Comparison

FileSizeFix vs PDF & Photo Compressor

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

Head to head
About

FileSizeFix

Easily reduce the size of photos, videos, documents, and audio files directly on your device. Achieve exact file sizes for emails, uploads, or sharing, with options to edit and protect your privacy.

Highlights
  • Compress photos, videos, PDFs, audio, and documents
  • Set exact target file sizes in KB or MB
  • Resize images to specific pixel dimensions
  • Batch processing for multiple files
  • Offline processing and privacy protection
  • Edit images, videos, and PDFs before export
  • Scan paper documents to PDF
Features
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Make any file small enough to send, upload or attach. FileSizeFix compresses photos, PDFs, videos, audio and Office documents to the exact size you need — entirely on your device. Typical jobs it solves: • Email attachment too large: compress photos to 100 KB or a PDF to 1 MB • Job application: shrink your CV or certificate PDF to the portal's limit • Send a video that is too big for chat: make the MP4 smaller in one step • Resize an image to exact pixels for a profile photo, form or website Hit an exact size: • Set a target in KB or MB and get a file that fits • Choose exact pixel dimensions for photos and videos • Presets for 50 KB, 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB and 1 MB • Compare before and after with a live preview Every file you need to send: • Photos: JPG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, SVG and more • Documents: PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Video and audio, including format conversion • Scan paper documents straight to a multi-page PDF Built for upload limits: • Smart Fix reads the requirements from a screenshot and prepares matching files • Batch several files in one run • Save to Files or Photos, or share directly Privacy comes standard: • Files are processed on your device and never uploaded • Works completely offline • Review and remove metadata such as GPS before sharing • Blur or pixelate faces, text and license plates in photos and videos Edit before you export: • Crop, rotate and resize images • Trim, crop, rotate or mute videos • Edit, annotate and sign PDFs and scans Formats it opens: • Images: JPG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, GIF, TIFF, BMP, SVG and camera RAW • Documents: PDF, Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX) and PowerPoint (PPTX) • Video: MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MPG and MPEG • Audio: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF, FLAC and OGG • Some formats depend on the codecs your device supports In three steps: • Add files from your photos, your file manager or another app's share menu • Set the goal: a size in KB or MB, exact pixel dimensions, or a preset • Check the preview, then save a new file or share it straight away Good to know: • No account, no sign-up and no cloud — it works in airplane mode • Your originals are never overwritten; every result is a new file • Batch mode applies the same target to many files in one run • Quality stays as high as the target size allows, and you see it before saving Selected files and their contents are processed on your device and are not uploaded to a server. Detection results are suggestions and can miss content, so always check the preview before exporting. FileSizeFix is free with no limit on how many files you compress. Ads keep it free: a short full-screen ad runs while a job is processing, and the finished files are ready the moment it closes — saving, exporting and sharing are never interrupted by advertising. FileSizeFix Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, that removes all ads — every tool stays available either way. Prices are shown before purchase and may vary by country. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled and can be managed in your store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://filesizefix.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://filesizefix.com/terms/ Download FileSizeFix and get any file under the limit.

About

PDF & Photo Compressor

Features
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File too large for the upload form? Just say how big it may be – your iPhone does the rest. Government portals, job application forms and insurers want files "under 5 MB". That is exactly what this app is for: you pick the target size, not some abstract quality value. • Tap a target: under 1 MB, 2 MB, 5 MB, 10 MB or your own size • The app keeps trying until the result lands just under it • Before/after at a glance: 4.9 MB → 974 KB (−80%) COMPLETELY OFFLINE Your documents never leave your iPhone. This app has no networking capability at all – there simply is no upload code in it. Applications, contracts, medical records and ID scans stay where they belong. TEXT LAYER PRESERVED Pages with real text are never turned into an image. Your compressed PDF stays searchable and selectable – exactly what cheap compressors get wrong. Pure scans are re-encoded instead, because that is where the megabytes are. SHRINK PDFs • Choose resolution: 150, 200 or 300 dpi • Grayscale – often halves the size of a scan • Compress only selected pages • Embedded thumbnails and unused data are dropped COMPRESS & CONVERT IMAGES • HEIC → JPEG when a portal rejects your file • PNG → JPEG, resize by longest edge or percentage • Manual mode with live preview: see the result before you export IMAGES TO PDF Turn several photos into one A4 PDF – set the order, choose the margin, compressed in a single pass. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT GPS location, camera model and author are stripped from every image by default. HONEST, NOT FLATTERING If a target size cannot be reached without destroying legibility, the app says so instead of shipping mush. And if a file is already small enough, it is left untouched. BUY ONCE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Free: 3 files per day, all target sizes, full quality, no watermark. Pro (one-time): unlimited files, batch processing and images → PDF. No sign-up. No account. No ads. No data collection.

Screenshots

FileSizeFix4 screens
PDF & Photo Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF & Photo Compressor at none against FileSizeFix's shown. PDF & Photo Compressor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FileSizeFix sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PDF & Photo Compressor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FileSizeFix ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF & Photo Compressor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FileSizeFix versus PDF & Photo Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileSizeFixPDF & Photo Compressor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeep Platforms GmbHHeinz Meier

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FileSizeFix

Subscriptions2
  • FileSizeFix Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • FileSizeFix Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
1 purchases

PDF & Photo Compressor

One-time1
  • Pro: Unlimited & Batch$8.99

Questions

Is FileSizeFix free?
FileSizeFix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF & Photo Compressor free?
PDF & Photo Compressor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FileSizeFix or PDF & Photo Compressor have ads?
FileSizeFix shows ads; PDF & Photo Compressor does not.
Which is updated more often, FileSizeFix or PDF & Photo Compressor?
FileSizeFix ships an update every 3 weeks, and PDF & Photo Compressor every 3 days. Most recently, FileSizeFix was updated on November 10, 2026 and PDF & Photo Compressor on November 6, 2026.

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