Comparison

Nightsight Night Cam vs Video Compressor

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

Head to head
About

Nightsight Night Cam

Capture clear photos and videos in low-light conditions. Enhance visibility using your device's flash and adjust brightness with an intuitive slider. Save your enhanced images directly to your device or share them via WiFi or email.

Highlights
  • Low-light photography
  • Video recording in the dark
  • Adjustable brightness slider
  • Optional flash usage
  • Save to camera roll
  • Export via WiFi/email
Features
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See in the dark with your camera! Save enhanced images to your camera roll or export via WiFi or email. Optionally use the new phone flash, when available, for more light. Adjust the slider for darker/lighter situations.

About

Video Compressor

Reduce video file sizes by precisely controlling dimensions, frame rate, and quality. Optimize videos for sharing online or via email, with real-time file size estimation and preview capabilities.

Highlights
  • Reduce video file size
  • Control dimensions, frame rate, and quality
  • Real-time file size estimation
  • Preview video compression results
  • Delete hidden pixels
  • HEVC re-encoding support
Features
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Use Video Compressor - HD, to compress your videos and reduce their file size. Precisely control the dimensions, frame rate and quality to achieve the perfect result. The key points of the application: • Reduce the size to a minimum before sending the video online or sharing it by email. • Real-time estimation of the file size of the destination video, with the ability to preview the result. • Simply use the sliders, or access more options if necessary. • Delete hidden pixels if your video contains them ( "Clean Aperture" information). • Impose a square pixel format to get a smaller video. • If your device supports it, choose to re-encode your video in HEVC format taking half as much space as H264 format. • Choose a specific bitrate if necessary. • Reduce the dimensions, but also increase them if necessary. • Reduce the frame rate, but also increase it if necessary. • Exclusive functionality of a single frame mode to display only one frame in the video. The Input video can be imported from your device in several ways. The modified version (if there is one) or the original version of the video are both available. The camera can be used directly to record a video if needed. You can also connect your device to your computer in order to drag and drop specific videos (Files feature). The output video can be exported in several ways. Create a new video in the Photo app or in the Files app. Directly modify the input video by adding an edited version. Share the video to another application. This application can run, on your iPhone and your iPad, as a standalone application, a Photo Extension, or as an Action Extension (from the compatible applications like the Photo app). Portrait and Landscape orientations are supported in all screens. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You will find the original and intuitive user interface, common to all our videos applications. These applications have been featured many times by Apple and various websites.

Screenshots

Nightsight Night Cam1 screens
Video Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Video Compressor at 97% against Nightsight Night Cam's 9%. Video Compressor also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 78 months). Nightsight Night Cam's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Nightsight Night Cam costs $0.99 and Video Compressor $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Video Compressor holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Nightsight Night Cam's written reviews are positive against 97% of Video Compressor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nightsight Night Cam ships an update every 78 months, Video Compressor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nightsight Night Cam versus Video Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNightsight Night CamVideo Compressor
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews96.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 78 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWinkpass Creations, Inc.Francis Bonnin

Customer experience

Nightsight Night Cam

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative81.8%

Video Compressor

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%

In-app purchases

None

Nightsight Night Cam

No in-app purchases

None

Video Compressor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nightsight Night Cam free?
Nightsight Night Cam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Compressor free?
Video Compressor costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nightsight Night Cam or Video Compressor?
Video Compressor is rated higher. Nightsight Night Cam averages 1.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Video Compressor averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Nightsight Night Cam or Video Compressor have ads?
Neither Nightsight Night Cam nor Video Compressor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nightsight Night Cam or Video Compressor?
Nightsight Night Cam ships an update every 78 months, and Video Compressor every 2 months. Most recently, Nightsight Night Cam was updated on November 1, 2026 and Video Compressor on November 2, 2026.

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