Imagine you shot a 500 MB video on your Android phone and want to share it with your family or friends, but you only have 150 MB left on your data plan. How will you deliver it to them now? One method is to reduce the video's size through compression before sharing it.On the Play Store, there are numerous apps that let you compress videos. Here are the top Android apps for compressing videos that we could find. To test how much each app could reduce the size of a video while maintaining its quality, we shot a test video that was almost 500 MB in size.
Note- Before we start, it should be noted that compressing and decompressing videos are performance-intensive tasks that heavily rely on the Android phone's processor. Depending on the performance capabilities of your Android phone, the time it takes for compression to finish varies.
1. FFSHARE -FF Share by caydey is the app for you if you're looking for a straightforward video compressor with excellent compression and minimal quality loss. It effectively accomplishes what it promises to do. During our testing, we found no advertisements in the app, which also supports a variety of video codecs and formats. The best part is that it is totally open-source and can be downloaded from GitHub, which is typically considered to be secure.
Tip: FFShare does not save the compressed video to your Android phone by default but you can opt for Upload to Photos in the share menu to save the compressed video.
- No Ads
- Open-source and free-to-use
- Compression might take a bit of time depending on your Android phone.
- The app needs to be open at all times during the compression process, if you close it then compression will stop and you’d need to redo the process.
Pros
- Multiple video editing features are available like trim, merge, etc.
- Audio editing can also be done with this app.
Cons
- Banner and pop-up ads.
- Cannot compress the video to a custom resolution without buying the premium plan.