Comparison

SwiftConvert vs Video Compressor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

SwiftConvert

Features
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Convert video and audio right on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing uploads, nothing leaves the device. SwiftConvert turns files into the formats your apps and devices actually accept, and does the whole job on-device. No server, no account, no tracking, no analytics. PLAY THE MKVs THAT WOULDN'T PLAY iPhone and iPad can't open MKV files. SwiftConvert reads them itself and rebuilds them as MP4. H.264 and HEVC video is copied across untouched — no quality loss, no long re-encode — while AC-3 and E-AC-3 soundtracks become AAC with 5.1 channels intact. Keep just the audio and subtitle track you pick, or keep every one of them as alternates you can switch between in the player. Chapter marks come across too. TRIM, CROP AND ROTATE Open any queued file and set a start and end point, straighten a clip shot sideways, or crop it to 16:9, 9:16, square, 4:3 or 21:9. Pick an aspect and SwiftConvert looks for the subject in the frame and offers to center the crop on it — a small on-device suggestion you can accept with one tap or ignore entirely and drag the position slider by hand, exactly as before. Nothing is applied until you tap Use, and if it doesn't find a clear subject the editor behaves just like it always has. Trimming and rotating are lossless — the video still passes through without being re-encoded. Only cropping changes the pixels, and the editor tells you when that's about to happen. FORMATS AND PRESETS Output MP4, MOV or M4V with H.264 or HEVC video and AAC audio, or pull the audio out on its own as M4A in AAC or lossless ALAC. Four presets are built in — iPhone, Web, Archive and Podcast — and any combination you settle on can be saved as your own preset with a name and an icon. ENHANCE WHILE YOU CONVERT Super Resolution upscales and sharpens. Motion Smoothing multiplies the frame rate 2x to 8x. Motion Blur, Noise Reduction and two faster low-latency modes round out the set. Everything runs on the media hardware in your device, one enhancement per conversion, and the app tells you up front which ones your device supports. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU NEED Smart Convert takes a plain sentence — "archive at the best quality", "just the audio" — and picks the container, codecs and quality for you, explains the choice in a line, and offers to save it as a preset. Needs a device that supports Apple Intelligence. RUN IT FROM SHORTCUTS Convert Files takes files and a preset and hands back the results without opening the app, so it can sit in the middle of a larger shortcut. Add Files to SwiftConvert Queue drops them into the app instead, ready for you to check the settings first. Both work with Siri. On iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, Convert Files carries on in the background for as long as a long conversion takes. BUILT FOR BATCHES Add files from the picker, or open them in SwiftConvert from the Files app or another app's share sheet, and queue as many as you like. Start them together, watch per-file progress, stop the batch at any point, and retry anything that didn't make it — straight from the completion notification if you like. Outputs are named so nothing gets overwritten. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is a remote for the queue on your iPhone. See overall and per-file progress, start or stop the batch, retry failed files, and pick a different preset. A complication keeps the batch's progress on your watch face, and a Library page shows how many files you've converted and the most recent ones. The converting still happens on your iPhone, so Start, Stop and Retry need it nearby. EVERYTHING YOU'VE CONVERTED Finished files are listed with their size and format, ready to play, send through the share sheet, or delete when you need the space back. Each batch also leaves a report of what succeeded, what failed, and why. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Every conversion happens on your device. There is no server to sign in to, no upload step, and no analytics — your videos stay yours.

About

Video Compressor

Precisely shrink video file sizes to meet specific MB limits for sharing. Avoid upload failures and re-exports by setting an exact target size, ensuring optimal quality for email, social media, and more. Your videos are processed entirely on-device for privacy and security.

Highlights
  • Exact MB file size targeting
  • On-device processing
  • No ads
  • Smart quality preservation
  • Batch compression (Premium)
  • HEVC output (Premium)
  • Audio removal (Premium)
Features
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Compress any video to an EXACT file size — set 25 MB and get a 25 MB clip, on the first try. "This file is too large." Email limits, WhatsApp, Discord, upload forms — they all cap your video at some number of MB. Video Compressor hits that number precisely instead of making you guess with a quality preset, so you stop failing uploads and re-exporting. HOW IT WORKS • Pick a video from your library or the Files app. • Type your target — 10 MB for Discord, 16 MB for WhatsApp, 25 MB for email, or any custom size. • Tap Compress. A smart bitrate search lands your video just under the target at the best possible quality. • Preview the result, then save or share. WHY VIDEO COMPRESSOR? • Exact-MB targeting — not a vague low / medium / high preset. • 100% on-device — your videos never upload to a server. No accounts, no waiting on a website. • No ads. Ever. • Smart quality — keeps the highest resolution your target allows. • Batch mode — up to 10 videos to one target in a single run (Premium). • HEVC (H.265) output — even smaller files at the same quality (Premium). • Remove audio — drop the soundtrack for the smallest possible file (Premium). • Savings history — see how much storage you reclaimed this week. • Fully localized in 38 languages. FREE VS PREMIUM Your first compression is free at any length and any size. After that, the free version includes one exact-size compression per day for clips up to 3 minutes and 500 MB, with the full result preview every time. VIDEO COMPRESSOR PREMIUM Premium unlocks unlimited compressions with no length or size limit, batch mode, HEVC output, and audio removal. Premium is available as a weekly auto-renewable subscription with a 3-day free trial, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscriptions settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Privacy policy: https://app.innovaapps.ai/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

SwiftConvert1 screens
Video Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwiftConvert at none against Video Compressor's 2. SwiftConvert also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 2). Video Compressor's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Video Compressor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. SwiftConvert asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwiftConvert ships an update every 5 days, Video Compressor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SwiftConvert versus Video Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwiftConvertVideo Compressor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDragos GavriloviciAlex Gameli Heyman

In-app purchases

None

SwiftConvert

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Video Compressor

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is SwiftConvert free?
SwiftConvert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Compressor free?
Video Compressor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SwiftConvert or Video Compressor have ads?
Neither SwiftConvert nor Video Compressor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwiftConvert or Video Compressor?
SwiftConvert ships an update every 5 days, and Video Compressor every 2 months. Most recently, SwiftConvert was updated on October 3, 2026 and Video Compressor on October 13, 2026.

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