Crispy vs FirstCut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crispy
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Stop choosing between 4K quality and file size. You filmed it in 4K. Then WhatsApp rejected it for being too big. You tried another compressor — and it dumped your footage down to 1080p, ruining the quality you bought your iPhone for. Crispy fixes that. Crispy is a video compressor built around a single promise: shrink your file size dramatically without throwing away your resolution. A 500 MB 4K clip becomes 50 MB — still in true 4K. Then when Instagram, TikTok, or Reels re-compresses your upload, they have far less quality left to butcher. — WHY CRISPY IS DIFFERENT — - Keep your 4K. Most compressors quietly downscale to 1080p or 720p to hit smaller file sizes. Crispy uses smart bitrate compression so 4K stays 4K, HDR stays HDR. - 100% on-device. Your videos never leave your iPhone. No cloud uploads, no servers, no accounts, no tracking. Compress on a plane, in the subway, anywhere. - Built on Apple AVFoundation. Native Apple video technology — not a hacky FFmpeg wrapper. Faster encoding, lower battery drain, full HEVC and H.264 support. - No watermarks. Ever. — ONE-TAP PRESETS FOR EVERY PLATFORM — Why fiddle with bitrate sliders? Crispy includes 15+ optimized presets: - WhatsApp — fits the 16 MB attachment limit - Instagram Reels — vertical, platform-perfect bitrate - TikTok — optimal upload spec - YouTube Shorts — 9:16 ready - X (Twitter) — under the upload cap - Telegram, Discord, Signal - Gmail, Outlook, iCloud Mail — email-friendly sizes - Save to Photos — storage saver mode One tap. Done. No guesswork. — FEATURES YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE — - Batch compression — queue dozens of videos at once - Custom mode — full control over resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec (H.264 / HEVC) - Resize and crop for any aspect ratio - Trim before compressing — drop the parts you don't need - Metadata preserved — keep dates, location, and HDR data - Built-in duplicate video scanner — find and remove identical clips eating your storage - MP4, MOV, HEVC, H.264 supported - Estimated output size shown before you compress - Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver — fully accessible — WHO IT'S FOR — Content creators who shoot in 4K and need to upload without quality loss. Travelers and parents whose 256 GB iPhones are full of memories. Anyone who's ever stared at the "file too large" error in WhatsApp. Editors who need to send proxies. People who care that their videos look as good as the day they were filmed. — PRIVACY-FIRST. ALWAYS. — Crispy does zero cloud processing. Your videos are compressed entirely on your iPhone's chip. We don't see them. We can't see them. There's no upload, no analytics on your content, no third-party SDKs touching your footage. If you're tired of compressor apps that quietly ship your camera roll to a server somewhere, this is the one. — FREE WITH ADS, OR AD-FREE FOREVER — Crispy is free to use with all features unlocked — supported by ads. Don't want to see ads? A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase removes them permanently. No subscriptions, no recurring charges. Pay once, enjoy forever. Download Crispy today. Compress without compromise.
FirstCut
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FirstCutは、縦型ショート動画をはじめて作る人のためのiPhone動画編集アプリです。 複雑な操作を覚えなくても、「動画を選ぶ → 字幕や音を整える → 書き出す」の流れで、9:16の動画を完成できます。編集画面で見えている仕上がりを保ったまま、高画質で書き出せます。 主な機能 ・複数クリップのトリミング、分割、並べ替え、速度・音量調整 ・対応端末のオンデバイス音声認識による日本語の自動字幕 ・15種類のテロップスタイルと、色・位置・サイズ・出入り効果の調整 ・テロップをApple純正音声、または端末内VOICEVOXのずんだもん・四国めたん・青山龍星音声で読み上げ ・再生位置から録音できるナレーション ・画像、BGM、効果音の追加 ・ディゾルブ、暗転、スライド、ズームなどの切替効果 ・横長動画を活かすフィット表示と、ぼかし・単色背景 ・Undo/Redoとプロジェクトの自動保存 ・1080p/720p、30/60fps、HEVC/H.264での書き出し ・写真ライブラリへの保存と共有 プライバシー アカウント登録、広告、解析SDKはありません。プロジェクトと素材はiPhone内に保存されます。自動字幕とVOICEVOX読み上げ(ずんだもん・四国めたん・青山龍星)は端末内で処理し、音声や字幕テキストを外部サーバーへ送信しません。 こんな方に ・動画編集をシンプルに始めたい ・字幕付きの縦動画を短時間で作りたい ・自分の声や読み上げ音声を簡単に追加したい 対応環境 iOS 18.0以降のiPhone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FirstCut at none against Crispy's 1. FirstCut also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Crispy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FirstCut asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crispy ships an update every 2 months, FirstCut every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crispy | FirstCut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faruk Sengul | Yuki Terashima |
In-app purchases
Crispy
- Remove Ads$29.99
FirstCut
No in-app purchases









