Comparison

Photo Compressor vs Royal Forge

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

Head to head
About

Photo Compressor

Features
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Photo Compressor – Resize makes it easy to compress photos, reduce image file size, resize pictures, and convert images in just a few taps. Reduce photos from MB to KB, save storage space, resize images to the exact dimensions you need, compress multiple photos at once, and prepare smaller files for email, messaging, social media, websites, and online forms. Now with even more useful tools, including Video Compressor, AI Background Removal, Image Converter, Passport & ID Photo Maker, and Smart Batch Processing. PHOTO COMPRESSOR • Compress photos from MB to KB • Reduce image file size while preserving visual quality • Make large photos smaller for uploads and sharing • See how much storage space you save • Choose useful compression presets • Quickly shrink photos without complicated settings IMAGE RESIZER • Resize photos by width and height • Resize images by percentage • Adjust image dimensions for websites, forms, email, and social media • Create smaller images while maintaining the aspect ratio • Easily prepare photos for different size requirements BATCH PHOTO PROCESSING Save time by processing multiple images together. • Batch compress multiple photos • Batch resize images • Process multiple pictures in fewer steps • Reduce the size of several photos at once VIDEO COMPRESSOR Need a smaller video file? Use Video Compressor to reduce video file size for easier storage and sharing. Compress videos when you need smaller files for messaging, uploading, or saving space on your device. IMAGE CONVERTER Quickly convert images between popular formats: • JPG • PNG • WEBP • HEIC Convert photos when you need a different image format for sharing, uploading, compatibility, or other uses. AI BACKGROUND REMOVAL Remove unwanted image backgrounds quickly and create cleaner photos for documents, profiles, products, social media, and other uses. PASSPORT & ID PHOTO MAKER Create passport size photos, visa photos, ID photos, and document photos directly from your device. • Choose an available country or ID photo size • Crop and position your photo with visual alignment guides • Choose white, off-white, light grey, light blue, or custom backgrounds • Save and share your finished passport or ID photo • Create printable photo sheets with multiple copies • Export photo sheets as PDF • Print your passport or ID photo sheet Always verify the latest official photo requirements before submitting passport, visa, or identification photos. USEFUL FOR • Compressing photos from MB to KB • Reducing image and file size • Saving storage space • Resizing photos • Compressing videos • Converting image formats • Batch photo processing • Passport, visa, and ID photos • Email attachments • Messaging apps • Social media uploads • Online forms and document uploads PRIVATE & CONVENIENT Photo compression and resizing are processed on your device, helping you work with your photos quickly without needing to upload them for compression. Photo Compressor – Resize combines the everyday tools you need to compress photos, resize images, reduce file size, convert image formats, compress videos, remove backgrounds, and create passport and ID photos in one easy-to-use app.

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Royal Forge

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Royal Forge is a free, fan-made companion for Albion Online — built by Albion players, for Albion players. Now in 26 languages. ā–ø MARKET Compare prices across every city — Caerleon, Bridgewatch, Lymhurst, Fort Sterling, Martlock, Thetford and Brecilien — by quality, with price history. Browse 11,000+ items by category, check today's crafting and refining bonuses, and keep your favourites in their own tab. ā–ø FLIPPER, ROUTES AND TRIP PLANNER Find profitable flips between cities with all four tax modes, confidence and freshness, and a weight mode that shows profit per trip. Plan multi-city routes, add opportunities to a trip cart that adds up investment, income, profit and weight, and check any flip in the calculator before you commit. ā–ø ALERTS Price alerts for any item, quality, server and threshold, and killboard alerts for the players and guilds you follow. Checks run on your iPhone, with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. ā–ø KILLBOARD AND BATTLES Fresh kills on every server with Top Fame, 1v1 and Group filters. Each kill shows both builds, the participants and the victim's inventory valued at market prices. Battles with their top guilds and players. ā–ø PLAYERS AND GUILDS Profiles with stats, kills, deaths, weapons and economy, plus a player study: archetype, gank score, attacker and victim profile and guild history. Guilds with members, study, their own killboard and alliance. ā–ø BUILD MAKER Solo builds and group builds of up to 20 members, with spells per slot. Share them as a code, a short link or an image — royalforge.app/b links open straight in the app. ā–ø SEARCH FROM ANYWHERE Swipe up with two fingers on any screen to search players, guilds and items in any of the game's 11 languages, and show a second name under each item for international guilds. ā–ø SIRI, SPOTLIGHT AND WIDGETS Ask Siri to "find Albion item … in Royal Forge". Spotlight indexes the whole catalogue, and home-screen widgets open search and quick actions. ā–ø PRIVACY No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Favourites sync through iCloud; alerts and builds stay on your device. Market data comes from the community-run Albion Data Project. Built and maintained by Crintech Studios. Free, no subscriptions. — Royal Forge is an unofficial companion. Albion Online is a trademark of Sandbox Interactive GmbH; Royal Forge is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Sandbox Interactive.

Screenshots

Photo Compressor4 screens
Royal Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Royal Forge at none against Photo Compressor's shown. Photo Compressor's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Photo Compressor versus Royal Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto CompressorRoyal Forge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPayal AmreliyaCRISTOBAL RUIZ LORITE

In-app purchases

None

Photo Compressor

No in-app purchases

None

Royal Forge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Compressor free?
Photo Compressor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Royal Forge free?
Royal Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Compressor or Royal Forge have ads?
Photo Compressor shows ads; Royal Forge does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Compressor or Royal Forge?
Photo Compressor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Royal Forge every 2 weeks. Most recently, Photo Compressor was updated on October 24, 2026 and Royal Forge on October 25, 2026.

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