompressor Pro
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better4.7 (112 ratings)
Positive reviews78.4% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings19112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer桐明 陈LANARS LLC

Customer experience

RCam Pro

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative16.2%

Compressor Pro

All ratings112 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

RCam Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Compressor Pro

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Charged without permission
  • App crashes
  • Files do not compress
  • Compression stops halfway
  • Unable to select output file format
Show 4 more
  • No way to export or delete videos
  • EXIF data missing after compression
  • Quality slider ignores drag gesture
  • Chinese language display bug for selected file count

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add a way to strip metadata from output video
  • Remove 30 file limitation
  • Add select all functionality
  • Show file names
  • Remember quality settings
Show 13 more
  • Hide already compressed by default
  • Add skip already compressed option
  • Fix files saved from apps appearing latest in gallery post compression
  • Fix removal of a file from batch queue during compression crashing the app
  • Better saving system (e.g., 'Open Photos', 'Open files')
  • Clarity in saving options
  • More compression options (reduce FPS, dimension, quality)
  • Allow setting target size for compression
  • More aggressive photo compressor for low quality/dimensions
  • More intuitive photo selection (Raw, Date, sort by size, date, album)
  • Allow file sorting (by size, date, file type, favorite)
  • Update photo compression to retain EXIF location information
  • Include PNG and JPG as output file types

In-app purchases

None

RCam Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Compressor Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RCam Pro free?
RCam Pro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Compressor Pro free?
Compressor Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RCam Pro or Compressor Pro?
RCam Pro is rated higher. RCam Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Compressor Pro averages 4.7 from 112 ratings.
Do RCam Pro or Compressor Pro have ads?
Neither RCam Pro nor Compressor Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RCam Pro or Compressor Pro?
RCam Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Compressor Pro every 10 days. Most recently, RCam Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and Compressor Pro on October 25, 2026.

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