Splice Crop vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Splice Crop
Easily remove unwanted sections from your photos by highlighting horizontal or vertical areas. This app then joins the remaining parts, allowing you to refine your images until you achieve the desired result. It's ideal for cleaning up screenshots and removing clutter before sharing.
- Crop horizontal sections
- Crop vertical sections
- Join remaining image parts
- Adjustable crop area
- Clean up screenshots
- Remove clutter from images
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Need to remove sections of an image? Highlight any horizontal or vertical section of an image and crop it out! Splice Crop will crop out inner portions of an image, removing the highlighted section and joining the remaining sections together. Keep cropping until you're ready to save! Just drag the crop area and stretch it to the size you need, or tap the crop area to toggle between a vertical or horizontal crop. It's quick and painless! It's perfect for cleaning up screenshots before sharing! Get rid of all of the clutter, like advertising, toolbars, menus, site boilerplate text, etc.
Video Compressor
Reduce the file size of your videos and photos without compromising quality. Free up storage space on your device and easily share media. Offers various compression options for optimal results.
- Compress photos and videos by up to 80%
- Sort media by creation date, duration, and pixel
- Choose video resolution (Full HD, HD, etc.)
- Set video bitrate for compression
- Adjust photo quality and dimensions
- Save compressed media without watermarks
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Compress large size Videos & Photos and save space in your Devices, all this without reducing their quality! Perks of using this app: - Super easy steps to compress your videos & photos. - Save space on your iPhone or iPad by reducing videos & photos file size. - Get the best video quality after compressing. - Quick compress the videos and photos. - Directly save videos and photos into your device. Features: - Compress and optimize Photos & Videos to decrease sizes by 80% or more - Sort the Photos & Videos by creation date, duration and pixel. - Choose the video resolution from Full HD, HD 720p, HD 540p, 480p, 360p. - Set the bitrate to compress the video. - Check the Before and After Photos & Videos size after selection the compress options. - Get custom options like Width, Height, Frame Rate & Bitrate to compress the video. - Compress the Photos with options like Photo Quality and Photo Dimensions. - After compressing the Photos & Videos you can directly delete the original Photos & Videos from the app. - Directly save the Photos & Videos into your iPhone and iPad with NO WATERMARK! The best application for daily use to save space into your iPhone and iPad, easy and few steps to compress the Photos & Videos. So that you can share all your Photos & Videos to loved ones in seconds. Wait is over, Download the Best Photos & Videos Compressor App NOW!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Splice Crop at 91% against Video Compressor's 15%. Splice Crop also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Video Compressor's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (436 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Splice Crop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Video Compressor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Splice Crop holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor has 436 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Splice Crop's written reviews are positive against 15% of Video Compressor's.
Splice Crop ships an update every 7 months, Video Compressor monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splice Crop | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18 ratings) — better | 4.5 (436 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 15.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 436 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Too Much Smart, LLC | Asmitaben Dineshbhai Vora |
Customer experience
Splice Crop
Video Compressor
Bugs and requests
Splice Crop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Video Compressor
Reported bugs
10 issues- App freezes frequently, requires restart
- Video compression produces blank or black screen output
- MP4 files not compressing at all
- Compressed videos fail to save to camera roll
- Metadata (date, time, location) lost after compression
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- File size increases instead of decreases after compression
- Resolution and bitrate sliders non-functional
- Review link broken, redirects to wrong app
- Free compression feature doesn't work despite watching ads
- Mandatory review prompt blocks app functionality
Requested features
3 requests- Sort videos and photos by file size
- Ad-free premium version option
- Ability to disable review prompts
In-app purchases
Splice Crop
- Unlock Crop Out$0.99
Video Compressor
- Life Time Purchase OfferFree
- VC One Time Purchase$4.99
Questions
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