Video Shrinker vs Delayte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Shrinker
Reduce the size of your video files significantly, freeing up valuable storage space on your device. Easily identify large videos and fine-tune export settings for optimal quality and file size. Supports HEVC format for efficient saving.
- Compress videos by 80% or more
- Identify large video files
- Fine-tune export settings
- Adjust frame rate, bit rate, and frame size
- Save videos in HEVC format
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Just one minute of HD video can take up over 40 MB of space! 4K video can use 375 MB per minute! Use Video Shrinker to decrease your video file sizes by 80% or more. - Free tons of space! - Easily Identify large videos. - Fine tune video export settings to get the quality & file size you want. - Adjust the frame rate, bit rate, and frame size - Saves videos to your device in HEVC format
Delayte
This app automatically deletes photos and videos after a set period, preventing your camera roll from getting cluttered. Organize, tag, and set reminders for temporary media before it self-destructs. It's ideal for screenshots, notes, receipts, and more.
- Delayed deletion for photos and videos
- Import from device or capture with camera
- Organize with tags
- Set reminder notifications
- Share to other apps
- Clean-up tools by date or tags
- QR code saving and link detection
- Blurring for privacy
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Delayte is a camera roll for the temporary. Move receipts, screenshots, notes, memes, recipes, QR codes, and other short-lived photos and videos out of your camera roll without losing them before you are finished. Import items from Photos or capture something with Delayte’s built-in camera. Choose how long to keep each item, from 1 to 90 days. When time runs out, Delayte deletes it automatically. Need it longer? Snooze the deletion date before it disappears. Delayte helps you keep temporary content useful, organized, and easy to find: • Import photos and videos while clearing them from your camera roll • Capture temporary photos with the built-in camera • Set a custom deletion date for every item • Snooze items when you need more time • Search for words and things across your images • Detect, select, and copy text from photos and screenshots • Turn any image into a to-do with notifications or Apple Reminders integration • Organize, tag, sort, and filter your junk photos • Open saved QR codes with automatic link detection and validation Delayte is perfect for shopping lists, quick notes, receipts, product details, parking signs, confirmation screens, visual reminders, and anything else you need now but do not want in your camera roll forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Delayte at every 4 weeks against Video Shrinker's every 19 months. Delayte also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (92% vs 73%). Video Shrinker's advantage is ratings volume (257 vs 18) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Video Shrinker costs $2.99 and Delayte $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Delayte holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Shrinker has 257 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Video Shrinker's written reviews are positive against 92% of Delayte's.
Video Shrinker ships an update every 19 months, Delayte every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Shrinker | Delayte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (257 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 257 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wander Bit LLC - Photo & Video Editor Apps and More | David Huynh |
Customer experience
Video Shrinker
Delayte
Bugs and requests
Video Shrinker
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on launch with spinning wheel
- Unknown error messages during compression
- App fails to detect videos in camera roll
- Blue screen displayed after successful compression
- Failed to save compressed video to camera roll
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- Out of memory errors on iPad Pro
- Missing plugin error on startup
- Inaccurate compression results (files larger than reported)
- False success notifications when device storage is full
Requested features
12 requests- Batch processing capability
- Ability to delete original video after compression
- Output file size estimation before conversion
- Preserve original video metadata (EXIF data, location, date)
- Rename output files
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- Save compression presets
- Preserve slow-motion video properties
- Better slider controls with preset buttons (720p, etc.)
- Remember last video location in library
- Display newest videos first in selection screen
- Ability to abort conversion process
- Suggested default settings
Delayte
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Video Shrinker
No in-app purchases
Delayte
No in-app purchases









