Shrink.media vs Video Compress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shrink.media
Easily reduce the file size of your images without sacrificing quality. This intuitive tool supports PNG, JPEG, and WEBP formats, making web pages load faster and saving bandwidth. It's a free service for everyone, from professionals to beginners.
- Reduce image file size
- Compress PNG, JPEG, WEBP
- Faster web page loading
- Less bandwidth utilization
- Intuitive and intelligent tool
- Exceptional quality results
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With Shrink.media, anyone can now reduce the file size of images, whether they're a professional photographer or a novice. Shrink.media is the fastest, most intuitive & Intelligent image file reducer tool in the market today. It can reduce size of images and doesn't require any technical knowledge to use. You truly get exceptional quality results when using Shrink.media for reducing size of your images. You can compress PNG, JPEG, WEBP files. Benefits: * Faster Web Pages Loading Reduced image size results in faster loading of web pages, improving web performance * Less Bandwidth Utilisation Lower file size also results in lower bandwidth utilization * Better User Experience Higher page load speed enhances overall user experience * It’s Free This image compression service is completely free of charge. Terms: https://www.shrink.media/terms-of-use Privacy: https://www.shrink.media/privacy-policy
Video Compress
Easily reduce the size of your video files to free up storage space on your iPhone. The app sorts videos by size, allowing you to compress them while maintaining original quality. It guides you through deleting originals and clearing recently deleted files to reclaim storage.
- Reduce video file size
- Maintain original quality
- Sort videos by size
- Delete original videos
- Free up iPhone storage
- View compressed videos
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Today most iPhone users have problems with storage space mostly because of the large size video files. We made 'Video Compress' app to easily reduce the size of videos while keeping the Original Quality. This app is highly recommended for Camera-Recorded videos (most videos from social network apps are already compressed). How to find large size videos? The app sorts out videos by size from the largest to the smallest. How to free up space? 1. First, when compressing each video, click on 'Delete Original Video' to let the app replace the original video with a smaller size 2. Then, go to Gallery > Albums > Recently Deleted 3. Delete the video manually from Recently Deleted Where can I see my compressed videos? 1- In Photo Gallery 2- On app screen > top right > My Compressed Videos Attention: As long as the large video files are in Recently Deleted, no space is freed up on your iPhone. iPhone security system, only lets the user delete files from Recently Deleted and you should do this part manually. Enjoy high quality videos and free space on your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shrink.media at Free against Video Compress's $0.99. Shrink.media also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Video Compress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On update cadence, 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
Shrink.media is free to download; Video Compress costs $0.99 up front. Shrink.media sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per 7 days. Video Compress asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shrink.media holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shrink.media has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Shrink.media's written reviews are positive against 100% of Video Compress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shrink.media ships an update every 6 weeks, Video Compress monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shrink.media | Video Compress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (62 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shopsense Retail Technologies Limited | Khatuli Todua |
Customer experience
Shrink.media
Video Compress
In-app purchases
Shrink.media
- Weekly Plan$5.007 Days
- Monthly Plan$10.001 Month
Video Compress
No in-app purchases
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