Shrinkpad

About Shrinkpad

Tired of bloated media files stealing your precious storage and slowing down your creative flow? Shrinkpad is your ultimate liberation. This powerful native macOS app empowers photographers, designers, developers, and content creators to take back control. It's a desktop powerhouse built for one transformative purpose: batch compressing images and videos with breathtaking speed and uncompromising privacy. Simply drag and drop hundreds of files or entire folders, choose your settings, and watch as Shrinkpad reduces file sizes by up to 90% in seconds. The magic happens entirely on your Mac—no uploads, no cloud, no waiting. Your files never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy and freeing you from internet dependencies. Stop wrestling with manual exports and web-based limits. Shrinkpad handles over 50 formats out of the box, from JPGs and RAW files to 4K MP4 videos, intelligently applying optimal compression to preserve visual quality while reclaiming gigabytes of space. It’s more than a tool; it’s the key to a faster, leaner, and more efficient creative workflow.

Features of Shrinkpad

Lightning-Fast Local Processing

Experience the power of true desktop performance. Shrinkpad is engineered with native macOS frameworks and optimized for Apple Silicon, leveraging multi-threaded compression to process thousands of images and videos in minutes, not hours. Everything happens locally on your Mac, guaranteeing your sensitive files never touch a cloud server. This means total privacy, zero bandwidth waste, and instant results, completely independent of your internet connection.

Intelligent Folder Mode & Batch Processing

Stop the tedious, one-by-one file shuffle. Shrinkpad's revolutionary Folder Mode lets you drag and drop any folder onto the app. It instantly and intelligently scans the contents, automatically detecting over 30 image and video formats while safely ignoring non-media files. You can process hundreds, even thousands, of mixed media files in a single, seamless batch, saving you hours of manual labor and organization.

Advanced Quality & Format Control

Take full command of your output. Move beyond guesswork with intelligent auto-compression that analyzes visual complexity, or dive into granular manual controls. Fine-tune compression ratios, choose your preferred output format (including modern formats like WebP and AVIF), create custom file naming patterns, select export locations, and decide whether to preserve or strip metadata—all with a few clicks.

Robust Support for Professionals

Built for heavy-duty workflows, Shrinkpad handles the demands of professionals. It supports a vast array of formats, including professional RAW images, HEIC, PNG, and major video codecs. Process files of any size without arbitrary limits, and enjoy rock-solid stability that manages massive queues without crashing, unlike fragile web-based tools.

Use Cases of Shrinkpad

Optimizing Web & App Assets

Developers and web designers can dramatically improve site performance and reduce app bundle sizes. Batch compress all website images, icons, and promotional videos to slash load times, improve Lighthouse scores (like Largest Contentful Paint), and enhance user experience without sacrificing visual fidelity, all while keeping source files secure on your local machine.

Streamlining Photographer Workflows

Photographers drowning in massive RAW and high-resolution JPEG files can reclaim terabytes of storage. Quickly prepare client galleries for online delivery, create optimized copies for portfolio sites, or archive projects efficiently. Shrinkpad processes entire shoots in one batch, maintaining critical quality while reducing file sizes for faster uploads and easier sharing.

Empowering Content Creators & Social Media Managers

Content creators who juggle countless screenshots, video clips, and graphics can work smarter. Rapidly compress 4K video footage for editing platforms, optimize image batches for blog posts, and prepare media for social media platforms without dealing with size limits or slow web uploaders, all while ensuring a fast, local workflow.

Managing Agency & Studio Digital Assets

Creative agencies and small studios can standardize their asset delivery. Use Shrinkpad to consistently optimize all project deliverables—from client logos and marketing images to product videos—ensuring they are web-ready, professionally compressed, and uniform in quality before handoff, saving countless hours across the team.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Shrinkpad for free?

Yes! Shrinkpad offers a Free Starter plan that provides essential compression tools. It allows you to process up to 10 files per batch in common formats like JPG and PNG, with a maximum file size of 1GB. This is perfect for trying out the app's core functionality and handling casual, small-scale compression tasks.

What file formats does Shrinkpad support?

Shrinkpad supports an extensive range of over 50 media formats natively. This includes image formats like JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, and even professional RAW files. For video, it handles major formats such as MP4, MOV, and more. You can drag and drop these files directly without any prior conversion.

Does Shrinkpad support video compression?

Absolutely. Shrinkpad is a powerful tool for both image and video compression. You can compress video files like MP4 and MOV, reducing their size significantly (often by 65% or more) while maintaining a high-quality output. It can even process images and videos together in the same mixed-media batch.

Are my files uploaded to the cloud?

No, never. Privacy and speed are foundational to Shrinkpad. All processing is performed 100% locally on your Mac using its own computing power. Your original files, previews, and compressed outputs never leave your device, ensuring complete data security and privacy.

Pricing of Shrinkpad

Shrinkpad offers simple, one-time payment plans with no subscriptions.

Free Starter: $0. Ideal for casual use. Includes standard compression for up to 10 files per batch in common formats (JPG, PNG), with a 1GB maximum file size. Does not include video compression.

Personal: $14 one-time payment. The best value for individual creators and photographers. Includes everything in Free, plus unlimited batch processing, support for all formats (RAW, HEIC, WebP), mixed image & video compression, no file size limits, and a license for 1 device.

Team: $35 one-time payment. Designed for teams and small studios. Includes everything in the Personal plan, plus licenses for up to 10 devices and access to priority customer support.