CatCompressor vs Kage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatCompressor
Easily reduce the file size of your videos with customizable compression settings. This tool supports batch processing, allowing you to compress multiple clips simultaneously.
- Video compression
- Customizable settings
- Batch processing
- Multiple video support
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This app allows you to compress videos with your preferred settings. You can compress multiple videos at once.
Kage
This app helps you protect sensitive information in your photos before sharing. It automatically detects and allows you to redact details like faces, emails, and addresses with various redaction styles. You can also manage image metadata and export processed images securely.
- On-device PII detection
- Automatic and manual redaction
- Multiple redaction styles
- Metadata inspection and removal
- Batch processing
- Watermarking and preview
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Kage helps you share screenshots, receipts, documents, and everyday photos without exposing private information. Pick a single photo privately, open an image file from Files or another app, or grant Photos access to work through selected images from your library. Kage analyzes each image on device, highlights sensitive areas, and gives you clear, hands-on control before export. Key features: • Detect sensitive details on device, including faces, barcodes, email addresses, phone numbers, links, addresses, names, IP addresses, account IDs, reference IDs, monetary amounts, license plates, and more. • Automatically redact high-confidence sensitive areas, or review suggested items before deciding what to hide. • Draw your own manual redaction regions whenever you need precise control. • Choose from blur, pixelation, solid bars, marker-style coverage, hidden text, and emoji face masks. • Inspect EXIF and other image metadata before exporting. • Remove location, camera, and timestamp metadata by default, with the option to include original metadata when needed. • Enable an optional EXIF map preview when a photo contains GPS metadata. • Review multiple selected photos, mark them complete, and export them together. • Preview the final result before export, add a customizable watermark, and undo or redo changes as you work. • Share processed images directly from Kage, save to Files, save a duplicate to Photos, or replace the original photo when you choose. Kage is built for privacy-first workflows. Processing stays on device, and Kage does not collect or share your personal data, including photos, analytics, crash reports, or debug logs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kage at 5.0 against CatCompressor's 4.0. Kage also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
CatCompressor ships an update every 5 months, Kage every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatCompressor | Kage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daichi Kato | 启军 李 |
Customer experience
CatCompressor
Kage
In-app purchases
CatCompressor
No in-app purchases
Kage
No in-app purchases









