Video Compress - Shrink Videos Reviews

by Springs Marty

I regularly need to shrink a video to a target size, and VideoCompress does the job well. Pick a target size of the video, and VideoCompress will quickly produce one close to that size. That said, VideoCompress has several annoyances that keep me from giving it five stars. I wrote the developer asking how to pay to fix these annoyances. The developer did not even respond to me, which is unprofessional.

Annoyances:
1. There is no way to remove ads. Ads run well past the point where the X appears on the screen and I must watch every single ad in its entirety. If I am compressing video with people nearby (such as in the office), I must remember to turn down the volume on the iPad before the ad and then turn it back up after the ad. Sometimes there is no way to click out of an ad after it completes, forcing me to exit VideoCompress and start over. Let me pay to get rid of the ads.
2. VideoCompress forces running in portrait mode. I use an iPad Pro with a keyboard. At this point, I have become somewhat accustomed to reading text sideways and watching ads sideways. Let VideoCompress operate in landscape mode.
3. While somewhat minor, VideoCompress will not force a download of the video before attempting to compress it. If I shoot a video on the iPhone, then try to compress it on the iPad, I must remember to force a download of the video to the iPad before I try to compress it.
4. Developer will not respond to email. This is just uncool.

by Clam Baker

All of his free video tools just work!! The ads have become easier to avoid and the tools are logical. I kinda feel bad for the yahoo's that feel you have to have a subscription just to read the documentation in order to figure how to use their tools without having to keep your head in the cloud when all you want to do is shrink a video to send to Grandma on Easter!

by Universe Observer

I HATE APPS WITH iADS!!!

26 June 2017

This is a very quick video compressor with a decent UI that makes it easy to use. The developer also has companion apps that are equally as good. That said, I never rate an app over 4 stars if it contains iAds and does not provide an in app purchase to eliminate ads on an app. I would bump this to 5 stars if I could dump commercials and eliminate the stupid pop up game ads!

Pros

1. Decent UI
2. Quick conversions
3. Control over compression amount

Cons

1. Freaking non-opt out iAds!
2. When selecting a video, it would be nice to see the video's type and uncompressed size on the tiles of the videos to aid choosing videos an to avoid those that are already compressed.
3. Bundle all 4 apps Video Compressor, Video Crop, Video Effects, Video Cut as a package of apps without iAd or better yet, one app with all four functions.

Recommend? Yes, as long as you do not mind the aggravating iAds.

by Aamii.geo

Simple and easy to use and fast . Shows both sizes before compressing and after. Option to delete original files. Reduced file sizes from several hundred megs to less than 20 MG with no video quality lost. Remove ads only one time price of $1.99..WORTH IT. I can see all the actual file sizes in my photos for videos, not just the lengths. The original lengths stays the same. VERY GOOD COMPRESSION!

by Hsmenhdthb

In a world where company policies require you to separate work data and personal data entirely, and where safe-for-work shareable content such as videos can become massive in size with little effort, I can confirm that VideoCompress helped me accomplish said task in less than 5 minutes, inclusive of the time it took to learn of its existence; all for free.

Thank you for you what you do!

by Tap Is Fine But

A month ago I downloaded another app that claims to resize (compress) video, and it worked, but it took forever to upload the video and even longer to compress it! VideoCompress however does what it says, and boy is it quick!! I have been able to compress medium sized videos (about 50mb) down to 15mb in less than a minute.

It’s great. One drawback to mention, when I first downloaded VideoCompress , 3 other apps downloaded as well. One of the apps looked like it might be video related and one was a gambling game...(you should probably just delete these). Other than that; VideoCompress is great so far!

by Olorin303

This is maybe best free utility app I’ve seen. It does exactly what it’s supposed to to do, all parts of it are free, and it’s easy to use. And seriously, the ads are nothing! Every once in a while, a bar will pop up at the bottom or a screen filling ad will appear, but you can skip them immediately. This program’s quality is honestly better than most apple apps.

by Iwishitwrkd

Thank you for creating a simple app to handle these types of video processing tasks. Thank you for not hiding the controls behind of secure icons. Thank you for being upfront and honest about what you’re offering. I will happily pay you not just to remove ads but in appreciation of your work. I do wish everyone follow your example.

by Jsmylez

I was looking for something to make my video less than 250mb for school, and when I say it was unbelievably good, it WAS!! I couldn’t believe that VideoCompress was for free and it was actually working. You should get VideoCompress!! Best app for compressing videos ever! I recommend VideoCompress out of all the others if your looking for a quick video compressed smaller! Love it. The ads are worth it.

by Coby_A.

It was quick and easy, I didn’t have to pay for anything like some of the other apps on here. I tried to use a different app that was “free”, but was told I had to pay $10 then or $3 weekly to use it. VideoCompress just let me do my thing in under a minute, so I could attach large videos in email files with ease! Thank you for making this wonderful app free to use!

by 1Chance4Real😑

I had videos ranging from 1.5gb to 8gb on my photo library. This really did save my storage from becoming almost full. It took a while to play around with the bitrate slider until I got the sweet spot. Just wish it had some presets like 480p, 720p, & 1080p for a more convenient and easier experience for new users.

by Judik421

Simple to use, complete compression app. Yesterday, I sent a 1 star review. On my new iPhone I COULD NOT compress any videos as NO videos would populate. The video screen displayed gray only, devoid of the videos I had saved. BTW, on my old iPhone the videos would populate, I could select one, and then compress it... Today, the videos DID populate... I‘m elated!!! As pre-stated above, VideoCompress IS absolutely “the BEST, simple to use, & complete compression app”, period🙏🏼👏🏻!!!

by Dmbfan2911

VideoCompress does exactly what it promises. Just import a video, select a target size, and wait a few seconds. I do wish that Apple made this a native iOS feature, or at least a Shortcut option. Until then, this is a must have app if you ever want to save a long video but don’t need HD quality or just want to text someone a short clip without sending a huge file.

by Grimley141

So often apps say they will do one thing and then they don’t really work or they work very poorly. Not so here. The Video Compress app compresses video cleanly and quickly. The ads can be intrusive, but VideoCompress performs its primary function, even with ads. Once I saw how well VideoCompress worked I happily paid the in-app purchase to remove the ads. I haven’t compared it to any other video compression apps on the store, however with as well as VideoCompress works there is no need to.

by LordBeerusGaming

As a college student who has to send video files daily to professors, I struggled with file size and often had to use online compressors which took hours to compress one file. Then, today I found VideoCompress. I was struggling to upload a video to my professor, and it had taken four days already to load. So, I downloaded VideoCompress as a test.

Needless to say, it took all the hassle that an online browser site would do and simplified it! I usually never write reviews, but VideoCompress really saved me from failing a college class!

by Dichotomynowweare

This compressor is : simple , fast, shows you the original video size in megabytes (come on apple why is showing file size not part of your native intelligence I mean REALLY??), shows you the target file size along with the percentage it will compress it to, and it actually works... oh and I don't know what people are talking about that it has intrusive advertisements. WHAT? It's like one screenshot of an ad that takes .2 seconds to X out of. It's the price you pay for a great user interface that does all the things I just mentioned for FREE. I rarely write reviews but VideoCompress deserves it. Thank you

by Marbars27

Hello, I was in a hurry to compress an iMovie video on iOS. I read an article online and the writer recommended using Video Compress. Previously, I tried 3 other apps that did not suffice. Now using Video Compress, I brought the video down to about 30%, but it was not enough. Next, I went to the lowest setting possible — 2% and perfect; the video was compressed to where it needed to be. VideoCompress is easy to use as shown on the screenshots by the developer. Compressing took maybe 20 - 25 seconds for a video about 5 minutes long. Highly recommend, thank you!

by Its Daniel Lomeli

From what I needed. Which was to convert certain videos that were large files (Videos) which were more than 1GB and through the use of VideoCompress I was able to convert it to file sizes such as 100Mb (not great quality as expected just for reference) but in between its original size and to what i just referenced.

