Emptie vs Squeeze
Updated 27 October 2026 · By Dimitar Zurnov, who makes Emptie. Facts about Squeeze are from its App Store listing; we haven’t tested it.
Squeeze compresses videos you pick. Emptie scans your whole library, sorts it by how much each video would free, compresses a batch on your iPhone and replaces the originals with their dates, places, favorites and albums kept. Pick Squeeze to shrink a clip to share; pick Emptie to get storage back.
At a glance
| Emptie | Squeeze | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A video compressor that replaces originals in your Photos library | Video compressor: Compresses videos from Photos or Files with one-tap presets for WhatsApp, email and social apps, or your own resolution, bitrate, codec and frame rate, and saves the copies to Photos. |
| Price | Free, with nothing to buy | Free download with one export a day. Squeeze Pro is listed at $29.99 once (lifetime) for unlimited exports, batch compression and all presets. |
| A year of use | $0 | $29.99 once (lifetime) for unlimited use |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected (planned) | Data Not Collected |
| Replaces the original for you | Yes, after you review each copy and give one iOS confirmation | Not stated in the listing |
| Keeps date, location, favorites and albums | Yes, and checks each copy before deleting an original | Not stated in the listing |
| Sorted by space you would free | Yes | Not stated in the listing |
| Runs with the phone locked | Yes, with progress in the Dynamic Island | Yes, per the listing |
| Requires | iOS 26 or later (iPhone 11 and newer) | iOS 16.0 or later |
| US ratings | Not released yet | 4.83 from 35 ratings |
“Not stated in the listing” means we didn’t find it in the App Store description, not that the app can’t do it.
What Squeeze does well
- Presets that fit WhatsApp’s 16 MB limit, email and social apps
- Full control over resolution, bitrate, codec and frame rate
- A “Data Not Collected” privacy label, with compression on the iPhone
- Available in 33 languages
Best for: Sending videos under a size limit, with presets for WhatsApp, email and social apps.
Where Emptie is different
- Emptie is free with no daily limit; Squeeze’s free version allows one export a day
- Emptie replaces the originals and keeps their dates, places, favorites and albums; Squeeze’s listing says it saves the copies to Photos and doesn’t mention replacing originals
- Emptie scans your whole library and sorts every video by how much compressing it would free
- Emptie checks each copy (it plays, the length matches, the details carried over) before it deletes an original
What it costs over time
Squeeze: Free download with one export a day. Squeeze Pro is listed at $29.99 once (lifetime) for unlimited exports, batch compression and all presets. Kept for a year: $29.99 once (lifetime) for unlimited use.
Emptie is free, with nothing to buy. Compressing a library is mostly a one-time job, so we don’t think it should cost you every week.
What happens to your original videos
This is where video apps differ most. Many save a smaller copy as a new item and leave you to find and delete the original yourself. Unless the app carries the details over, the copy can show up under today’s date and outside the albums the original was in.
Emptie keeps every original untouched until its compressed copy is saved to your library and checked: it plays, it’s the same length, and its date (with time zone), location, Favorite and Hidden status and albums arrived. You compare each copy with its original, and one iOS confirmation replaces the batch. The originals stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Why the space comes back after you empty it.
Privacy
Squeeze’s App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected, and so will Emptie’s: no account, no upload, no ads and no analytics, and the app makes no network calls.
Which should you choose?
- Choose Squeeze: it’s best for sending videos under a size limit, with presets for WhatsApp, email and social apps.
- Choose Emptie: if videos are what fill your iPhone, you want them smaller without losing their dates and albums, and you want it free, with nothing to buy.
Frequently asked questions
Is Emptie a Squeeze alternative?
Yes. Both compress video on the iPhone. Emptie works through your whole library in one batch and replaces the originals for you, keeping their dates, places, favorites and albums.
How much does Squeeze cost compared with Emptie?
Free download with one export a day. Squeeze Pro is listed at $29.99 once (lifetime) for unlimited exports, batch compression and all presets. Emptie is free, with no subscription and nothing to buy. Prices are from the US App Store listing as of 27 October 2026.
Does Squeeze collect data?
Its App Store privacy label says “Data Not Collected”, the same label Emptie plans: Emptie has no account, no analytics and makes no network calls.
How we compared
We read Squeeze - Video Compressor’s US App Store listing, in-app purchase list and privacy label on 27 October 2026. It was one of the 888 storage and video-compression apps we reviewed on 23 October 2026. We didn’t install or test it. Prices change, so check the listing before you buy. If something here is wrong, email [email protected] and we’ll fix it.