Atavistic vs Video Compressor App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atavistic
This app lets you visualize ancient ruins as they once were, superimposed onto your contemporary photos. Capture selfies with historical monuments in their full glory, offering a unique way to experience and share cultural heritage.
- Visualize ancient ruins in photos
- Augmented reality monument reconstruction
- Selfie integration with historical sites
- Explore Rome's archaeological areas
- Share enhanced cultural heritage photos
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Atavistic: the past has never been so present! Atavistic: a new concept of doing, living and sharing tourism in order to file a worldwide exposure to the most beautiful city in the world, Rome, the muse inspiring “The Great Beauty”. Let’s rock the concept of touristic snapshot in the most important archaelogical area in the world. Atavistic gives you the chance to take a picture of any monument which is now reduced to sta status of an ancient ruin, and see it coming back to it’s ancient greatness in the tourist’s picture, even through a selfie. In other words, Atavistic allows you to take a shot of a selfie ad admire yourself standing in front of the monument (today a ruin), reconstructed in it’s original beauty. Atavistic is innovation: it’s doing something known in a brand new way. Atavistic is esteem of our cultural heritage, enhancing it’s knowledge and making it immediately available to everyone. With a simple click you can take pictures of the monuments nowadays reduced to the status of ancient ruins from 60 differents point of snap, in the archaeological area of Colosseum and Palatinum, and you can see them coming back to life in all their original beauty, as they were in the imperial era. The difference is that the reconstructed monument is now inserted in our contemporary background, even with people in the picture itself. Nothing’s gonna be the same, and the past won’t have never been so present!
Video Compressor App
Free up device storage by compressing videos to smaller sizes. Easily reduce file sizes for sharing or to reclaim space on your phone. Choose your desired quality and approximate size for compressed videos.
- Compress videos to save space
- Resize videos
- Choose desired approximate size
- Reduce video file size for sharing
- Free up device storage
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Video Compressor is a simple video compression app for iPhone and iPad. Compress video files, reduce video size, and make large videos easier to store, send, and share. Need to compress a video file that is too large? Choose a video, select your preferred output size, and reduce video file size in just a few taps. Video Compressor helps you shrink video file size while keeping a good balance between smaller files and video quality. Use Video Compressor to: • Compress video files on iPhone and iPad • Reduce video size and save storage space • Make video file size smaller • Shrink large videos before sharing • Compress MP4 video files • Reduce MP4 file size • Compress MOV files • Use an MP4 compressor and MOV compressor in one app • Compress video for email, Messages and other apps! • Reduce video dimensions and resize videos • Choose an approximate target file size Large videos, 4K videos, screen recordings, MP4 files, and MOV files can take up a lot of storage. With Video Compressor, you can compress video size, reduce large video files, and save space on your device. Trying to send a video by email? Compress the video file before attaching it. Trying to share a video on Messages apps? Make the video smaller before sending. Trying to free up storage? Shrink large videos and keep smaller copies. Video Compressor is useful when you need: • A video compressor for iPhone • An MP4 compressor • A MOV compressor • A video compression app for iPhone • A video file size reducer • A video resolution reducer • A way to reduce video file size • A way to make videos smaller Choose the size that works for you and create a smaller video file that is easier to save or share. Download Video Compressor App: Compress and start reducing video file size today. • Subscriptions & Terms • Our subscription plan are billed monthly. Free trial automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. All subscriptions automatically renew if it is not cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for the next subscription period up to 24 hours prior to the current subscription expiring. It is not possible to cancel an existing in-app subscription. You can disable the automatic renewal function at any time by adjusting your account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.algotwist.com/apps/video-compress/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Atavistic at 71% against Video Compressor App's 0%. Atavistic also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.1). Video Compressor App's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Atavistic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Video Compressor App sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Atavistic ships an update every 16 months, Video Compressor App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Atavistic | Video Compressor App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (238 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 238 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atavistic | AlgoTwist Ltd |
Customer experience
Atavistic
Video Compressor App
In-app purchases
Atavistic
- Tempio di Venere e Roma$0.99
- Basilica Emilia$0.99
- Basilica Iulia$0.99
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- Basilica di Massenzio$0.99
- Basilica Ulpia$0.99
- Circo Massimo$0.99
- Tempio di Vespasiano e Tito$0.99
- Tempio di Vesta$0.99
- Anfiteatro Flavio (Colosseo)$1.99
- Tutti i monumenti$6.99
Video Compressor App
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Full Access$13.99
- Lifetime Full Access$19.99
- Lifetime Full Access$29.99
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