Video compressor vs Video compressor express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video compressor
This app helps you reduce video file sizes to save storage space on your device. It offers both simple compression and advanced customization options, allowing you to shrink videos with minimal quality loss. You can also batch compress, split videos, and manage your photo library.
- Compress video to save disk space
- Set compression ratio
- Advanced mode: customize resolution, bitrate, frame rate
- Batch compression
- Split video into short clips
- Clean up album videos
- Compress photos
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Video compressor can compress video to save disk space. Shrink your videos to free up space. - Set compression ratio, Compress video easily. - Advanced Mode: Customize resolution, bitrate, frame rate. - Reduce video file size with minimal loss of quality. - Compress videos in batches, compress multiple videos in one step. - Split the video into multiple short videos for easy sending and sharing. - Easily clean up album videos to free up storage space. - Compress photos, Trim Video, Crop Video Contact us:junjie_ruan@163.com
Video compressor express
Free up device storage by compressing videos to smaller file sizes. Convert videos to various formats like MP4, MOV, and M4V while maintaining desired quality. Batch processing and a dedicated WhatsApp mode simplify sharing long videos.
- Compress videos to save storage
- Convert to MP4, MOV, M4V
- Choose video quality (Low, Medium, High, Original)
- Select H264 or HEVC codecs
- Batch video conversion
- WhatsApp sharing mode
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Save space on your device! Compress your videos quickly and safely to save tons of storage on your device. Choose any of the following qualities for your videos: · Low · Medium · High · Original Maybe you wonder why there is an "original" quality if what we want is to compress videos, right? Simple, we will not only compress your videos but we will convert them to any of the following formats: · MP4 · MOV · M4V So maybe you just want to convert and keep the original quality. Isn’t that convenient? If you are an expert on the subject you may like to know that you can also choose between these two popular codecs: · H264 · HEVC Best of all, you won't have to convert video by video like basically any other app. Select your preferred settings, select all the videos you want to convert and hit convert. The app will do the rest. WhatsApp Mode Forget about cropping long videos into pieces and start sending complete and long videos though WhatsApp. When using this function EVC will compress your video in a way that it will be elegible to share it via WhatsApp in its entirety. How does this work? EVC will analyze your video's size, resolution, bitrate, and so on. Then it will determine the best configuration so the video can be sent through WhatsApp while maintaining the best quality posible. Did we forget something? Send us your questions to contact@cozain.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Video compressor at Free against Video compressor express's $1.99. Video compressor also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 95). Video compressor express's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Video compressor is free to download; Video compressor express costs $1.99 up front. Video compressor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video compressor express asks for nothing beyond the download.
Video compressor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video compressor has 4.6K ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Video compressor's written reviews are positive against 48% of Video compressor express's.
Video compressor ships an update weekly, Video compressor express every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video compressor | Video compressor express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.3 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俐 马 | Jorge Cozain |
Customer experience
Video compressor
Video compressor express
User reviews
Video compressor
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and easy compression
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 💡 Useful tool for reducing video size
- 🚀 Quick compression process
- 👍 Excellent app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compression issues after updates
- 🐛 Increased video size instead of reducing it
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🐛 Stopped working on newer devices
- 🐛 Inability to save compressed videos
Video compressor express
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Compresses videos effectively
- 💡 Preserves EXIF/metadata
- 👍 Good compression ratio
- 🚀 Quick conversion speed
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 App freezes or restarts
- 🐛 Does not compress for WhatsApp
- 🐛 Fails to load videos
- 🐛 Compresses wrong videos in multi-select
Bugs and requests
Video compressor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Black screen issue during preview
- Compression failing to complete
- Inability to select files for compression
- Deleted original video without saving compressed version
Requested features
3 requests- Bitrate slider instead of percentage
- Batch processing with bitrate options
- More advanced compression settings
Video compressor express
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes during compression
- App closes unexpectedly
- Videos are not compressed for WhatsApp
- App fails to load videos
- Incorrect videos are compressed during multi-selection
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- Not all EXIF data is transferred
- App crashes with AVI files
- Cannot compress bitrate, only resolution
- Compression is very slow
- Poor video quality after compression
- Cannot open files from the data app
- Useless for converting H.265 to H.264 if not in Photos app
- No option to select output format or quality
- Metadata is not always preserved correctly
- Workflow is clunky
- Operation interrupted error
- Does not work on iOS 14
- Cannot select anything (format, etc.)
- App quits/crashes when asked to compress
Requested features
5 requests- Encode videos in the background
- Ability to convert videos saved from Files app
- Option to choose video quality
- Progress bar for compression status
- Option to delete original video after compression
In-app purchases
Video compressor
- Pro – Lifetime Access$3.99
Video compressor express
No in-app purchases
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