Comparison

FrameSlim vs Astola

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

Head to head
About

FrameSlim

Features
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Video Compressor & Converter is a privacy-first, professional toolbox for iPhone and iPad. Compress, convert, edit, and transcribe your media without cloud uploads, user accounts, or watermarks. [ 1. SIZE & COMPRESSION ] • Smart Extreme Compression: Automatically balances quality and size, saving 60%+ storage with visually lossless results. • Target Size Limit: Shrink files strictly under 25MB for seamless sharing via email, Messages, and social apps. • Pro Custom Controls: Customize resolution (4K, 2K, 1080P, 720P), frame rate (24, 30, 60fps), and bitrate. • 3 Rate Control Modes: CRF (Constant Quality), CBR (Constant Bitrate), and VBR (Variable 2-Pass Mode). • Color & HDR Conversion: Keep 10-bit Dolby/HLG HDR or convert intelligently to Rec.709 SDR to prevent dull colors. [ 2. EDIT & TRIM ] • Millisecond Keyframe Trim: Drag with precision to eliminate unwanted footage at the start and end. • Equal Duration Split: Batch slice videos into equal parts by seconds or segment count. • Seamless Multi-Video Merge: Combine multiple clips into one continuous high-definition video. [ 3. CROP, CANVAS & GEOMETRY ] • Social Aspect Ratios: Adaptive cropping for 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, and 4:3 social formats. • Geometry Correction: 90° clockwise rotation, horizontal mirror, and vertical flip. • Video Enhancement: Brightness, contrast fine-tuning, and sharpening noise reduction. [ 4. SPEED ADJUSTMENT ] • 0.25x slow motion to 4.0x hyper-speed forward, with one-tap 1.0x reset. • Creative speed presets: Smooth deceleration, progressive acceleration, bullet time, hero moment, and montage. [ 5. AUDIO & SUBTITLES ] • Master Audio Extraction: One-tap lossless export to MP3 or M4A (64k to 320kbps). • Replace Audio Track: Strip noisy original sound and mix in your custom background music. • Complete Muting: Completely strip all audio tracks to safeguard on-site privacy. • Offline AI Subtitles: Generate SRT subtitles on-device using Apple's Neural Engine with zero data uploaded. [ 6. EXPORT & CREATION ] • High-Quality GIF Maker: Turn highlights into lightweight animated GIFs. • 4K Frame Extraction: Find the perfect frame and export pristine 4K original photos to your Photos app. • Hardware Multi-Format Conversion: MP4, MOV, ProRes, and WebM high-speed transcoding. [ PRIVACY FIRST ] • 100% On-Device Processing: All encoding, decoding, and speech recognition run locally. • No account required, zero tracking, and no ads. • Complete control over saving to Photos, Files, or sharing via AirDrop. (Note: Available codecs and hardware encoding speeds depend on your device chipset and iOS version.)

About

Astola

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Your human friends. Your AI friends. One conversation, built for all of you. Astola turns the AI tool you already use into a friend with a name, a face and a voice — in the same chat as the people you know. Claude, ChatGPT, or a model running on your own Mac. Work together. Laugh together. Grow together. Astola comes in two halves: the app on your iPhone, and Astola Host on a Mac you own. Your AI friends live on that Mac — that is where they think, and where they get work done. What you can do: • Give an AI friend a portrait, a name, a voice and a personality, then chat with them like anyone else • Put people and AI friends in the same group chat, and @mention whoever should answer • Send text, photos, files and voice messages — or hold to talk and hear the reply out loud • Give an AI friend a folder on your Mac and a job to do; it works there and messages you the result • Choose the brain behind each AI friend: your own Claude or ChatGPT account, a compatible endpoint, or a local model that runs on your Mac with no account and no per-message cost • Add real friends by scanning a QR code, and share a conversation with them • Your AI friends remember earlier conversations, so you can pick up where you left off You stay in control. Chats are saved on your devices and synced through your own iCloud. You choose which AI service each friend uses. Astola has no account system and does not operate a central chat server. Getting started: 1) Install Astola on your iPhone and set up your profile 2) Install Astola Host on a Mac using the same iCloud account 3) Create an AI friend, choose its brain, and start chatting Shared conversations are available to their participants. Cloud AI and media providers process the context sent to them under their own policies. Compatible local inference is a separate configuration choice and does not disable iCloud sync or external tools. Requires iOS or iPadOS 18 or later. AI friends need an online Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 15 or later, Astola Host and a configured, supported agent runtime. Your own devices use the same iCloud account. Provider subscriptions or API charges may apply. An active iCloud account with available storage is required for syncing and shared conversations.

Screenshots

FrameSlim4 screens
Astola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Astola at none against FrameSlim's 6. Astola also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). FrameSlim's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. FrameSlim sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Astola asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FrameSlim ships an update every 2 weeks, Astola every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
FrameSlim versus Astola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrameSlimAstola
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerå§£č 黄Yixiong Fang

In-app purchases

6 purchases

FrameSlim

One-time6
  • Size & Compression$2.99
  • Editing & Splitting$2.99
  • Canvas & Visuals$2.99
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  • Audio & Subtitles$2.99
  • Export & Creation$2.99
  • Lifetime All-in-One$9.99
None

Astola

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FrameSlim free?
FrameSlim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Astola free?
Astola is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FrameSlim or Astola have ads?
Neither FrameSlim nor Astola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FrameSlim or Astola?
FrameSlim ships an update every 2 weeks, and Astola every 3 days. Most recently, FrameSlim was updated on October 24, 2026 and Astola on October 29, 2026.

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