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About Minivid
Last updated October 11, 2026
Minivid is an iPhone and iPad app that compresses videos and frees up storage on the device itself, made by Đào Văn Thương, an independent developer in Vietnam. It shows how big the compressed video will be before it starts, fits a video under the limit of an app such as Zalo, Messenger, WhatsApp or Gmail, and cleans up duplicate, blurry and dark photos. Videos and photos are never uploaded, there is no account, and compression works in airplane mode.
Key facts
- Name
- Minivid (App Store name: “Minivid - Compress Video Size”)
- Category
- Photo & Video — video compressor and storage cleaner
- Made by
- Đào Văn Thương (Dao Van Thuong), an independent developer in Vietnam
- Platforms
- iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 15.1 or later (some widgets need iOS 16, 17 or 18). No Android or web app.
- Languages
- The app is in English, Vietnamese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish. This site is in English and Vietnamese.
- Processing
- On the device. Videos are compressed with the device’s own hardware video encoder (MP4 and MOV in, H.264 or HEVC out). Screenshot text is read on the device. No connection is needed to compress.
- Main features
- Size preview before compressing; five presets (Quick Share, Social Media, Email, Save Space, Keep Quality); compress to an exact size; Send via… fits a video for a chosen app and opens the share sheet; trim before compressing; Replace original keeps the original’s date and location; largest videos ranked by size; near-duplicate, blurry and dark photo cleanup; Live Photos to stills; extract a video’s audio; screenshot search by text; photo resize and conversion to JPEG or PNG; time-lapse and text watermark; object eraser for photos; a private vault; widgets, Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts.
- Original files
- Never modified. An original is deleted only if the user chooses Replace original and confirms the iOS prompt; it then stays in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
- Account
- None. No sign-up, email or password.
- Pricing model
- Free to download, with in-app purchases. The free tier compresses videos up to 100 MB at 720p and includes the photo and storage tools. Minivid Pro removes the limits and is sold as a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan has a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the App Store for each region.
- Analytics
- Anonymous usage statistics (Google Analytics for Firebase), crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) and the same anonymous events in PostHog. Always on, with no setting to turn them off; they never include videos, photos, file names or anything typed. No advertising and no tracking across apps.
- Availability
- On the App Store since September 2026 (app ID 6814642594): https://apps.apple.com/app/id6814642594
Who made Minivid
Minivid is made by Đào Văn Thương (Dao Van Thuong), an independent developer in Vietnam. There is no company or investor behind it, and support email goes to him directly.
He also makes the iPhone apps Lockboxy, Linkeeper, Ringsy, Talkzy, Stampzy, Baton and Hearnote.
Other apps by the same developer
Why Minivid exists
Phone videos are far bigger than they need to be, and chat apps and email cap the size of what you can send. The usual fixes are to upload the video to a website that shrinks it, or to compress it blind and find out afterwards whether it fits.
Minivid does the job on the phone itself, with the same hardware encoder the camera uses, and tells you the resulting size before it starts. Nothing has to be uploaded, and it works without a connection.
It was built with people in Vietnam in mind, where videos are sent over Zalo and Messenger every day, so Send via… knows those apps’ limits as well as WhatsApp’s, Telegram’s and Gmail’s.
Privacy in short
- Videos and photos never leave the device. Minivid has no server that receives them and no account.
- RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID, the identifier for vendor and purchase history, only to manage Minivid Pro. Payment is handled by Apple.
- Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports (Google Analytics for Firebase, Firebase Crashlytics, PostHog) are always on and never include videos, photos, file names or anything typed.
- No advertising SDK, no advertising identifier (IDFA) and no tracking across apps.
- Feedback is sent only when the user writes it and taps Send.
Contact
Questions, press or feedback. The developer answers personally.
Questions about Minivid
What is Minivid?
Minivid is an iPhone and iPad app that compresses videos and frees up storage on the device itself, made by Đào Văn Thương, an independent developer in Vietnam. It is on the App Store as “Minivid - Compress Video Size”.
What does Minivid do?
It makes videos smaller on the device and shows the resulting size before it starts: pick a preset or an exact size, or let Send via… fit the video under the limit of Zalo, Messenger, WhatsApp, Gmail and other apps. It also ranks your largest videos, cleans up duplicate, blurry and dark photos, turns Live Photos into stills, finds screenshots by their text and extracts a video’s audio.
Who made Minivid?
Đào Văn Thương (Dao Van Thuong), an independent iOS developer in Vietnam. He builds and supports the app himself; his other apps are Lockboxy, Linkeeper, Ringsy, Talkzy, Stampzy, Baton and Hearnote.
Does Minivid upload my videos?
No. Every video is read, compressed and written on the device with its hardware encoder. There is no server that receives videos and no account. Compression works in airplane mode.
Is Minivid free?
It is free to download, and the free tier compresses videos up to 100 MB at 720p and includes the photo and storage tools. Minivid Pro removes the limits; it is a monthly or yearly subscription (yearly with a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the App Store.
Will Minivid delete my original video?
Only if you ask. Minivid writes a new file and leaves the original alone. If you choose Replace original, iOS asks you to confirm, and the original stays in Recently Deleted for 30 days.