Video Compressor vs Shrink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Compressor
Reduce video file sizes to save storage space on your device. This app offers various compression options, including quality presets and manual adjustments for resolution and bitrate. It also supports video conversion, merging, and trimming.
- Compress videos with quality preservation
- Multiple compression profiles and manual settings
- Video conversion to various formats
- Merge and join multiple videos
- Trim and cut videos
- Batch compression for multiple files
- Preview compression results
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Video Compressor & Converter provides users with default compression/preset profiles to reduce the size of the video. Users can choose desired compression quality, compression speed, cut, trim and change video resolution. Users can also convert any format video to any other format. Easily merge and join videos to play together. This Video Compressor can compress an uncompressed video without losing quality using X264 codec. It can also compress a compressed video by decreasing the quality which is Resolution. It supports many video formats. Supported Video Formats MP4, MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MTS, MPEG, MPG, WMV, M4V, MOV, VOB. KEY FEATURES: - Compress an uncompressed video by keeping original quality. - Choose from predefined multiple compression profiles with different quality and size settings. - Compress video to a manually inputted size. - Shows a preview of small duration for the chosen compression settings before the compression process starts. Helps users to understand the quality of the compression beforehand. - Queue multiple videos to compress them in batch mode. - Choose Compression process speed. Higher the speed larger the compressed video size. - Compresses a video by decreasing resolution, video bitrate. In this option the user can see the estimated compressed video size before compressing. This doesn’t preserve original quality. - Compare compressed and original video by playing them simultaneously in the same screen. - Reduces video size, shrink video, save and clear device's storage space. - High quality video compression and Low quality video compression. - Medium compression option will be completed much faster than the High compression. But High compression will shrink the size much more than Medium compression. - Has the option to compress and convert video very fast. - Change any video format to any other format. - Import files from Photos(gallery), Cloud, and Via Wi-fi. - Clean UI design and super easy to use. - Keep video quality sharp. - Convert video to MP4, MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MTS, M2TS, TS, M4V, MOV formats.(PRO Feature) - Convert video from MP4, MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MTS, MPEG, MPG, WMV, M4V, MOV, VOB formats. - Easily Locate Compressed Videos on Output section. - Marge and Join Videos. - Change aspect ratios while merging. - Trim Videos. - Play Compressed and Converted Video. - Share compressed, converted and size-reduced videos. - Shrink the video to the specific size - Control video bitrate manually. - Choose custom resolution. - Cut, Trim, convert and compress. BEFORE AND AFTER SAMPLES Before: 72.7MB — After: 7.7MB (89.41% smaller) Before: 194.6MB — After: 8.6MB (95.58% smaller) Before: 1.37GB — After: 628.7MB (54.11% smaller) This is the best Video compressor and converter app in the market which provides many options for compressing your video. Also, you can compress videos in batch mode by queuing multiple videos. You can choose desired compression quality, compression speed, video resolution, bitrate etc. Video Compressor Compact Video Terms of Use at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sjCpwsrHCufCvdOi6c0rd7Isu33_STR30NmX1YIn8Uo Video Compressor Compact Video Privacy Policy at https://docs.google.com/document/d/12EmYbpJ_HTufXgKW1R4pl0ftmNxsE8w_evvmoDSMDlM/edit
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Video Compressor at none against Shrink's shown. Video Compressor also leads on ratings volume (493 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Shrink's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Video Compressor sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per 7 days and Shrink sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.09 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shrink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor has 493 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Video Compressor ships an update every 3 weeks, Shrink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Compressor | Shrink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (493 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 493 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inverse.AI | RIPESEED |
Customer experience
Video Compressor
Shrink
Bugs and requests
Video Compressor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working properly, preventing access to features
- Issues with preserving original video file names during batch compression
- Compressed videos sometimes larger than originals
Requested features
4 requests- Add HEVC format option
- Increase default batch selection limit
- Add 'delete original video' feature
- Improve HDR video compression
Shrink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Video Compressor
- Base weekly product$2.007 Days
- Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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- Quarterly Subscription3 Days trial$9.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 60 Minutes$4.99
- 300 Minutes$9.99
- One Time Purchase$19.99
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- 1000 Minutes$19.99
- One Time Purchase$24.99
- 2000 Minutes$29.99
- Lifetime Premium Membership2 variants$29.99
- One Time Purchase$39.99
Shrink
- Monthly$2.091 Month
- One-Month Pass$2.99
- Lifetime$9.49
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