Compress your videos. Keep the quality.
HEVCut scans your entire library and re-encodes videos with hardware-accelerated HEVC, cutting file sizes by up to 70% with no visible quality loss. All on-device.
Built for real iPhone libraries, not 30-second clips.
Uses Apple's media frameworks for fully accelerated H.265 encoding. 10-minute 4K clips finish in a couple of minutes, not an hour.
Filter by duration, size, codec, album, or year. Queue a thousand videos and let HEVCut work in the background while you do anything else.
Compressed versions replace originals in the Photos library so iCloud syncs the smaller copy automatically. Optional Vault preserves the original.
Three taps. Gigabytes back.
- 01
Scan
HEVCut indexes every video in your library, ranks by potential savings, and surfaces the biggest wins first.
- 02
Pick a profile
Choose Lossless, Balanced or Aggressive. Each shows projected savings before you commit. You can also pick individual videos.
- 03
Compress
Hardware HEVC runs on-device. Watch the progress, or background it. Compressed videos replace originals (or get stored in the Vault if you opted in).
Common questions.
- Will my compressed videos still play everywhere?
- Yes. HEVCut outputs HEVC (H.265), the same format your iPhone records natively. They play on every recent iPhone, Mac, Android phone, and Windows machine. Older devices can use a free player like VLC.
- How much smaller do videos actually get?
- Most videos drop to around 30% of their original size. A 1 GB H.264 video typically becomes ~300 MB at the same resolution.
- Is the quality really the same?
- The Balanced profile is visually identical for almost every input. The Aggressive profile pushes harder for max savings, and Lossless keeps a perceptually-identical archive. Each profile shows projected SSIM before you commit.
- Can I undo a compression?
- If you stash originals in the Personal Vault first, yes, anytime. Otherwise compressed files replace originals; the originals go to Photos' Recently Deleted album for 30 days, which is your safety net.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Encoding runs entirely on-device using Apple's hardware HEVC encoder. No uploads, no servers.
Free up space. Keep your memories.
HEVCut runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Everything stays on-device, offline. Try a few compressions before committing to Pro.
Try it on the App Store