Dig It vs Image and Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dig It
Easily extract keyframes, still images, and cover frames from your videos without uploading them. This tool helps creators, sellers, and educators quickly find and save valuable moments from video clips for various purposes.
- Extract clean keyframes from video
- Reduce near-duplicate frames
- Find strong cover and representative stills
- Capture tutorial steps
- Export selected PNG images
- Local video processing
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Dig It turns video into clean, usable keyframes, still images, cover frames, and step-by-step screenshots. Instead of scrubbing through a clip frame by frame, import a video once and quickly review the moments worth keeping. Use it to pull a strong product cover, capture tutorial steps, collect representative stills, or export images for posts, listings, notes, and workflows. Your video is processed locally on your device. Dig It does not upload your clips to a server during extraction. What you can do: • Extract cleaner keyframes from video • Reduce near-duplicate frames • Find stronger covers and representative stills • Capture important steps from tutorials and workflows • Review timestamps and scores at a glance • Reopen saved extraction history • Use lightweight tools to trim video, compress video, extract audio, and turn images into a video • Export only the PNG images you want to keep Built for creators, sellers, teachers, makers, and anyone who needs useful images from video fast.
Image and Video Compressor
This app allows you to compress photos and videos to a specific file size target, eliminating the need for manual bitrate calculations. It offers extensive controls for both image and video formats, ensuring privacy by processing all media on your device. Batch processing and comparison tools are available for efficient workflow.
- Target file size compression
- On-device processing
- Offline functionality
- H.264/HEVC video encoding
- Adjustable image quality
- Batch processing
- Metadata stripping
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Choose a file-size target. Skip the bitrate math. CompressNG uses the MB target you choose to calculate compression for photos and videos. Select 10 MB, 25 MB, 50 MB, or a custom target from 1–200 MB. Add media from Photos or Files—or send it from another app's Share menu. Compress a mixed batch, inspect the result, then save or share the output where you need it. Built for email attachments, school or work forms, messaging, upload limits, and reclaiming storage. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Photo and video processing happens on your device • No developer server, media uploads, account, ads, analytics, or tracking • Works offline with media already stored on your device VIDEO CONTROLS • H.264 for compatibility or HEVC for efficiency • Resolution caps: Original, 1080p, 720p, and 480p • Frame-rate controls from 15–60 fps • Audio quality from 64–192 kbps • A warning when a video already fits your target • If a result lands above target, Recompress adjusts the encoding budget for another pass PHOTO CONTROLS • Adjustable image quality • Resize by longest side or exact dimensions • Crop, rotate, and resize before export • Preserve transparency in PNG images BATCH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Process up to 20 photos and videos in one queue. Follow progress in the app or, on supported iPhone and iPad devices, with a Live Activity. COMPARE BEFORE YOU SHARE Review photos with a before-and-after slider and videos with synchronized comparison playback. See output size, dimensions, codec, bitrate, and space saved before export. PRIVACY CONTROLS Strip EXIF metadata such as location and camera information. Anonymize exported filenames when you do not want the original name attached. TRACK YOUR SAVINGS See files compressed, average savings, recent sessions, monthly savings, and your biggest result. Aggregate lifetime stats can sync through your private iCloud account. Private, target-based compression with precise controls and a retro terminal look.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dig It at fortnightly against Image and Video Compressor's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dig It against 5.0 for Image and Video Compressor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Dig It ships an update fortnightly, Image and Video Compressor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dig It | Image and Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 培克 罗 | Jonathan Ng |
Customer experience
Dig It
Image and Video Compressor
In-app purchases
Dig It
No in-app purchases
Image and Video Compressor
No in-app purchases
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