Comparison

MediaForge vs Squish Video Compressor

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

Head to head
About

MediaForge

Features
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Convert and edit video, audio, images and animations in one workspace on iPhone and iPad. MediaForge processes your media on your device. Create the file you need Convert popular formats, extract audio, make animations, resize images and process image batches. Work with high-precision images, RAW photos and HDR video. Make it your own Trim, crop, rotate and adjust color. Add masks, motion tracking, text or logo watermarks, shapes and drawings. Edit sound with waveforms, gain curves, EQ, channel controls and fades. Organize and share Collect recording clips, prepare PDFs and frame sequences, and export audio samples as tables. Save drafts, choose output quality, and share or save your results. MediaForge Pro One lifetime purchase removes all ads. Unlimited advanced exports: animations, selected ranges, visual and audio edits, batches and delivery tools. Basic format conversion is free. Three Pro exports are included per installation, and an optional rewarded ad grants one additional export. Restore your purchase from Home > MediaForge Pro using the same Apple Account. No subscription. Combining Pro features still uses just 1 credit per export. The free version includes advertising. Your media files are never shared with advertisers. Privacy Policy: https://apps.prof.ws/mediaforge/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Squish Video Compressor

Features
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Make a video small enough to send. Your iPhone shoots gorgeous 4K. Your email won't take it. Squish fixes that in two taps. PICK A SIZE, GET THAT SIZE Choose 25 MB for email, 16 MB for WhatsApp, 10 MB for Discord, or type your own number. Most compressors hand you a 27 MB file when you asked for 25. Squish encodes, measures the result on disk, and re-encodes until it genuinely comes in under the number you picked. OR JUST MAKE IT SMALLER Not sending it anywhere in particular? Pick a quality level instead and Squish chooses sensible settings for you. BUILT FOR WHAT YOUR IPHONE ACTUALLY RECORDS - 4K, 60 fps, HDR and ProRes all handled - Portrait video stays portrait. Squish writes upright pixels rather than a rotation flag, so your video plays the right way up everywhere, including on players that ignore rotation - HDR is tone mapped to standard colour so the result plays on any device, not only recent iPhones - H.264 by default for maximum compatibility, HEVC when you want it smaller still TRIM FIRST Cutting four seconds off the front saves more than any bitrate setting can. Scrub the filmstrip, set your in and out points, and Squish only encodes what you keep. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No uploads. No servers. No account. No ads. No tracking. Squish cannot even read your photo library. You hand it the videos you pick, and it asks permission only to save the finished file back. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UNLOCK The whole app is free, and that means the whole app: exact size targeting, 4K, trim, every option. Free use covers three videos a day. A one-time Lifetime Unlock lifts the daily limit and lets you compress up to 12 videos at once. One payment, no subscription, ever.

Screenshots

MediaForge4 screens
Squish Video Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Squish Video Compressor at none against MediaForge's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MediaForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Squish Video Compressor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
MediaForge versus Squish Video Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMediaForgeSquish Video Compressor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟 ε­™Aryaman Ravi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MediaForge

One-time1
  • MediaForge Pro Lifetime$1.99
1 purchases

Squish Video Compressor

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is MediaForge free?
MediaForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squish Video Compressor free?
Squish Video Compressor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MediaForge or Squish Video Compressor have ads?
MediaForge shows ads; Squish Video Compressor does not.

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