Tidy vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidy
Effortlessly organize your photo library with daily, manageable suggestions. This app helps you declutter by presenting a small selection of photos to keep or delete, preventing overwhelming bulk cleanups and freeing up storage space.
- Daily photo suggestions
- Swipe to keep or delete
- No bulk deletions
- Smart duplicate & screenshot detection
- Free up storage space
- User-controlled deletions
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Tidy helps you clean up your photos without feeling overwhelmed. No massive cleanups. No endless scrolling. Just a few smart suggestions each day so you can stay organized effortlessly. How it works • Open Tidy once a day • Review a small set of suggested photos • Swipe to keep or delete • Done in seconds Tidy surfaces photos you’re likely ready to delete — like duplicates, screenshots, and low-value images — so you don’t have to dig through your entire library. You’re always in control Nothing is deleted without your approval. 100% on device. Your photos are never uploaded, shared, or collected. Review quickly. Keep what matters. Delete what doesn’t. Why people love Tidy • No automatic bulk deletes — stay in control • No stress — just a few photos at a time • Build a simple daily habit • Free up storage without thinking about it Smart, not overwhelming A cleaner camera roll, one day at a time. Subscription options: Tidy Plus Monthly: $1.99/month Tidy Unlimited Monthly: $4.99/month Tidy Unlimited Annual: $24.99/year One-time purchase option: Tidy Lifetime: one-time purchase for lifetime access to Tidy Unlimited features. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.tidytheapp.com/terms-of-use Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tidytheapp.com/privacy-policy
Video Compressor
This app helps you reduce the storage space videos take up on your device. It compresses videos by lowering bitrate while preserving quality and safely replaces originals after verification. Avoid deleting precious memories or paying for extra cloud storage.
- Compresses videos by lowering bitrate
- Preserves video quality (resolution, frame rate, HDR)
- Safely replaces original videos after integrity check
- Background compression and Live Activities tracking
- On-device processing for privacy
- Reduces cloud storage usage
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Your videos are eating your storage. Deleting them hurts, and cloud plans add up — LeanVid opens a third way. It compresses videos by lowering only the bitrate while preserving quality (resolution, frame rate, color, HDR, and every track), then safely replaces the originals — but only after each result passes an integrity check. ■ MADE FOR YOU IF • You keep seeing "iPhone Storage Almost Full" • You can't bring yourself to delete family or travel videos • You'd rather not add another monthly fee just for more cloud storage ■ COMPRESSION THAT PROTECTS QUALITY • Lowers only the bitrate — resolution and frame rate stay untouched • Best-effort preservation of HDR (HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision compatible) and color information • Audio, subtitle, and metadata tracks are copied as-is (only audio that MP4 can't hold is converted to AAC) • Compare before and after with side-by-side, top-bottom, or slider playback — see for yourself, then decide • Detailed spec comparison: codec, bitrate, HDR, frame rate, and more ■ VIDEOS OUTSIDE YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY, TOO • Pick videos from the Files app (On My iPhone, iCloud Drive) and compress them • Files your iPhone can't play are handled by the built-in converter — MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, FLV, TS, MPG and VOB files with VP9, AV1, VP8, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, Xvid, WMV or Motion JPEG video • Their audio (AAC, MP3, AC-3, Opus, Vorbis, WMA, PCM) is converted along with the video; subtitle tracks and iPhone spatial audio are not carried over • Replace the original file or save the result to your photo library ■ SAFEGUARDS FOR YOUR ORIGINALS • Replacement proceeds only after the result passes integrity verification • Deleting originals goes through the iOS system confirmation, and they stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days • A recovery journal safely rolls back interrupted work if the app quits mid-task • Compression history lets you re-compare or export anytime ■ SAVINGS THAT REPEAT EVERY MONTH • A lighter library lowers your cloud usage too • Once usage drops below a plan tier, downgrading one step saves you money automatically every month • Not a one-time cleanup — savings that show up on every bill ■ NO WAITING AROUND • Compression continues in the background (iOS 26+ devices; earlier versions pause and auto-resume) • Track progress from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities • Sort by size to start with the videos that free up the most space • Videos stored in iCloud are downloaded and processed automatically ■ PRIVACY • Everything happens on your device — no data about your videos is ever collected or transmitted • No contradiction: an app that cuts your cloud fees never uploads your videos to a cloud of its own • No account required About the permission it asks for LeanVid needs access to your photo library to find compressible videos and to replace originals after verification. Originals are deleted only with your confirmation. Videos from the Files app need no extra permission — only the files you pick are accessed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Compressor at none against Tidy's 4. Video Compressor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Tidy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Tidy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Video Compressor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tidy against 5.0 for Video Compressor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tidy has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tidy ships an update every 2 weeks, Video Compressor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tidy | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jordan O'Donnell | Hyungsung Kim |
Customer experience
Tidy
Video Compressor
In-app purchases
Tidy
- Tidy Plus$1.991 Month
- Tidy Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month
- Tidy Unlimited Annual$24.991 Year
- Tidy Lifetime$44.99
Video Compressor
No in-app purchases









