You just made a fantastic video, and you can’t wait to share it with your friends or your social media family. You try to send it over to your friend/client but see that dreaded window pop up, saying the “file is too large to transfer.”
Isn’t that infuriating?
Well, the solution is quite simple. Two words; compressed videos.
It will not only reduce the upload time it will also reduce buffering time at your viewer’s end. That’s a win-win situation.
Why Should You Compress A Video?
With the emergence of the world wide web, our lives and businesses have become fast-paced, and the need for instant gratification has changed the dynamics of several industries across the globe. Anything that causes a delay is deemed undesirable or unfit. This is where compressed videos come in.
Faster Transfer
Loading and transferring files are less of a hassle when the size of the video is reduced. It will not only reduce the time for a device to read the data but also write it which would inevitably reduce the time taken for it to transfer.
Easier Transfer
Have you ever tried to transfer a video through an app such as “WhatsApp” and had to break the video into several snippets just to send it over to someone?
Well, this is where compressing a video can be helpful. Reducing the size of the video will make the transfer hassle-free and limitless.
Moreover, when a video is compressed, the size of the video becomes significantly smaller making the transfer of the video over the internet much smoother and faster because a larger video to get transferred over the internet requires a lot more bandwidth than a smaller video.
Save Up Storage Space
Don’t you just loathe seeing that notification pop up, saying you need to free up some space in your phone? Uncompressed videos are huge. Therefore, take a lot of space on your phone.
To put that in perspective, a single minute of an uncompressed HD video takes up 10 GB of your phone’s memory (it may vary with the value of frames per second).
The size of the video can greatly impact your phone’s storage capacity. Therefore, compressing a video can make it easier for you to store it for a longer time without compromising on the reduced storage capacity.
What Are The Different Methods To Compress Video On An iPhone?
The first and the easiest way to compress a video while recording through an iPhone is to change the resolution of the video before you film it.
- To change the resolution, you’ll have to go to your iPhone settings.
- Go to the camera settings.
- Tap on “record video”
- Change the settings to “data saver” i.e., 720p HD at 30 fps.
This is only applicable for videos that have not been recorded yet. Any video that has been recorded at a higher resolution would require a third-party app to reduce the size of the saved video. We’ll be looking at a few applications down below.
Apart from that, another way to reduce the size of a video on an iPhone would be by trimming the video. When you trim the video and discard irrelevant or unimportant parts of it to make it shorter, you’re making the size of the file smaller.
7 Best Apps To Compress Video On An iPhone
- VivaVideo – Video Editor&Maker
- InShot – Video Editor
- KineMaster – Video Editor
- video compress-shrink videos
- Video and Photo Compressor Pro
- Compress Video & Resize Video
- GoPro Quik: Video Editor
1. Viva Video – Video Editor & Maker
One of the most popular video editors available on the Appstore is “VivaVideo”. It is the easiest and the friendliest to use, making it a popular choice among users. The clean interface coupled with a vast variety of file size options makes it a simple alternative to many other competitors in the market.
To use this app, you’ll have to download it from the Apple app store. After the app has been launched you have to permit it to access your photos and videos.
Later you can edit any of the video/s you like. Finally, after you’ve edited the video as per your personal preference a window of file size options will pop up on your screen. Select the smallest size to significantly reduce the file size.
Pricing: Free (in-app purchases available)
Compatibility: ios12 and above
App Features:
- Reduction in file size without compromising on the quality.
- Option to change the grain settings on the video.
- Options to change the frame rate
- Video overlay and aspect ratio customization
- Customizable bitrate.
2. InShot – Video Editor
If you’re looking for an easy and quick way to compress your videos on an iPhone, “Inshot” is your best bet. With a simple and clean user interface and a variety of editing options, this app makes it easy for any newbie to edit video and compress it to a smaller size.
To compress the video on this app you’ll have to download the app from the apple store. After the app has launched, you’ll have to permit it to access your gallery/camera roll. Select the specific video you want to compress.
Once the video is open in the app, tap on “canvas” adjust the ratio and proportion of the video, and move on to save it. A window with video quality options will pop up, choose whichever one you deem fit and you’re good to go.
