Charcoal Booth Pro vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charcoal Booth Pro
Transform your photos into charcoal sketches with this easy-to-use app. Select an image or take a new one, and apply realistic charcoal effects. Fine-tune the look with a slider for the perfect artistic touch before saving or sharing.
- Photo to charcoal effect
- Select from album or camera
- Adjustable tone slider
- Save to device
- Share with friends
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Create polished charcoal art in seconds with Charcoal Booth Pro. Turn portraits and landscapes into expressive charcoal drawings with distinct paper-and-pencil styles. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. The paid edition is ad-free, so you can stay focused on your edit.
Video Compressor
Easily reduce the file size of your videos with this intuitive compression tool. Optimize storage space by converting videos to lower resolutions, including 720p and VGA, while also offering video trimming functionality.
- Compress videos from camera
- Reduce file size by over 70%
- Support 720p, VGA, and low resolution
- Video trimming functionality
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Video Compressor is the most easy-to-use video compression app in the App Store, features included: - Compress video recorded by Camera App. - Reduce over 70% of file size when compressing video from Full HD to 720p resolution. - Support 720p, VGA and low resolution compression. - Support video trimming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Video Compressor at 68% against Charcoal Booth Pro's 0%. Video Compressor also leads on rating (3.2 vs 1.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Charcoal Booth Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, 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
Charcoal Booth Pro costs $1.99 and Video Compressor $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Video Compressor holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Compressor has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Charcoal Booth Pro's written reviews are positive against 68% of Video Compressor's.
Charcoal Booth Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Video Compressor every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charcoal Booth Pro | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.2 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 68.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | FBM |
Customer experience
Charcoal Booth Pro
Video Compressor
Bugs and requests
Charcoal Booth Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Video Compressor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to compress multiple videos
- Compressed videos not saving properly
- Issues with iOS 8 and later versions
Requested features
4 requests- Allow compression of videos longer than 10 minutes
- Add more compression quality options
- Enable batch processing of multiple videos
- Integrate with other video folders, not just Camera Roll
In-app purchases
Charcoal Booth Pro
No in-app purchases
Video Compressor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Charcoal Booth Pro free?
Is Video Compressor free?
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Do Charcoal Booth Pro or Video Compressor have ads?
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