How Far Thunder vs Compress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
How Far Thunder
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Do you hear thunder, but do not know where it is? Want to surprise your friends with supernatural abilities? Bet on it that you can predict the exact distance to the place where the thunderstorm occurs. Is your child afraid of thunder and lightning? Reassure her that the thunder is now far away and play an interesting game together - determine the exact distance to the thunder. You can do all this with one touch! Just press the start button when you see lightning, and the App itself will calculate how many miles or kilometers of bad weather is raging.
Compress
Easily reduce video file sizes on your iPhone or iPad. This app also generates SRT caption files using on-device transcription and offers translation into 23 languages, all while keeping your data private.
- Video compression
- Batch compression (up to 10 videos)
- Customizable compression settings
- On-device SRT caption generation
- Offline transcription
- SRT translation (23 languages)
- Privacy-focused
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Compress-san is the easiest way to compress videos on your iPhone or iPad. Just select a video from your photo library, and queue up your video for compression. Select up to 10 videos for compression at once and add them to the queue. In the application settings, you can choose your desired compression settings, compressing video to sizes as low as low quality 480p. Compress-san also will use local on-device transcription models to create caption SRT files for your videos. Create subtitle text files locally and privately, with no audio or video leaving your device for creation of the SRTs. After an SRT is generated, you can also translate it into 23 different languages using local translation services. Compress-san is the simple and private way to cut your video sizes and create SRT subtitle transcription text files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: How Far Thunder at 14.4 against Compress's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | How Far Thunder | Compress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhii Rymar | Cameron Banga |
In-app purchases
How Far Thunder
No in-app purchases
Compress
No in-app purchases








