Comparison

Get Luminance vs VideoDuck

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

Head to head
About

Get Luminance

This utility app provides an empirical basis for calculating the luminance 'seen' by a photograph. It aims to ensure good luminance contrast for safer environments and assist designers in creating compliant spaces. The tool supports multiple calculation methods and measures luminance in prevailing light conditions.

Highlights
  • Empirical luminance calculation
  • Ensures luminance contrast for safety
  • Facilitates compliance assessment
  • Assists designers with compliant designs
  • Supports 4 main calculation methods
  • Measures luminance in prevailing light
Features
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Get Luminance has been developed from research and provides an empirical basis for calculating luminance 'seen' by a photograph. The aim is to: • Provide and maintain good luminance contrast to create environments that are easier and safer to use by everyone. • Provide a cost effective and easy-to-use tool. • Facilitate compliance assessment in buildings and the public realm. • Assist designers identify compliant designs during the design process. • Support asset management and maintenance of existing assets. • Demystify luminance contrast and make it a mainstream concern. Get Luminance includes the 4 main calculation methods used worldwide: Simple difference ; Bowman Sapolinski: Michelson: proportional difference. Get Luminance measures what is ‘seen’ by the photograph and reflects the conditions experienced by users. It measures luminance in the prevailing light, (rather than the pure colour with a controlled light source - the basis of most colorimeters). Who should use this App? Anyone concerned with safety and amenity in the built environment, such as building inspectors, certifiers, building control, access consultants, architects, designers, contractors, facilities managers, asset managers, disability groups, clients (building owners/tenants/employers etc), you and me.

About

VideoDuck

This app helps you shrink video file sizes to free up storage space on your device. It offers fast, offline compression without subscriptions or internet connection, allowing for quicker sharing. You can choose custom quality levels and compress multiple videos at once.

Highlights
  • Compress videos instantly
  • Free up storage space
  • Offline operation
  • Faster sharing
  • Batch compression
  • Custom quality levels
Features
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VideoDuck – Video Compressor & Space Saver Meet VideoDuck, your friendly video compressor that keeps your iPhone fast, light, and free – no subscriptions, no ads, no internet needed. Shrink clips. Free up space. Share faster. VideoDuck compresses videos right on your iPhone using Apple Silicon's hardware encoder. Everything stays private – no uploads, no waiting, no data used. Free, forever • Compress any video with one tap – keep the moment, lose the megabytes • See exactly how much space you freed, every time • 100% on-device – works offline, private by design • Share faster – smaller files fly through AirDrop, messages, and mail • Your originals are always safe – you choose what to keep VideoDuck Pro – one-time unlock, never a subscription • High & Low quality modes – you pick the balance between quality and size • Batch compression – shrink your whole camera roll at once, resumes if interrupted • Advanced controls – resolution cap, frame rate, format Free to use. One payment to unlock everything. Nothing to cancel – ever. Your pocket supercomputer Compression runs entirely on your iPhone – no servers, no cloud, no queue. It's not just fast, it's private by design. Quack. Compress. Done. Free your phone from heavy videos in one tap – your iPhone deserves to breathe again. Download VideoDuck and make space for what matters.

Screenshots

Get Luminance4 screens
VideoDuck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VideoDuck at 100% against Get Luminance's 0%. VideoDuck also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Get Luminance's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Get Luminance ships an update every 4 months, VideoDuck daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Get Luminance versus VideoDuck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGet LuminanceVideoDuck
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBox 50 Pty LtdDavyd Horhiashvili

Customer experience

Get Luminance

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

VideoDuck

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Get Luminance

No in-app purchases

None

VideoDuck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Get Luminance free?
Get Luminance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VideoDuck free?
VideoDuck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Get Luminance or VideoDuck have ads?
Neither Get Luminance nor VideoDuck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Get Luminance or VideoDuck?
Get Luminance ships an update every 4 months, and VideoDuck daily. Most recently, Get Luminance was updated on September 23, 2026 and VideoDuck on October 5, 2026.

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