Minima vs Camera Ring Light
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.
Camera Ring Light
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Glowy turns your iPhone into a professional front-camera ring light for creators. Get perfect lighting for selfies and videos anywhere without carrying extra gear. With real-time brightness, temperature and color controls, Glowy gives you full control over your lighting while you record or take photos. Designed for influencers, vloggers, makeup creators, and anyone who wants to look great on camera. Features: - Front Camera Ring Light: Smooth, even lighting for photos and videos. - Adjustable Brightness & Temperature: Fine-tune your light from warm to cool or ultra-bright for low-light environments. - Segment Control: Turn on/off any of the four ring segments for creative, directional lighting. - Real-Time Lighting Preview: See the changes instantly while using the camera. - Capture Photos & Record Videos: Shoot directly inside the app. No watermarks, no distractions. - Clean, Minimal Interface: Professional tools made simple and intuitive. Whether you’re filming TikToks, recording beauty content, shooting vlogs, or taking selfies in low light, Glowy replaces your ring light and fits in your pocket. Look great. Anywhere. Anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Minima at Free against Camera Ring Light's $2.99. Minima also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). Camera Ring Light's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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
Minima is free to download; Camera Ring Light costs $2.99 up front. Minima sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Camera Ring Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Minima | Camera Ring Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel V.W | Juan Luis Flores Sanchez |
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
Camera Ring Light
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
Camera Ring Light
No in-app purchases
