Native macOS video and file compressor — $1.7K in 30 days

Compresto is a native macOS app for compressing videos, images, PDFs, and GIFs offline. Its $1.7K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar, Lemon Squeezy), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

Compresto is a native macOS app that batch compresses videos, images, PDFs, and GIFs. It is positioned for content creators and professionals. Users can watch a folder for new files, drop files onto a floating Drop Zone, and convert videos to GIFs.

How it charges

The pages we read contain currency amounts, but none could be tied to the product's own pricing, so the product's price could not be identified on the pages we read. The reported revenue was $1,667 in the last 30 days, $197 MRR, and $27,668 in the last 12 months.

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

Month	Revenue (USD)
2025-10	$1,577
2025-11	$4,423
2025-12	$2,741
2026-01	$2,524
2026-02	$1,871
2026-03	$2,585
2026-04	$2,629
2026-05	$2,542
2026-06	$1,707
2026-07	$1,983
2026-08	$1,483
2026-09	$1,604

Where customers come from

The site shows a Raycast integration for triggering compression from a keyboard-driven workflow. It also lists a Windows waitlist and says that a download link can be sent to a user's email. These are the visible distribution signals on the site.

What stands out

Compresto processes files offline on the user's Mac, and the site says files never leave the device. The site advertises files becoming up to 90% smaller with no quality loss, reclaiming 50GB+ without quality loss, and includes a user report of reducing a video from ~50MB to ~5MB.

From the official site

Perfect for content creators and professionals.

Drop files onto the floating Drop Zone to compress instantly — no need to open the app first.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

Compresto's $1.7K in the last 30 days is higher than 81% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “SaaS” category (2,411 projects) it is higher than 81% (category median $150). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, a buyer would want offline batch compression, automatic folder processing, and quick drag-and-drop handling. Distribution would need to come through relevant software communities, desktop-app directories, and integrations such as Raycast; the Windows waitlist is another visible surface for reaching interested users.

The difficult parts are supporting multiple file formats, maintaining reliable compression quality, handling different Mac environments, and managing customer support. A competing product would need a clear acquisition path while addressing privacy, processing speed, storage impact, and user trust.

Verdict: Easy to start.

One thing to take from it

My view is that the product combines a specific file-format focus with privacy-focused offline processing. Its clearest distribution surface is the Raycast integration, while the folder watcher and floating Drop Zone make the core compression workflow visible from the site's product description.

Sources

Compresto official website, fetched October 1, 2026
Compresto pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Polar, Lemon Squeezy), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure