Video Compressor vs Video4Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Compressor
Reduce video file sizes by precisely controlling dimensions, frame rate, and quality. Optimize videos for sharing online or via email, with real-time file size estimation and preview capabilities.
- Reduce video file size
- Control dimensions, frame rate, and quality
- Real-time file size estimation
- Preview video compression results
- Delete hidden pixels
- HEVC re-encoding support
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Use Video Compressor - HD, to compress your videos and reduce their file size. Precisely control the dimensions, frame rate and quality to achieve the perfect result. The key points of the application: • Reduce the size to a minimum before sending the video online or sharing it by email. • Real-time estimation of the file size of the destination video, with the ability to preview the result. • Simply use the sliders, or access more options if necessary. • Delete hidden pixels if your video contains them ( "Clean Aperture" information). • Impose a square pixel format to get a smaller video. • If your device supports it, choose to re-encode your video in HEVC format taking half as much space as H264 format. • Choose a specific bitrate if necessary. • Reduce the dimensions, but also increase them if necessary. • Reduce the frame rate, but also increase it if necessary. • Exclusive functionality of a single frame mode to display only one frame in the video. The Input video can be imported from your device in several ways. The modified version (if there is one) or the original version of the video are both available. The camera can be used directly to record a video if needed. You can also connect your device to your computer in order to drag and drop specific videos (Files feature). The output video can be exported in several ways. Create a new video in the Photo app or in the Files app. Directly modify the input video by adding an edited version. Share the video to another application. This application can run, on your iPhone and your iPad, as a standalone application, a Photo Extension, or as an Action Extension (from the compatible applications like the Photo app). Portrait and Landscape orientations are supported in all screens. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You will find the original and intuitive user interface, common to all our videos applications. These applications have been featured many times by Apple and various websites.
Video4Mail
Compress video files to significantly reduce their size, making them easier to share. This app employs efficient compression technology for fast results and low energy usage.
- Video compression
- File size reduction
- Fast processing
- Low energy consumption
- Easy sharing
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Reduce the size by a factor of up to 50 and share your clips. The app uses efficient compression technology to give best results in short time with low energy consumption.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Video4Mail at Free against Video Compressor's $1.99. Video4Mail also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Video Compressor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (97% vs 64%). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Video4Mail is free to download; Video Compressor costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Video4Mail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Video Compressor's written reviews are positive against 64% of Video4Mail's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Video Compressor ships an update every 2 months, Video4Mail every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Compressor | Video4Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | TiAu Engineering UG haftungsbeschraenkt |
Customer experience
Video Compressor
Video4Mail
In-app purchases
Video Compressor
No in-app purchases
Video4Mail
No in-app purchases
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