Shrinkpad

About Shrinkpad

Shrinkpad is the native macOS powerhouse built for the modern creator who values speed, privacy, and storage efficiency. It's a desktop application that performs lightning-fast, batch compression of images and videos directly on your Mac. The core value proposition is simple yet transformative: reclaim gigabytes of disk space and hours of manual work without ever sacrificing quality or control. Unlike cloud-based tools, Shrinkpad processes everything locally using Apple's native frameworks. This means your sensitive project files, client assets, and personal media never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy and zero dependency on an internet connection. Designed for photographers, designers, developers, and content creators, it handles the tedious busywork of asset optimization. You can drop hundreds of files or entire folders, and Shrinkpad intelligently compresses them in seconds, supporting over 50 formats out of the box. It’s built to scale with your workflow, from casual use to processing thousands of assets for large projects, making it an indispensable tool for anyone looking to optimize their digital footprint and accelerate their creative process.

Features of Shrinkpad

Intelligent Batch Processing

Stop processing files one by one. Shrinkpad's core engine is built for unlimited batching, allowing you to drag and drop entire folders containing hundreds or even thousands of images and videos. The app automatically detects all supported media files, intelligently ignores non-media items, and processes the entire queue in one go. This multi-threaded, Apple Silicon-optimized approach turns hours of manual export and compression into a task that completes in minutes, dramatically scaling your productivity.

Privacy-First Local Processing

Your assets never leave your Mac. Shrinkpad is architected with a fundamental commitment to privacy, performing all compression locally using native macOS frameworks. There are no cloud uploads, no external servers, and no waiting for bandwidth. This is crucial for professionals handling confidential client work, proprietary designs, or personal media, providing peace of mind and complete data sovereignty with zero external dependencies.

Smart Quality Optimization

Shrinkpad eliminates the guesswork from compression. It automatically analyzes the visual complexity of each image and video to apply the perfect compression ratio, aiming for reductions of up to 90% in file size while preserving perceptual quality and avoiding artifacts. For ultimate control, you can also choose from presets or manually fine-tune every setting, including output format, metadata handling, and custom file naming patterns for a streamlined workflow.

Extensive Format Support & Folder Mode

Forget about pre-conversion hassles. Shrinkpad supports a vast array of over 50 formats natively, including JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, RAW images, and MP4/MOV videos. Its innovative Folder Mode allows you to simply drop any project folder; the app instantly scans and identifies all compatible media files within, even in subfolders. This enables seamless mixed-media batches where photos and videos are processed together with optimal, format-specific settings applied automatically.

Use Cases of Shrinkpad

Optimizing Web & App Assets

Developers and web designers can drastically reduce application bundle sizes and improve website performance metrics like Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). By batch-compressing all UI elements, hero images, and product shots, teams can ensure faster load times and a better user experience without manually optimizing each asset in design software, directly contributing to business growth and user retention.

Streamlining Photographer Workflows

Photographers dealing with massive libraries of high-resolution RAW files, HEIC images from iPhones, or 4K video clips can use Shrinkpad to create optimized versions for client delivery, portfolio sites, or cloud backup. Stripping metadata and compressing batches in seconds frees up terabytes of storage and bandwidth, allowing photographers to scale their operations and manage more projects efficiently.

Preparing Content for Social Media & Marketing

Content creators and marketing teams often need to resize and compress dozens of images and videos for social media posts, email campaigns, and digital ads. Shrinkpad allows them to export final assets at high resolution from tools like Figma or Photoshop and then let Shrinkpad handle bulk optimization and renaming, ensuring fast upload times and platform compliance without quality loss.

Managing Agency & Studio Project Archives

Creative agencies and small studios accumulate vast amounts of project assets over time. Shrinkpad's Team plan enables them to maintain lean, accessible archives by compressing final project deliverables for long-term storage. Processing thousands of files in a single batch saves countless hours, reduces infrastructure costs, and keeps collaborative workflows agile and unburdened by bloated file sizes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Shrinkpad for free?

Yes, Shrinkpad offers a Free Starter tier perfect for casual use. It includes standard compression for common formats like JPG and PNG with a limit of 10 files per batch and a maximum 1GB file size. This allows you to fully test the core functionality and experience the local processing speed before upgrading to unlock unlimited batches, video compression, and all advanced formats.

What file formats does Shrinkpad support?

Shrinkpad supports a comprehensive range of over 50 image and video formats natively. This includes major image formats like JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, and SVG, plus professional RAW files. For video, it handles MP4, MOV, and other common codecs. You can drag and drop mixed formats into the same batch, and Shrinkpad will apply the appropriate optimization for each.

Does Shrinkpad support video compression?

Absolutely. Shrinkpad provides powerful video compression capabilities, allowing you to reduce the file size of MP4, MOV, and other video formats by up to 90% while maintaining high visual quality. This feature is available in the paid Personal and Team plans, enabling you to process videos alongside images in the same, seamless batch workflow.

How many files can I process at once?

With the Personal or Team license, Shrinkpad supports unlimited batch processing. You can queue up thousands of images and videos in a single session. The app is engineered for heavy-duty performance, leveraging multi-threading and Apple Silicon optimization to handle massive queues efficiently without crashing, unlike many lightweight web-based tools.

Pricing of Shrinkpad

Shrinkpad offers simple, one-time payment pricing with no subscriptions. You own the license forever.

Free Starter: $0. Includes standard compression for common formats (JPG, PNG), a limit of 10 files per batch, and a 1GB max file size. Perfect for trying out the app's core features.

Personal: $14 one-time payment. This is the best value for individual creators and photographers. It includes everything in Free, plus 1 device license, unlimited batch processing, support for all formats (RAW, HEIC, WebP, video), mixed image & video batches, and no file size limit.

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