Kitaba vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitaba
Design stunning visuals with over 1,000 Arabic fonts and text effects. Create invitations, cards, and social posts quickly using ready-made templates and AI tools. Offers features like letter stretching and background removal for unique designs.
- 1,000+ Arabic, English, and Persian fonts
- Maad 'مدّ' letter stretching
- Text effects and artistic textures
- Ready-made templates for various occasions
- AI-powered image editing (background removal, upscaling)
- Stickers and cut-outs for PNG creation
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Write on photos with 1,000+ Arabic fonts, and design wedding invitations, greeting cards and social posts in minutes. New: Maad «مدّ» stretches Arabic letters as far as you choose, plus new school templates. Kitaba is an Arabic-first design app. Choose from more than 1,000 fonts in Arabic, English and Persian, type on any photo, and share the result in a few taps. WRITE ON PHOTOS • Add text in Arabic, English or Persian • Maad «مدّ»: stretch Arabic letters to fit your design • Control size, colour, opacity, spacing, alignment, shadow and outline • Apply gold, silver and artistic textures to your lettering • An exclusive library of hand-designed Arabic and English calligraphy and text art, made by professional artists ARABIC FONTS AND CALLIGRAPHY • 1,000+ fonts, sorted by style so you find the right one fast • Classic scripts: Diwani, Kufi, Thuluth, Naskh, Ruqaa and Maghribi • Fonts for writing on photos and designing images DESIGN AND EDIT • Crop, rotate, resize and blur photos • Stickers and cut-outs: make your own transparent PNGs • Ready-made templates for social posts, invitations, greeting cards and business ads • Seasonal templates for Ramadan, Eid and other occasions CREATE WITH AI • Turn a text description into an image • Remove or replace a photo's background • Upscale a photo for sharper results SIMPLE AND FAST • Your designs save automatically • Share straight to your social apps • Full Arabic language support Kitaba Premium Kitaba Premium unlocks new exclusive content as it arrives, an ad-free experience and all advanced features. بالعربية: كتابة على الصور هو التطبيق العربي للكتابة على الصور وتصميم الصور وتعديلها بالذكاء الاصطناعي، مع أكثر من 1000 خط عربي وإنجليزي وفارسي، وقوالب جاهزة للمناسبات والدعوات والبطاقات. Terms of Use: https://kitaba.app/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://kitaba.app/en/privacy/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Video Compressor
Easily convert, compress, and optimize videos on your iPhone or iPad. This app offers professional-grade tools for freeing up space, preparing social media content, or extracting audio, all with a focus on speed, privacy, and an intuitive interface.
- Convert videos to various formats (MP4, MOV, GIF, audio)
- Compress videos while maintaining quality
- Merge videos and select aspect ratio
- Preview file size before conversion
- Save or share videos instantly
- 100% offline operation
- Supports 4K resolution and multiple frame rates
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Make your videos easier to save and share with Vidify. • Compress or convert videos. • Join multiple clips into one video. • Create GIFs from your videos. • Extract audio in M4A format. • Adjust resolution, codec, and frame rate. Video processing happens on your device. When processing is complete, compare the original and final file sizes, then save or share the result. File size and quality depend on the original video and your chosen settings. Download the app for free and explore limited features. Access full features with a subscription. This app offers auto-renewing subscriptions. Payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Privacy Policy: https://vidify-privacy.goofyibis16.chatgpt.site Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Connect with me: X: https://x.com/w12_dev_apps Instagram: https://instagram.com/w12.devapps Tik Tok: https://tiktok.com/@w12.devapps Youtube: https://youtube.com/@w12.devapps Threads: https://threads.net/@w12.devapps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Video Compressor at none against Kitaba's shown. Kitaba's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (18K vs 2). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Kitaba sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Video Compressor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Kitaba against 4.5 for Video Compressor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitaba has 18K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kitaba ships an update fortnightly, Video Compressor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitaba | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (18K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 201 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 3rabapp LTD | W12 Consultoria |
Customer experience
Kitaba
Video Compressor
Bugs and requests
Kitaba
Reported bugs
2 issues- Slow image/font loading times
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to import custom fonts
- Option to disable app logo watermark
- Multi-layer text support
- More advanced editing tools
Video Compressor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kitaba
- Premium AI Weekly$2.997 Days
- Premium AI Monthly$9.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Subscription$9.991 Month
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- AI Pro Monthly$22.991 Month
- Annual Premium Subscription$59.991 Year
- English Fonts$20.99
- Pro Version$29.99
- مجموعة خطوط النخبة$29.99
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- 2,000 Credits$34.99
- اشتراك مدى الحياة$179.99
Video Compressor
- Weekly PRO3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Annual PRO$6.991 Year
- Lifetime PRO$59.99
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