Great Application I Suggest if you are running low on space on your phone or device and do not want to put it on the cloud or on a USB. or if you just want it to be easier to send via email or messages for others to download.

by Nff U Hduddofod

Like the title says, I’m what you youngins refer to as a boomer (70) years wise, but not so good with tech. VideoCompress is so straight forward and user friendly... the phrase PLUG AND PLAY comes to mind or ITS SO SIMPLE EVEN A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT.... a word of warning, while installing VideoCompress an add popped up that seemed to be part of the install process and fooled me into putting a CC on file to complete the process. Thankfully my banks spam filters immediately rejected the charge. Well now I’m eager to compress hundreds of videos of my travels so I can email them to my 93 year old father that can’t get out much anymore... Carpe Diem.

by Mattybo_kayaker

I have tried a few free compression apps with nothing good to say about them.

VideoCompress however has my recommendation full force. I used it to compress a 57 second, 106mb screen recording video to 53mb, and then compressed that already compressed video to 6.79mb.

There was near zero pixelation or choppiness of the 6.79mb video. Then came the ads, which could be closed within 5 seconds and only came up after I saved my video.

by Dodious

Completely non-intuitive and non-functional. There is no screen on VideoCompress that I downloaded that allows sharing. It allows you to set the format but has no sharing or any other functionality. I have iOS 12 with an iPhone XS so I’m not trying to do this on some crappy iPhone either. Also, in order to leave a bad review (1-star) you have to enter a nickname and no matter what nickname I enter it is always “taken“ so I had to put multiple stars on this in order to get this review posted. What a crock.

by Velcro Zippers

Just picked this up quickly to compress for a bad sharing site and the only issue I had was the slider is far too finicky.
Move the slider just right with a roll press, then BAM, it moves off of the lift!!

Put a button to add .1 degrees of compression rate and VideoCompress would be a good.
Click, click, click, perfect...

by The Potato Toaster21

Hey there, I found one problem with VideoCompress that almost made me stop using it. And it happens only when the file size goes up to 10 gb. The videos that get converted don’t show up on the iPhone and goes to system storage which made me reset my iPhone to get my storage back.

by Sandra Austin

This one works perfectly, no issues at all. Fast and did what it was supposed to do. Better than to others I tried which words just fails. I see nothing needs to be improved on. Thank you!

by Hooked1947

Took a few minutes to figure out but then it's quick, easy, and works great. My only question (not a tech person) is that once compressed to a target size, after it is sent it shows a slightly larger file.

by Hmscgm

VideoCompress is great and does exactly what it says. The only thing i thought would make it better was if it had some kind of way to know whether your video is in the range of 1080p, 720p, 480, or 360. Hopefully they could add that in the future.

by MC3452

Love these kinds of apps that do exactly what they advertise and with the easiest of instructions. Anyone who complains about getting something like this for free for just watching 5 second of a AD is ridiculous. Why shouldn't the developer make money for providing this for free!!!

by Pop Up Holiness

Super Easy! It’s amazing to get something that works so great for free! Very helpful for making videos “sendable” vía email!
I’m not sure what all compressing does to the quality of a video, but I was just sending speaking videos and the only difference I noticed in the compressed ones was a bit more “graininess” to the picture.

by Troyboyjoy

I had a speech video due online and it was taking forever to load. In a panic I downloaded VideoCompress and made the video take up less space and it downloaded in like 7 minutes! It came just in time with 5 minutes to spare before the assignment was late! Video compressor is a life saver!! Thank you!

by Pythonmma

Exactly what I needed to compress my Videos to make them easier to Upload to sites and Emails, Thank You Developer!
Oh, and to top it off it’s Free no catches just a quick ad you can easily click to close or go look at to help keep the Development of Updates and more Products going, because these people got to make just like us.

by Miatian

Painless, easy to use. Couldn’t tell any difference between the compressed and original except the horizontal seemed to be trimmed maybe 10%. I had reduced the file from 215mb to 95mb.
I can’t believe the reviewer who complained about running ads with this FREE software.