Comparison

Video4Mail vs Shrink

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Video compression
  • File size reduction
  • Fast processing
  • Low energy consumption
  • Easy sharing
Features
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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.

About

Shrink

This app helps you reduce the size of your video files by up to 90% directly on your device, preserving visible quality. It offers batch processing, quality comparison, and intelligent filtering to find and compress your largest videos efficiently. Your videos are processed entirely on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Compress videos up to 90% smaller
  • Batch compress multiple clips
  • Compare compressed vs. original quality
  • Intelligent filtering for large videos
  • 100% on-device processing
  • Background processing
  • Preserves metadata like dates and locations
Features
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A video compressor that makes your videos up to 90% smaller — without losing the quality you can actually see, and without uploading a single frame. Your iPhone films in huge files. One minute of 4K can take over 400 MB, and a few trips and birthdays later "iPhone Storage Full" is back. Shrink re-encodes those videos right on your phone, so you keep every memory at a fraction of the size. COMPRESS VIDEO — UP TO 90% SMALLER • Batch-compress your whole camera roll, not one clip at a time • 812 MB becomes 54 MB, and it still looks the same on a phone screen • Handles 4K, HDR, ProRes and long clips without failing at 99% • With Pro on iOS 26, runs in the background — start a big batch and put your phone down • See exactly how many GB you got back, every time SEE THE QUALITY BEFORE YOU KEEP IT • Compare every compressed clip against its original, side by side • Nothing is replaced until you say so — keep both if you want • Dates, locations and HDR all survive the re-encode • Three levels — Space Saver, Balanced, High Quality — and you pick WHAT IT REFUSES TO TOUCH Most compressors flatten anything you hand them. Shrink skips the clips that would be damaged, and tells you why on the row instead of silently dropping them: • Slo-mo — re-encoding can flatten the slow-motion effect • Cinematic — compression would discard the depth and focus data • Live Photos — the still and the clip would come apart • Spatial video — the second eye would be lost If you disagree on any single clip, open it and compress it anyway. FIND THE BIGGEST WINS FIRST • Your largest videos, sorted biggest first • Filter to files over 100 MB, clips older than a year, or screen recordings • Screen recordings are usually the easiest gigabyte you will ever get back • Originals go to Recently Deleted, so there is always an undo BUILT FOR BIG BATCHES • With Pro, lock your phone mid-batch — progress continues on the Lock Screen • If your iPhone gets warm, Shrink pauses itself instead of pushing through • A running batch always finishes, even if your Pass expires mid-job • Optional: let Shrink watch for new large videos and quietly nudge you ON-DEVICE BY DESIGN • 100% on-device processing — your videos never leave your iPhone • No account, no sign-up, no ads • Works in airplane mode, on a plane, in a tunnel, anywhere • Your plan is verified on device, so nothing waits on a network • No watermark, ever GOOD FOR • Sending a clip that is "too large to attach" • Clearing space before a trip, an update, or a new phone • Years of screen recordings you forgot were there • Keeping 4K memories without paying for a bigger iCloud plan If your storage bar is red and you refuse to delete your memories or rent them back from the cloud, this is the video compressor you were looking for. Download now and get your gigabytes back. Terms of Use (EULA): https://shrink.ripeseed.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://shrink.ripeseed.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

Video4Mail3 screens
Shrink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video4Mail at none against Shrink's 3. Video4Mail also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Shrink's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Shrink sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.09 per month. Video4Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Video4Mail against 5.0 for Shrink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video4Mail ships an update every 6 months, Shrink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Video4Mail versus Shrink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo4MailShrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTiAu Engineering UG haftungsbeschraenktRIPESEED

Customer experience

Video4Mail

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Shrink

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Video4Mail

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Shrink

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$2.091 Month
One-time2
  • One-Month Pass$2.99
  • Lifetime$9.49

Questions

Is Video4Mail free?
Video4Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shrink free?
Shrink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Video4Mail or Shrink?
Video4Mail and Shrink are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Video4Mail or Shrink have ads?
Both Video4Mail and Shrink show ads.
Which is updated more often, Video4Mail or Shrink?
Video4Mail ships an update every 6 months, and Shrink every 5 days. Most recently, Video4Mail was updated on September 18, 2026 and Shrink on September 24, 2026.

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