Minima vs Compress Cam Basic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minima
Easily reduce the file size of your photos and videos for faster sharing and reduced data usage. Quickly import media, resize it, and export to various platforms or save it locally. Automatically square images for seamless social media posting.
- Image and video resizing
- Faster uploads
- Reduced data usage
- Import from Camera Roll
- Export to social media
- Automatic square image creation
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This is the simplest & easiest video/image-size-reducer you'll ever find. Minima will make your photo/video sharing activities much much faster and more enjoyable. Get it while Minima's free! Does it take too long to upload your photos/videos to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Path, Evernote, etc? Use this app to resize & share photos/videos quickly without burdening your data usage. Import photos/videos from Camera Roll or any other apps, reduce their sizes, and export them to Facebook, Twitter, Email, Camera Roll, Copy to clipboard, or open them in any other photo/video processor apps on your device. You can also ask Minima to automatically make an image square, so it can be shared entirely without cropping. Great ***** - "My image went from 104kb to 4.4kb and still looked good. An excellent app I would recommend it if you need to upload images to the Internet straight from your device but the normal photo is to big. Works a treat." - Jane Stevens, UK. Awesome ***** - "This is amazing for resizing my hd pics to upload on instagram ^.^" - mmmooom, USA. Great app! ***** - "This is a great app, it does what it says it does! well worth the download :')" - Thunder95y38, UK.
Compress Cam Basic
This app helps you reduce the file size of your photos, both as you take them and from your existing album. It preserves high image quality while saving storage space and data usage, making sharing easier.
- Automatic image compression while shooting
- Compress existing photos from album
- Easy operation and simple design
- Save on data usage
- Preserves high image quality
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This is the free version with ads. Are you struggling with insufficient storage space on your smartphone or overly large photo files? “Compress Cam” is a convenient photo compression app that automatically reduces the file size of your photos while maintaining high image quality, helping you save on data storage. ◆ Main Features • Automatic Image Compression Shooting: Compresses images automatically as you shoot. Significantly reduces file size while preserving high resolution. • Compress Existing Photos: Easily compress photos in your album to save smartphone storage space. • Easy Operation & Simple Design: With an intuitive interface, anyone can start using it immediately. • Save on Data Usage: By reducing file sizes when sharing photos via SNS or email, it makes uploading and sending smoother and helps you save on data usage. ◆ Recommended For • Those who find large photo file sizes slow to upload to SNS or send via email. • Those troubled by insufficient smartphone storage space. • Those who want to resize and compress photos while maintaining high image quality. • Those who wish to save on data usage. Enjoy shooting and sharing photos without worrying about file sizes with “Compress Cam”! Download now to experience smart photo compression!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Compress Cam Basic at 4.5 against Minima's 2.9. Compress Cam Basic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Minima's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Minima sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Compress Cam Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compress Cam Basic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minima has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Minima ships an update every 6 weeks, Compress Cam Basic every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minima | Compress Cam Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel V.W | Yasuhiro Takano |
Customer experience
Minima
Compress Cam Basic
Bugs and requests
Minima
Reported bugs
50 issues- Camera tool crashes
- App freezes and crashes
- Screen freezes
- Gets stuck when saving a photo
- Image goes blurry
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- Not lossless, image quality greatly reduced
- Paid for upgrade and didn't work
- Makes photos blurry
- Resizing substantially degrades quality
- Not intuitive
- Cannot post resized photo to online forums
- No size reduction noticeable
- App cache will accumulate over time
- Opening minimized image in other apps doesn't work
- "More" function doesn't work
- Minimizes nothing, enlarges and crops
- No EXIF data (GPS coordinates)
- Watermark on images
- App doesn't work until you pay
- Doesn't let you select pixel sizes, just presets
- Picture becomes very pixelated
- Distorted and went to news feed with previous pic
- Resized pictures are terrible, quality lost, pixilated
- Crash
- Doesn't work after selecting photo and size
- No landscape view on iPad
- Cannot get options where to save picture
- Doesn't let you select any pixel sizes
- Makes pictures blurry and hard to see
- Doesn't work
- Doesn't do anything
- Watermark defeats the purpose
- Doesn't work until you pay
- Doesn't tell you until you have wasted your time uploading your video
- Paid for video resized extra and still couldn't send
- App says free but have to pay to resize videos
- Can't use without paying
- Video ads popping up
- Got the money but didn't get the upgrade
- No tutorial, everything has to be found on your own
- No explanation to any features
- Doesn't work, no support
- Asks you to select photo then nothing happens
- Doesn't work :(
- App won't allow me to open any photos
- Support link doesn't work
- I cannot get this to work
- New update didn't fix anything
- Not for text documents, words unlegible when shrunk
- Crash, but app functioning 5 stars
Requested features
8 requests- Update for newly versions (iOS 15-16)
- Add multiple select photos to resize
- Keep EXIF data (location, time)
- Ability to set specific dimensions
- Show MB/KB before and after reduction
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- Clear cache option
- Allow selection of more than one file at a time
- Fix app cache accumulation
Compress Cam Basic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minima
- Remove Watermark with promotional price$1.99
- "Resize Videos" at promotional price$1.99
- "Unlock All Features" at promotional price$2.99
Compress Cam Basic
No in-app purchases
