FilmLab Pro vs Fast Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
FilmLab Pro
This app offers a comprehensive suite of professional video editing tools, including a cinema camera, multitrack editor, and advanced color grading features. Shoot, edit, and export cinematic quality videos directly from your iPhone with a user-friendly interface and powerful creative controls.
- Cinema camera with manual controls
- Multitrack video editor
- Colorist-grade color correction
- LUT import and creation
- Advanced scope modes
- Professional export options
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YOUR CREATIVE UNIVERSE. ON IPHONE. Cinema camera, editing timeline, color studio, film lab and auto captions. Shoot, cut, develop and export without leaving your pocket. CINEMA CAMERA Record in Apple Log (v1 and v2 on Pro models) or 10-bit HLG, with your look live in the viewfinder while the file stays in clean Log. Manual controls with per-parameter locks: ISO, shutter, white balance, EV and focus, with face focus. Every lens, landscape mode, RGB histogram, False Color and Zebra in the viewfinder. Multi-cam capture, a look library and your own .cube LUTs. 43 COMPOSITION GUIDES Live overlays that teach framing while you shoot: rule of thirds, golden spiral, lead room, symmetry, plus food, fashion, cinema and motion series. Every guide explains why it works. EDITING TIMELINE A magnetic main track, layers for video, audio, text and captions, a transition with a thumbnail at every cut, and a toolbar that changes with what you select. Prefer the old way? Flow is still available. AUTO CAPTIONS Transcription on your iPhone in 7 languages, with ready-made templates, word-by-word highlight, text and timing editing, and "Apply to all". AUDIO Voice isolation, noise reduction, voice enhancement, and reinsert a clip's sound after extracting it. COLOR STUDIO NODES Serial, parallel, layer, key and shared nodes, each with its own blend mode and opacity. PRIMARIES AND WHEELS Lift, Gamma, Gain and Offset, with contrast, pivot, temperature, tint, detail, shadows, highlights and saturation. CURVES Free curve, 6 HSL curves and Slices. QUALIFIER AND WINDOWS Isolate by HSL, RGB, Luma or 3D, with eyedropper and "View key". Circle, linear, polygon, curve and gradient windows, plus Subject and Sky. HDR ZONES, WARPER AND MIXER EFFECTS Dehaze, Local Contrast, Glow, Scene Haze, Color Compressor, Color Space Conversion, Chromatic Adaptation and more. 5 SCOPES Waveform, Parade, Vectorscope, Histogram and CIE. COLOR INPUT Detects Apple Log and other logs and converts to Rec.709 with one switch. .cube LUT import. LUT GENERATOR Turns your look into a .cube file. GALLERY Stills, versions, copy and paste grades, and grade import (.drx). FILM LAB 42 FILM PROFILES Negatives, slides, B&W and instant film, each calibrated with its own tonal identity. 22 CINEMATIC LOOKS Palettes inspired by cities: Stockholm, Lisbon, Marrakesh, Havana, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, Kyoto, Oslo, Seoul, Cairo, Milan and more. Looks by luminance zone with skin protection. FILM EFFECTS Halation, bloom, grain, vignette, gate weave and flicker. CHEMICAL PROCESSING Film expansion, CMY color head, highlight compression and color separation. EXPORT HEVC, H.264 and ProRes (including 4444, on supported models) from 720p to 4K, with AAC audio and correct BT.709/BT.2020 color tags. Photos in HEIC, JPEG and PNG at native resolution. Exporting and saving videos requires a FilmLab Pro subscription. Interface in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian and French. CREATE. TEST. REFINE. SHARE. filmlab. One film for every vision. Terms of Use (EULA): https://urfilmlab.com/terms
Fast Compressor
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Smaller videos. Same moments. A few phone videos can swallow half your storage. Fast Compressor shrinks them on your iPhone, in seconds, and gives the space back. No sign-up. No upload. No watermark. SEE THE SIZE BEFORE YOU PICK Most pickers hide the one number that matters. Ours puts the file size on every thumbnail. Sort your library biggest-first, hide anything under 200 MB, or search by file name β then compress the videos that are actually costing you space. THREE QUALITY LEVELS β’ High β 1080p, for videos you want to keep looking sharp β’ Balanced β 720p, the sweet spot for sharing (default) β’ Small β 540p, for the tightest possible file HEVC ON BY DEFAULT H.265 encoding squeezes out another 25β40% at the same quality. Turn it off in one tap if you need maximum compatibility. FREE UP THE SPACE FOR REAL Compressing only helps if the big original goes away. After compressing, one button saves the small version to Photos and another deletes the originals β so the gigabytes actually come back. SHARE STRAIGHT FROM PHOTOS Found a video in Photos? Tap Share, choose Fast Compressor, and carry on in the app. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Compression runs on your device, offline, with no servers and no account. Your videos are never uploaded. Compressed files are cleared from the app when you close the results, so nothing piles up behind your back. BUILT FOR iOS 26 Native SwiftUI with Liquid Glass throughout. Live progress per video and for the whole queue. The screen stays awake while a long video finishes. WHAT YOU GET FREE β’ Compress videos, one at a time β’ All three quality levels and HEVC β’ Save to Photos and delete originals β’ Supported by a small banner ad FAST COMPRESSOR PRO β ONE-TIME PURCHASE β’ Compress a whole batch in one go β’ No ads β’ Pay once, no subscription
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FilmLab Pro at every 2 days against Fast Compressor's every 3 weeks. FilmLab Pro also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FilmLab Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Fast Compressor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FilmLab Pro ships an update every 2 days, Fast Compressor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FilmLab Pro | Fast Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | β |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yago Passos Cruvello Davila | Majid Mushtaq |
In-app purchases
FilmLab Pro
- FilmLab Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- FilmLab Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- FilmLab Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Fast Compressor
- Pro Version$0.99
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