Mixter vs Compress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mixter
Easily create stunning gradient backgrounds for your Instagram Stories. Enhance your visual content with beautiful color transitions and personalize your posts beyond the default options.
- Custom gradient backgrounds
- Instagram Story personalization
- Beautiful color transitions
- Enhance visual content
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Personalize your Instagram Stories - replace the default background with a beautiful color gradient!
Compress
This app helps you save storage space on your device by compressing videos without sacrificing quality. Easily share videos on social media or messaging apps after shrinking them to a manageable size.
- Compress video to free up space
- Shrink videos for faster sharing
- Advanced compression configuration
- Save in MP4 or MOV format
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If you're worried about running out of space on your phone because you have too many videos but don't want to delete them, then this app is your solution. Video Compress simply compresses your video to save up more storage space on your devices without reducing the quality of the content. Now you can easily share your video via Whatsapp, iMessage, or post it on Facebook, Instagram without worrying about the size of the video. Features - Compress video to free up space on your device. - Shrink videos to share them faster with friends and family. - Advanced compressing configuration. (Bitrate, FPS, Video Dimension) - Save in MP4 or MOV format. All personal data is protected in accordance with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://rockybrain.com/terms/ https://rockybrain.com/policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mixter at 100% against Compress's 55%. Mixter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Compress's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (580 vs 2). On ads, device support 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
Compress is free to download; Mixter costs $0.99 up front. Compress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Mixter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compress holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compress has 580 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Mixter's written reviews are positive against 55% of Compress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mixter ships an update every 4 days, Compress every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Mixter | Compress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (580 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 54.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 580 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #137 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Minterly Limited | Le Giang Nam |
Customer experience
Mixter
Compress
Bugs and requests
Mixter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Compress
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when pressing compress button
- Videos display with no size information
- Unknown error popup during compression
- Cannot select certain videos from library
- Restore purchases not working for lifetime accounts
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- Compressed file shows correct size but sends original file
- App shuts down during compression process
- Videos won't open after compression
- Slow performance on some devices
Requested features
7 requests- Preserve original video metadata (date, time, GPS location)
- Support for edited/cropped video versions
- Slide Over multitasking support on iPad
- Ability to delete compressed videos from library
- Better handling of videos longer than 6 minutes
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- Support for selecting videos from Photos app
- Screen-on requirement removal during batch processing
In-app purchases
Mixter
No in-app purchases
Compress
- Video Compressor+3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Video Compressor+$19.991 Year
- Video Compressor+ Lifetime$39.99
