Get Luminance vs VideoDuck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Compress videos instantly
- Free up storage space
- Offline operation
- Faster sharing
- Batch compression
- Custom quality levels
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Get Luminance ships an update every 4 months, VideoDuck daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Get Luminance | VideoDuck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Box 50 Pty Ltd | Davyd Horhiashvili |
Customer experience
Get Luminance
VideoDuck
In-app purchases
Get Luminance
No in-app purchases
VideoDuck
No in-app purchases









