We all like watching videos in HD quality and keeping them on our devices. However, we hate that they occupy so much memory space. It seems like we found a way to make this situation a little bit easier – and found the best video compressors for large files.
Often, those apps combine several features – video compressing, editing and converting them to mp3. By the way, the best apps for the last thing you can find in this article.
Video Compress
It’s no secret that usually video files are the main headache in terms of the heavyweight on the device. Therefore, we would like to introduce the app in this category to Android users first.
The overall interface is simple, but it doesn’t demolish its productivity. To be more precise, when you open the app you go straight to the business – you can select from where you want to take a video file that you want to compress. There are 5 different options:
- Camera
- Video gallery
- Videos already processed in Video Compress
- Video Rotate
- Whats App
Just choose a video. When the app compresses the video it’s automatically creating a copy of it. Moreover, Video Compress is capable of working even with large video files, and no additional subscriptions are needed.
In addition, the app will be suitable for those who don’t have a stable internet signal.
To sum it up, Video Compress is a great and simple app for compressing large video files – dozens of positive reviews by users confirm that. The app has some minor bugs, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the main process.
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Video compressor – save space
Now let’s pay attention to one of the most popular and qualitative video compressors for iOS. This compressor works with large files as well.
The interface of this app is more elaborate than the previous one – when you open the app you get started right at the editing studio and that might confuse you a bit. You need to tap on the “Add video” button at the lower corner of the screen and then choose a vid either from the gallery or shoot it right away.
Before you compress the video, the application will suggest you choose the quality of the video and the desirable size. Keep in mind that some weights are not compatible with HD quality.
Overall, the algorithm is simple:
- Add the video to the editor
- Choose the final resolution of the video
- Choose the final weight of the video
- Compress!
Moreover, this is almost the only app for iOS devices that works flawlessly. It still doesn’t work on some older devices, so keep that in mind.
PANDA Video Compressor
Sometimes the fancy name is only used to conceal the dysfunctionality of the app, but not in this case. Panda Video Compressor is a high-quality app that is able to compress video of large weights.
When you will open the app, it will suggest you to pick up the video either from your gallery or shoot a new video using the camera. For that, you will need to grant access to the camera for the app.
One inconvenient moment here is that if you want to upload the video from your phone’s gallery is that in this case, the app will show you ALL videos on your device, without a folder order if you have such in your gallery. Therefore, it can take time to dig the video that you want to compress, especially if it’s an old one.
The following formats are supported:
- mp4, avi, mkv, flv, rmvb, 3gp, mpeg, wmv, mov
It’s also worth mentioning that the app compresses the video automatically and you can’t select the ending weight and size.
After the video is converted you can share it by email. PANDA also helps you to save your Internet traffic.
Overall, the biggest advantage of PANDA Video Compressor is that it works fast and flawlessly.
Video Compress – Shrink Vids
A little bit obsolete, but still a nice video compressor for iOS. It is capable to work with large files and even videos in 4K formats.
The works algorithm is extremely simple with Video Compress:
- Open the app
- Tap on the plus and upload the video
- Select the ending bitrate of the video
- Click “Continue”
- Select the quality of the video
- Compare the original video with a compressed one!
After you are finished, the app might suggest you delete the original video. And with Video Compress be ready that the overall process of compressing will take some time.
One annoying thing about the application is that it has tons of ads and if you want to get rid of them you will have to pay.
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Smart Video Compressor and resizer
Not the best app for compressing large video files, but you can try this one. At least it will be able to compress the video file of a size up to 1 GB.
The interface design is plain and way too simple. As usual, you upload the video from the gallery. However, what makes the main difference between this video compressor from other ones for Android is the ability to choose the ending weight of a file.
Another interesting feature of the Smart Video Compressor is the ability to choose the speed of compression – probably it has to deal with the economy of the Internet traffic. While the process is happening, you can leave the app running in the background, but don’t close the app!
Compress Videos & Resize Video
One of the best apps for iOS devices to compress video files. All you need to do is to select the file from your phone’s storage.
The app works with all the most popular video formats such as mp4, m4v, HEVC, and so on. Basically, you will be able to convert any video taken by an iPhone camera.
However, keep in mind that in Compress Videos & Resize Video you can’t choose the ending parameters of the vid – the app does it automatically.
Another aspect that is not crucial in video compression apps, but one we wanted to highlight is the interface design. It is nice to see that at least in one app the developers put an effort into how their app actually looks and it makes the work in Compress Videos & Resize Video more pleasant than in other apps.
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Video Compress – Shrink Video
Another app in this category for iPhone is made specifically for working with large video files, such as movies. It is extremely in usage, though. There are no any extra settings or features – you select the video – the app compresses it – you get the video.
While the process is happening, you can track the progress on the screen. Or, you can leave the app running in the background and mind your business. It’s also with mentioning that Video Compress doesn’t save your Internet traffic.
Moreover, the formats of vids that you can convert are limited to only 2.
