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.
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.
- Image to text conversion
- Screenshot text extraction
- Copy and paste functionality
- Typed text output
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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.
Video Compress Guy Space Clean
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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.**
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | thWords OCR | Video Compress Guy Space Clean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ThirdHalf.com, LLC | Rahul Gupta |
In-app purchases
thWords OCR
- 1000 OCR Requests$2.99
Video Compress Guy Space Clean
No in-app purchases
Questions
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