The only drawback other than the quality of the video being compromised is, that while the video is being exported the user needs to stay on the app screen otherwise video transfer fails.
Price: Free (in-app purchases available)
Compatibility: iOS 11.0 and above
App features:
- Several options are available for transitions.
- Various speed options are available for videos.
- Doesn’t disrupt the iPhone temperature during coding.
- Quick and efficient video compressing.
3. KineMaster – Video Editor
This app gives you a range of transition and overlay options to pick from.
If you’re new at editing videos this app will make it easier for you to get the hang of things. You can try and experiment with video editing or you could export the video to your camera roll.
When exporting the video, the app will give you a resizing option. Once you select the suitable size it will change the bitrate and encoding format.
Price: Free (availability of in-app purchases)
Compatibility: iOS 13.2 or above
App features:
- Friendly user interface.
- File size reduction without compromising on the quality of the video.
- Option to slow down and speed up videos.
- Motion layer adding functionality
- variety of resizing options available.
4. Video Compress
This is another popular app available on the Appstore that a lot of iPhone users swear by. This app is specifically designed to help users compress their videos.
It doesn’t offer other editing options but does what the name suggests I.e., compress videos, making it hassle-free for the users who are looking to reduce the size of their videos for storage conservation and other purposes.
The only drawback of the free version of the app is that it has a lot of advertisements and a limit on the number of videos that can be compressed.
If you wish to have no limit on the number of videos to be edited and a user-friendly interface, you’d have to pay for the service.
To compress a video, download the app and give access to your camera roll. From there choose a video you need to compress.
The app will give you several options to pick from and you can choose what size you want the video to be. You will have an option to preview the video before you save it.
Price: Free (in-app purchases available)
Compatibility: iOS 12.0 or later
App Features:
- can compress multiple videos at one time.
- Multiple sizing options.
- Quicker compressing speed.
5. Video And Photo Compressor Pro.
Like the “video compress” app, this application is also solely used for reducing the size of videos. It has a user-friendly interface but requires a subscription to become completely advertisement free.
It does not, however, have a limit on the videos that can be edited. It does not require an active network connection to compress videos.
To use this app, you must install it on your iPhone. When the application is launched, give access to your phone gallery. From there you can choose which videos you want to resize.
This app provides the flexibility to do multiple videos in batches. You can then save the compressed videos on your phone.
Price: Free (in-app purchases available)
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later
Key Features:
- high-quality output
- The unpaid version is free from any watermark
- large files can be compressed quicker.
- Gives you a preview of how much storage space will be conserved after compressing the video/videos.
6. Compress Video & Resize Video
This app is useful in resizing and editing video files to make space for other data on your iPhone. The free version of the app has no limits on the number of videos that can be edited.
The friendly and clutter-free user interface is what makes this app a popular choice. You can use this same app to change the format of the video as well. The compression abilities of this app give you two different setting options.
To use this app, you’ll have to download it from the App store. Once installed, you must give access to your videos. After choosing the video you’d like to resize you can simply compress it by 90% or more without experiencing any difference in the quality of the video.
The app automatically saves your video into your phone in another folder names “compressed vides” making it easier for you to locate them.
Price: Free (with in-app purchases)
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later
App features
- High-quality compresses videos.
- User friendly
- Speedy compression of videos.
- No watermarks on the final video.
- Respects the privacy of the user.
7. GoPro Quik- Video Editor
This app makes use of easy-to-use compression software. It is one of the best video editing applications available for iPhone users. Not only is the interface friendly and compatible with an iPhone but it also supports a wide range of outputs.
With the help of this app, the resolution of the video as well as the dimension of the video can be altered to reduce the size of the file.
Making it a very popular choice for iPhone users. To use “Quik GoPro” to edit your video, you’ll have to install it on your phone through the App store. After access to your photos and videos, the app will provide you with various options to edit videos.
You can go to the settings before saving the video to change the size of the video without affecting the quality of the video.
➜ Price: free (in-app purchases available)
➜ Compatibility: iOS 14.0 or later.
App features
- High-efficiency video coding is available.
- Bitrate is flexible.
- Frame rate customizable.
- Lossless functionality.