Colorfader vs Video Compressor Gold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colorfader
Transform your photos by selectively adding color to black and white images. This app allows you to highlight specific objects or color areas, creating a dramatic artistic effect. Easily edit existing pictures or take new ones, with intuitive tools for zooming, painting, and adjusting colors.
- Selective color splash
- Black and white conversion
- Adjust hue, contrast, saturation, blur
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Adjustable brush size and hardness
- Change background color
- Add vignette effect
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ColorFader is the application that enable you to emphasize some particular objects or color parts of an image that is converted to black and white.The outcome is a very striking effect that helps you to give an artistic touch to your images. It's very easy, in a couple of minutes you'll be able to save fantastic images. Open an existing image or take a new one with the camera. Use two fingers to move around an image or zoom in. Use only one finger to paint upon the image. If color tab is selected you'll paint color strokes, otherwise, if Gray tab is selected, you'll paint in black and white You can also change background image color if black & white is not the effect you want to set for your image. Key features: -Saved images scale 1:1 with original images -Possibility to change hue, contrast, saturation and blur of colored and b/w part of image -Multiple working sessions -Undo/Redo function to delete unwanted strokes above the image -User friendly interface -Brush monitor for easy drawing -Possibility to regulate width and hardness of the strokes -Change background image color with sephia and other 8 colors -Possibility to add vignette to final image -Share and store final images
Video Compressor Gold
Free up valuable phone storage by compressing large video and photo files. This app helps you reduce file sizes significantly, allowing you to store more content like videos, apps, and music. Easily identify and compress multiple files at once, then share them with ease.
- Compress videos by up to 80%
- Compress photos
- Identify large video files
- Multiple compression presets
- Batch compression
- Easy sharing of compressed files
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Are you running out of space because of too many videos on your phone? Use video compressor GOLD to compress them and free up space to store more videos, apps, and music! Functionality: - Compress and optimize videos to decrease sizes by 80% or more - Compress photos as well - Easily identify large video files - Lots of presets to choose from - Compress multiple videos at once - Easily share compressed videos with friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Video Compressor Gold at Free against Colorfader's $0.99. Video Compressor Gold also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (67% vs 44%). Colorfader's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 33 months). On 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
Video Compressor Gold is free to download; Colorfader costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Video Compressor Gold holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor Gold has 166 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Colorfader's written reviews are positive against 67% of Video Compressor Gold's.
Colorfader ships an update fortnightly, Video Compressor Gold every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colorfader | Video Compressor Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (166 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 166 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | michele barbieri | 丽譞 牛 |
Customer experience
Colorfader
Video Compressor Gold
Bugs and requests
Colorfader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Video Compressor Gold
Reported bugs
34 issues- Error when saving files
- App not working with new iPhone models (iPhone 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max)
- Compression errors
- App freezes and requires restart
- Compressed videos disappear after saving
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- App doesn't show all videos
- Error message: 'can't save to file'
- Videos are sent to another country for compression
- App doesn't compress photos
- Frame rate reduced to 24 FPS
- Does not support H.265
- App crashes or shows errors
- App not opening after purchase
- Cannot save compressed files to iPhone
- Error saving to Album
- Doesn't convert video
- Videos not appearing in the app
- Error saving to file
- Privacy concerns about video transfer
- App not working on iPhone, only on Mac
- App doesn't work after last update
- Cuts videos instead of compressing
- Slow and heavy performance with multiple videos
- No Arabic language support
- Cannot reduce video size multiple times
- Changes filename after compression
- Image compression not intuitive
- Cannot input exact output width and height
- Issues with storage and permission errors
- Compressed videos are blurry
- App does not visualize videos on the device
- Cannot save to album
- Compression failed
- App doesn't work on iPhone
Requested features
12 requests- Feature to save a frame from video in full resolution
- Option to keep original timestamp and location data
- More detailed functions and formats
- Ability to compress photos
- Mac computer version
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- Back button
- More intuitive image compression
- Ability to enter exact output width and height
- Option to reduce video size repeatedly
- Preserve original video filename
- Support for higher frame rates (e.g., 30 FPS)
- Support for H.265 codec
In-app purchases
Colorfader
No in-app purchases
Video Compressor Gold
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Colorfader free?
Is Video Compressor Gold free?
Which has better reviews, Colorfader or Video Compressor Gold?
Do Colorfader or Video Compressor Gold have ads?
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