Comparison

Asketch vs Compress

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

Head to head
About

Asketch

A digital sketchpad designed for both beginners and advanced artists. It offers a focused drawing experience with intuitive gesture controls, powerful zooming for detail work, and image transformation capabilities. Capture your ideas anytime, anywhere with this versatile tool.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based drawing interface
  • Pressure-sensitive drawing support
  • High-quality image zooming
  • Image transformation (scale/rotate)
  • 50 levels of undo/redo
Features
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Asketch is a unique and versatile sketch pad. It allows creativity on the go, anytime, anywhere. Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw; equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you. Features and functionality: Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity. Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing. Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture. 50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Compress video to free up space
  • Shrink videos for faster sharing
  • Advanced compression configuration
  • Save in MP4 or MOV format
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Asketch4 screens
Compress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Compress at Free against Asketch's $1.99. Compress also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Asketch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Compress is free to download; Asketch costs $1.99 up front. Compress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Asketch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compress holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 224 and 572 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Asketch'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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Asketch versus Compress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsketchCompress
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (224 ratings)4.7 (572 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews — better54.8% of reviews
Number of ratings224572 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB30 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAndrew KernLe Giang Nam

Customer experience

Asketch

All ratings224 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.1%

Compress

All ratings572 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative37.1%

User reviews

Asketch

From 224 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • ✨ Produces beautiful sketches
  • 🎨 Realistic charcoal-like effect
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 🔒 No data collection

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Lack of instructions/tutorials
  • 🎨 Limited customization options
  • 💾 No save/export options
  • 🔀 Confusing gesture controls

Compress

From 572 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent compression efficiency with minimal quality loss
  • 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to use
  • 💾 Significant file size reduction (50-65% smaller)
  • ⚡ Fast compression processing
  • 🎥 Batch conversion capability

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes during compression
  • ❌ Videos fail to open or display properly
  • 🚫 Blank screen on startup
  • ⚠️ Inconsistent performance across devices
  • 💳 Unexpected subscription charges after lifetime promotion

Bugs and requests

Asketch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Eraser not working as expected
  • Brush strokes moving to unexpected locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • More brush/pencil options
  • Color support
  • Layers and blending tools
  • Background/paper texture options

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

None

Asketch

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Compress

Subscriptions2
  • Video Compressor+3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Video Compressor+$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Video Compressor+ Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Asketch free?
Asketch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Compress free?
Compress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Asketch or Compress?
Compress is rated higher. Asketch averages 4.4 out of 5 from 224 ratings, while Compress averages 4.7 from 572 ratings.
Do Asketch or Compress have ads?
Neither Asketch nor Compress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asketch or Compress?
Asketch ships an update every 2 months, and Compress every 2 months. Most recently, Asketch was updated on October 1, 2026 and Compress on September 29, 2026.

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