Comparison

Compress Photo, Video & PDF vs WhereMate

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

Head to head
About

Compress Photo, Video & PDF

Reduce the size of photos, videos, and PDFs without compromising quality. Easily fit files into emails, meet upload limits, or free up device storage. Offers batch compression and conversion options.

Highlights
  • Smart quality compression
  • Customizable file size limits
  • Batch compression for photos
  • Video compression with quality/resolution control
  • PDF shrinking
  • File conversion options
  • Storage space saving
Features
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Make photos, videos and PDFs smaller without making them look worse. Compressor shrinks your files right on your iPhone, so they fit in an email, pass an upload limit, or stop filling up your storage. PHOTOS • Smart quality picks the smallest size that still looks the same • Fit to a size: 500 KB, 1 MB, email, or your own limit, down to the KB • Resize to a long edge or to exact dimensions • Convert HEIC to JPG, or to PNG, HEIC and PDF • Hold the result to compare it with the original VIDEOS • Compress big clips so they are easy to send • Choose the quality, resolution (4K down to 480p) and codec (H.264 or HEVC) PDFS • Shrink scanned and image-heavy PDFs for email • Text stays sharp and pages stay in order BATCH • Compress up to 50 photos at once FREE UP SPACE • Save the small copy and, if you want, delete the big original • See every file and every byte you saved in History PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything is compressed on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. Compressing single photos is free and unlimited. Compressor Pro adds batch compression, unlimited videos and PDFs, size limits and custom dimensions. Terms of Use: https://www.theblackholecompany.com/termsConditions.html

About

WhereMate

Record where you store items using voice, text, or photos. Quickly retrieve the location, associated notes, and images of anything you've saved. Organize items within boxes and print QR labels for easy scanning.

Highlights
  • Log items with voice, text, or photos
  • Fast retrieval of item location and notes
  • Organize items within boxes
  • Printable QR labels for boxes
  • Private, on-device storage
  • Light and Dark mode support
Features
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Put it away. Find it later. Just say where you put something — "the charger is in the kitchen junk drawer" — and WhereMate files the thing and the place. Months later, ask, and see the place, the photo and your note. • Say it, type it, or snap a photo. One sentence is enough. • Find anything fast: the place first, then the box, the photo and your note. • Every save shows what was saved, with Undo and one-tap fixes. • Places hold boxes, and boxes hold things. Know what's in every box. • Print a QR label for any box, or save it as a PDF. Scan the label with WhereMate to see inside. • Made for iPhone and iPad, in Light or Dark. Private by design Your library stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing is sent to us. Speech and photo recognition run on your device. On supported devices, Apple's on-device language model helps understand what you said; everywhere else WhereMate's own rules do the same job, on your device. Simple pricing Free for your first 5 things. One purchase unlocks unlimited things and every label design. No subscription. If you used WhereMate before version 6.0, unlimited things stay free for you. Great for passports and documents, rings and keepsakes, chargers and spare keys, seasonal bins, storage units and moving boxes.

Screenshots

Compress Photo, Video & PDF4 screens
WhereMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WhereMate at weekly against Compress Photo, Video & PDF's every 5 weeks. Compress Photo, Video & PDF's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (16 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compress Photo, Video & PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and WhereMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compress Photo, Video & PDF holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compress Photo, Video & PDF ships an update every 5 weeks, WhereMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Compress Photo, Video & PDF versus WhereMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompress Photo, Video & PDFWhereMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (16 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoussef IsmailiHS Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Compress Photo, Video & PDF

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WhereMate

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Compress Photo, Video & PDF

Subscriptions2
  • Compressor Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Compressor Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Compressor Pro$19.99
1 purchases

WhereMate

One-time1
  • Unlock WhereMate$9.99

Questions

Is Compress Photo, Video & PDF free?
Compress Photo, Video & PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhereMate free?
WhereMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Compress Photo, Video & PDF or WhereMate?
Compress Photo, Video & PDF is rated higher. Compress Photo, Video & PDF averages 4.5 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while WhereMate averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Compress Photo, Video & PDF or WhereMate have ads?
Neither Compress Photo, Video & PDF nor WhereMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compress Photo, Video & PDF or WhereMate?
Compress Photo, Video & PDF ships an update every 5 weeks, and WhereMate weekly. Most recently, Compress Photo, Video & PDF was updated on November 5, 2026 and WhereMate on October 30, 2026.

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