Comparison

thWords OCR vs Video Compress Guy Space Clean

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

Head to head
About

thWords OCR

Capture text from images or screenshots and convert it into editable, typed text. Easily copy and paste the extracted content to your clipboard.

Highlights
  • Image to text conversion
  • Screenshot text extraction
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Typed text output
Features
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Take a picture of some words on a page, or take a screenshot, and have the letters recognized and extracted as if they were typed. Copy / Paste the text with the clipboard.

About

Video Compress Guy Space Clean

Features
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**Tired of the "iPhone Storage Full" notification?** You've been there. You're about to record your kid's first steps, a stunning sunset, or an unforgettable concert — and your iPhone says "Cannot Take Photo." You check storage, and videos are eating up 30, 50, even 100+ GB. Apple's solution? Pay $2.99/month for iCloud. Then $9.99/month when 200GB fills up. Then $12.99/month for 2TB. That's over $150/year — just to store videos you rarely rewatch. **There's a smarter way.** CompressGuy shrinks your videos by up to 90% — right on your iPhone. A 500MB clip becomes 50MB. A 4GB vacation video becomes 400MB. No uploading to sketchy cloud servers. No monthly subscriptions draining your wallet. No visible quality loss. **Reclaim gigabytes in minutes, not hours.** CompressGuy scans your entire video library instantly and shows you exactly how much space each video is hogging. One tap to compress. One tap to delete the bloated original. Done. **SMART COMPRESSION PRESETS** • High Quality — maximum fidelity, significant size reduction • Balanced — the sweet spot between quality and space savings • Smaller — aggressive compression for maximum storage recovery • Custom Target — set your exact MB target • Social Media Ready — optimized presets for WhatsApp, Instagram, Discord, Email & more **POWERFUL FEATURES** • Batch Compress — select dozens of videos and compress them all at once with Live Activity progress tracking on your Lock Screen • Before & After — side-by-side visual comparison so you can see there's virtually no difference • Share Extension — compress videos directly from Photos, Files, or any app without even opening CompressGuy • Smart Organization — browse your videos by Albums, Trips, Cities, or on a Map • 4K & HDR Support — handles your highest quality footage with care • Time-lapse Creator — turn any video into a stunning time-lapse • GIF Export — create shareable GIFs from your favorite moments • Space Recovery Tips — intelligent recommendations on which videos to compress first for maximum space savings **100% PRIVATE. ZERO DATA LEAVES YOUR DEVICE.** Every single compression happens locally on your iPhone. Your videos are never uploaded anywhere. No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. Your memories stay yours. **THE MATH IS SIMPLE** The average iPhone user stores 40-60GB of video. CompressGuy can reduce that to 5-10GB. That's 50GB back — enough to skip that iCloud upgrade entirely. Instead of paying Apple $120+/year for extra cloud storage, compress once and save forever. **Stop paying monthly rent for storage you don't need. Compress smarter with CompressGuy.**

Screenshots

thWords OCR1 screens
Video Compress Guy Space Clean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Compress Guy Space Clean at none against thWords OCR's 1. Video Compress Guy Space Clean also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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. thWords OCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video Compress Guy Space Clean asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

thWords OCR ships an update every 3 months, Video Compress Guy Space Clean every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
thWords OCR versus Video Compress Guy Space Clean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterthWords OCRVideo Compress Guy Space Clean
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirdHalf.com, LLCRahul Gupta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

thWords OCR

One-time1
  • 1000 OCR Requests$2.99
None

Video Compress Guy Space Clean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is thWords OCR free?
thWords OCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Compress Guy Space Clean free?
Video Compress Guy Space Clean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do thWords OCR or Video Compress Guy Space Clean have ads?
Neither thWords OCR nor Video Compress Guy Space Clean shows ads.
Which is updated more often, thWords OCR or Video Compress Guy Space Clean?
thWords OCR ships an update every 3 months, and Video Compress Guy Space Clean every 2 days. Most recently, thWords OCR was updated on October 29, 2026 and Video Compress Guy Space Clean on October 28, 2026.

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