Comparison

Rainy Daze vs Video Shrinker

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

Head to head
About

Rainy Daze

Enhance your photos with realistic rain effects. Add mist, drops, or downpours to evoke emotion and atmosphere. Customize rain intensity, angle, and length for artistic expression.

Highlights
  • Dynamic rain effects
  • Adjustable rain angle and length
  • Three unique rain styles
  • Customizable presets
  • Darken sky with clouds
  • Easy-to-use slider controls
Features
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The JixiPix Rainy Daze photo app puts the power, emotion and uses of rain at your fingertips. With it, you have the power to envelop your photos in a soft mist's romantic glow, wash your landscapes clean of imperfection, and bring drops of meaning, large and small, fast or smooth, to your personal expression. Is it possible for a photo to make your body ache? Or pull on your heartstrings? Give you hope? Well … is there rain in your photo? Because, along with the moisture, rain drops emotion - strong, instinctive emotions. It’s not something anyone needs to be taught - we just feel it. And since there are as many emotions of rain as there are types of rain, the artistic uses for your photography are virtually endless. Some things you might like to shoot for: bright and clean, regenerative, renewing, glistening; powerful, ominous, thunderbolt and lightening, cascading in waves – horizontal. Or, sweet-smelling soft dreaminess, romance and peace - a delicate kiss alight in the air. Whether you're a graphic artist, professional photographer, or a budding iPhoneographer, use Rainy Daze to bring some rain to your photos and the response from your viewers will be subconscious, immediate, and visceral. Pretty handy. The Rainy Daze photo app comes loaded with three powerful styles: Rain Shower, Romantic Rain and Vintage Rain. Each unique style applies an advanced tonal technique to give your photos the feel of a rainy day. Rain Shower slightly darkens the scene for an appearance of an overcast day, Romantic Rain brings a soft romantic glow, and Vintage Rain gives a toned, aged appearance. Each style allows you to adjust the rain from a light drizzle to a heavy shower, change the angle of the rain, and change the length of the rain from short drops to long streaks. You can (do a rain) dance if you want to, but it's not necessary. Just head to the App Store and – Make it rain. Rainy Daze delivers: •Dynamic rain, length and angle •The ability to darken the sky with clouds •Loads of presets, to get you started fast •The ability to create personal-favorite custom presets using the "Save" menu •The addictive JixiPix Randomizer – so much fun! •Easy-to-use slider controls to adjust light, contrast and texture just how you want it •Superfast preview mode to immediately see edit results, with large image rendered at save •You can save to the photo roll and/or email or post to Facebook. Share your masterpieces! •Works with Hi-Res images for top-quality results •Superior customer support and updates – we're committed to your long-term satisfaction

About

Video Shrinker

Reduce the size of your video files significantly, freeing up valuable storage space on your device. Easily identify large videos and fine-tune export settings for optimal quality and file size. Supports HEVC format for efficient saving.

Highlights
  • Compress videos by 80% or more
  • Identify large video files
  • Fine-tune export settings
  • Adjust frame rate, bit rate, and frame size
  • Save videos in HEVC format
Features
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Just one minute of HD video can take up over 40 MB of space! 4K video can use 375 MB per minute! Use Video Shrinker to decrease your video file sizes by 80% or more. - Free tons of space! - Easily Identify large videos. - Fine tune video export settings to get the quality & file size you want. - Adjust the frame rate, bit rate, and frame size - Saves videos to your device in HEVC format

Screenshots

Rainy Daze4 screens
Video Shrinker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rainy Daze at every 4 months against Video Shrinker's every 19 months. Rainy Daze also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Video Shrinker's advantage is ratings volume (257 vs 53) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rainy Daze costs $0.99 and Video Shrinker $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rainy Daze holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 257 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rainy Daze ships an update every 4 months, Video Shrinker every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Rainy Daze versus Video Shrinker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainy DazeVideo Shrinker
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (53 ratings) — better4.5 (257 ratings)
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews72.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53257 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJixiPix, LLCWander Bit LLC - Photo & Video Editor Apps and More

Customer experience

Rainy Daze

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative21.6%

Video Shrinker

All ratings257 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews324 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative24.1%

Bugs and requests

Rainy Daze

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Video Shrinker

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes on launch with spinning wheel
  • Unknown error messages during compression
  • App fails to detect videos in camera roll
  • Blue screen displayed after successful compression
  • Failed to save compressed video to camera roll
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  • Out of memory errors on iPad Pro
  • Missing plugin error on startup
  • Inaccurate compression results (files larger than reported)
  • False success notifications when device storage is full

Requested features

12 requests
  • Batch processing capability
  • Ability to delete original video after compression
  • Output file size estimation before conversion
  • Preserve original video metadata (EXIF data, location, date)
  • Rename output files
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  • Save compression presets
  • Preserve slow-motion video properties
  • Better slider controls with preset buttons (720p, etc.)
  • Remember last video location in library
  • Display newest videos first in selection screen
  • Ability to abort conversion process
  • Suggested default settings

In-app purchases

None

Rainy Daze

No in-app purchases

None

Video Shrinker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainy Daze free?
Rainy Daze costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Shrinker free?
Video Shrinker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainy Daze or Video Shrinker?
Rainy Daze is rated higher. Rainy Daze averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Video Shrinker averages 4.5 from 257 ratings.
Do Rainy Daze or Video Shrinker have ads?
Neither Rainy Daze nor Video Shrinker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rainy Daze or Video Shrinker?
Rainy Daze ships an update every 4 months, and Video Shrinker every 19 months. Most recently, Rainy Daze was updated on September 23, 2026 and Video Shrinker on September 26, 2026.

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