AutoAlign vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AutoAlign
Effortlessly correct leaning buildings in your photos with a single tap. This app preserves HDR brilliance and eliminates keystone distortion without complex adjustments. Ideal for urban, architectural, and travel photography.
- One-tap automatic vertical alignment
- Full HDR preservation
- Manual fine-tuning with guide lines
- Three output modes (fill, crop, raw)
- Instant before/after comparison
- Non-destructive editing
- Metadata preservation
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Straighten leaning buildings in one tap, and keep your HDR. Shoot a building from street level and a wide-angle lens makes the walls lean inward. AutoAlign solves for the exact angle the shot was taken at and reverses it, so verticals stand straight without the stretched look other tools leave behind. No tripod, no tilt-shift lens. NEW IN 3.1 • An advanced perspective engine built on true camera geometry, the mathematics professional desktop tools are built on. Straight lines come back straight, proportions stay true, and nothing is stretched to fake it. • Horizontal keystone too. A skewed facade is squared, not just converging verticals. • Not just buildings. Billboards, posters, documents, whiteboards and artwork straighten automatically as well. • Manual Fix for anything the automatic pass cannot read. It works on any four corners, so drag them onto the subject and the perspective flattens square. • Cropping, built in, at full resolution. • A new look, built around the photo. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a photo, or edit straight from the Photos app. 2. AutoAlign corrects it automatically. Pick Full, or Vertical only. 3. Decide what happens to the empty corners straightening leaves behind: Keep them, Fill them, or Cut them off. Trim sky and foreground too, if you want. 4. Crop, compare before and after, save. WHAT IT KEEPS • HDR. The gain map is corrected alongside the photo, so brightness and colour survive intact. • EXIF, GPS, timestamps and camera settings. • Your original. Every edit is revertible from the Photos app. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: the full correction, Manual Fix, and cropping. Exports at reduced resolution with a watermark. Premium: full-resolution and HDR export, no watermark. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase. MADE FOR Architecture, real estate, interiors, cityscapes and travel, plus billboards, posters, documents or artwork photographed at an angle. NOTE Automatic correction works best where the scene has clear straight edges. Where it does not, Manual Fix always does. Learn more: orbitaar.com/auto-align.html Terms: orbitaar.com/autoalign/terms-of-use.html
Video Compressor
This app helps you reduce video file sizes to save storage space and make sharing easier. It offers various quality presets and a target size control for flexible compression, all processed directly on your device for privacy.
- Smart video compression
- Quality presets (144p to 1080p)
- Target file size control
- Batch processing queue
- Real-time compression progress
- On-device processing
- Privacy-focused
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ShrinkIt shrinks videos on your iPhone so you can free up storage and share clips through email or messaging apps without hitting size limits. KEY FEATURES Smart Video Compression Five quality presets or a custom target file size. Up to 90% size reduction at the lowest setting. Quality Presets - 1080p Full HD: Minimal compression, maximum quality - 720p HD: Balance of quality and size - 480p SD: Standard quality for everyday use - 360p: Smaller files for messaging - 144p: Maximum compression for minimal storage Target Size Control Set a target in MB. ShrinkIt picks compression settings to land near it. Useful for email attachments or platform upload limits. Batch Queue Queue multiple videos and let them process one after another. Pause and resume any time. Real-Time Progress See original size, compressed size, space saved, and elapsed time per video. Dark Mode Auto-follows system settings or pick light/dark manually. Privacy First All processing runs on your device with Apple's AVFoundation. Videos never leave your iPhone. No account, no internet required. WHY SHRINKIT Save Storage Compression often saves 50–80% on phone-recorded videos. Save gigabytes per shoot. On-Device Hardware-accelerated using your iPhone's video encoder. No upload, no waiting on a server. Quality You Control Pick a preset or a target size — ShrinkIt won't make decisions for you. Good for: - Freeing up iPhone storage - Email attachments under 25 MB - WhatsApp / iMessage / Telegram - Trimming iCloud storage costs - Smaller backups WORKFLOW 1. Pick videos from Photos or Files 2. Choose preset or target size 3. Queue multiple if needed 4. Optionally auto-save to Photos when done TECHNICAL - Supports MP4, MOV, HEVC, and most iPhone-recorded formats - Hardware-accelerated AVFoundation encoder - Memory-aware — refuses files too large for your device - Maintains original aspect ratio - Output: H.264 MP4, up to 1080p, SDR - HDR sources are converted to SDR STORAGE TRACKING - Total space saved across all compressions - Number of videos compressed - Compression history (last 50) OPTIONS - Default quality preset - Auto-save to Photos toggle - Delete original after compression - Light / dark / auto theme - Pause queue when app goes to background Note: ShrinkIt needs Photos access to import and export videos. All processing is local.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AutoAlign at Free against Video Compressor's $4.99. Video Compressor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On update cadence, ads 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
AutoAlign is free to download; Video Compressor costs $4.99 up front. AutoAlign sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Video Compressor asks for nothing beyond the download.
AutoAlign ships an update monthly, Video Compressor every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AutoAlign | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #197 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Osama Mazhar | Mobin Akhter |
Customer experience
AutoAlign
Video Compressor
In-app purchases
AutoAlign
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Monthly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$4.991 Year
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- Yearly Premium Subscription Record$9.991 Year
- One-time Purchase$9.99
- One-time purchase Record$17.99
Video Compressor
No in-app purchases
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