Compress Photos+ vs Fetch Image
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compress Photos+
Easily resize and compress images to save device storage and optimize them for social media. Maintain metadata and process photos privately on your device. Batch compression and sharing options are available.
- Resize and compress images
- Save device storage
- Optimize for social media
- Maintain metadata
- On-device processing
- Batch compression
- Crop photos
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Use Compress Photos+ to resize and compress your photos to save space on your device • Reduce the size of images before posting to social media • Scale your images to suit • Reduce file size and save storage space • Crop your photo to get the perfect result • Compressing photos maintains the metadata {Exif}, {TIFF}, {IPTC} etc • Share single photos • Batch compress your photos • 100% private, all processing is done on the device • All compressed photos are stored in the ‘xCompress’ photo album • Original photos are left for you to decide if you want to remove them after compression Upgrade the App ‘Go Pro’: • Remove all Ads • Enable photo crop, rotate and scale • Batch process up to 100 photos at a time
Fetch Image
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Fetch Image is an open-source watchOS-only app for downloading images from URLs. In addition to downloading a single image, Fetch Image also supports batch downloading images from a webpage or an RSS feed. When given a URL to a webpage or an RSS feed, Fetch Image will match image URLs from the web content and download them all. A great use case is to go to a folder on your computer with many images and `python -m http.server` to serve the folder. Then you can download all images from the folder to your watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fetch Image at none against Compress Photos+'s 6. Fetch Image also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Compress Photos+'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Compress Photos+ sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Fetch Image asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compress Photos+ ships an update every 6 days, Fetch Image every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compress Photos+ | Fetch Image |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MARK MANSER | Jian Qin |
In-app purchases
Compress Photos+
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Go Pro$3.99
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- Large Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
- Enormous Tip$19.99
Fetch Image
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Compress Photos+ free?
Is Fetch Image free?
Do Compress Photos+ or Fetch Image have ads?
Which is updated more often, Compress Photos+ or Fetch Image?
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