EasyJPEG app icon — a black-hole photo dropping into an import zone

EasyJPEG

Convert and compress files on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

A site wants a JPG under 2 MB. Your iPhone just made a 9 MB HEIC.

Set the format and the size you need, and EasyJPEG gets you there. It handles photos, PDFs, Word documents, video, and GIFs, and it all happens on your own device. Every feature is free.

Download on the App Store

One app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Set a size. It lands under it.

Choose a maximum anywhere from 100 KB to 5 MB, and every file comes out below it — not close to it, below it. Useful for upload forms, email attachments, and anything with a hard size limit.

What it looks like

Mac

Drop in a single file or a whole folder.

Three photos becoming one looping GIF: 800×450, 690 KB. That's the finished file playing in the preview. Encoding is sped up 3×. The loop plays at normal speed.
EasyJPEG on macOS converting a 26.4 MB image to a 3.4 MB JPG
Convert and compressDrag the divider to compare the original and the converted copy at full size.
The Make a GIF workbench on macOS with a trimmed clip and a finished GIF
Video to GIFTrim the clip, set the size and frame rate, then preview the loop before you save. This one is 144 frames at 800×450.
EasyJPEG on macOS forcing a 19.4 MB image under a 2 MB cap
Stay under a limitA 19.4 MB photo brought down to fit 2 MB.
Three images being combined into one PDF on macOS
Combine into one PDFDrag the images into the page order you want first.
The frame extractor on macOS showing twelve frames from a video
Extract framesTwelve stills from a 12-second video, each saved as its own JPG.
The EasyJPEG drop zone on macOS
Drop anythingImages, PDFs, Word documents, videos, and GIFs. Drop a folder and it handles everything inside.

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iPhone

New in version 1.2.

A 12-second video becoming an 800×450 GIF. The size shown starts as a worst case, "up to 26.4 MB", then drops as the app measures how much movement is in the clip. The finished GIF is 5.4 MB. Encoding is sped up 8×. The loop plays at normal speed.
EasyJPEG on iPhone converting a HEIC photo to JPG under a 2 MB cap
Convert and shrinkA 9.5 MB iPhone photo saved as a 2 MB JPG, under a limit you set.
The Make a GIF workbench on iPhone showing a finished GIF and its controls
Make a GIFTrim the clip, set the size and pace, and watch the loop before you save it.
EasyJPEG asking whether to make a GIF or shrink the photo after a Live Photo is picked
Live PhotosChoose a Live Photo and the app asks what you want: the moving loop, or just the still.
The PDF page grid on iPhone showing four pages and a size saving
PDFsMake a PDF smaller, and rotate, reorder, or delete pages first.
The frame picker on iPhone showing twelve extracted video frames
Extract framesTwelve stills from a video, each saved to your photo library as its own image.

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iPad

Two columns, drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts.

The same conversion on iPad, with the preview and every control on screen at once. Encoding is sped up 8×. The loop plays at normal speed.
EasyJPEG on iPad converting photos with the controls rail on the right
Two columnsYour files and every control on screen at the same time.
The Make a GIF workbench on iPad
Make a GIFTrimming, with the full set of controls beside it.
The Live Photo action chooser on iPad
Live PhotosThe same choice, at iPad size.
The PDF page grid on iPad
PDF pagesRotate, reorder, and delete pages before you save.
The frame picker on iPad showing extracted frames
Extract framesEvery frame laid out. Tap any you don't want, and they're removed.

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Everything it does

The full list, in four groups. Anything without a label works on all three devices.

Photos

  • Convert between JPEG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC in any direction. HEIC to JPG for a site that won't accept iPhone photos, PNG to JPG, WebP to PNG, and so on.
  • Set a maximum file size. Choose Smallest to compress as far as it goes without visible quality loss, or set your own limit anywhere between 100 KB and 5 MB.
  • PNGs get compressed, not just re-saved. The app cuts down the number of colors it stores and repacks the file, so they come out noticeably smaller and still look the same.

Video and GIFs

  • Turn any video into a GIF. Trim the part you want, then set the frame rate, size, quality, speed, and how many times it loops: forever, once, or an exact number from 2 to 100.
  • Know the size before you make it. The app estimates the finished GIF by measuring how much movement is in the clip. When it can't measure, it shows a worst case rather than guessing low.
  • Turn a Live Photo into a GIF. iPhone and iPad
  • Shrink a GIF you already have without changing how it looks.
  • Pull still frames out of a video or GIF. They come out evenly spaced, and you can remove the ones you don't want before saving. It also reads WebM and MKV, which most Mac apps won't open.
  • Build a slideshow GIF from a set of photos, at whatever pace you choose.

PDFs and documents

  • Combine images into one PDF, or make one PDF per image. Drag the pages into the order you want first.
  • Merge PDF files. Add several PDFs, choose "One combined PDF", and they become a single document with every page intact. Mac
  • Make PDFs smaller, and edit the pages. Rotate, reorder, or delete pages before saving.
  • Save PDF pages as images, numbered and ready for the web or a slideshow.
  • Convert Word documents to a PDF, or to one image per page. Mac

On your Mac, iPhone, and iPad

  • Work in batches. On Mac, drop a folder and it works through everything inside. On iPhone and iPad, select a batch and it converts them all, then gives you a single summary at the end.
  • Convert straight from Finder with a Quick Action and a Share extension, without opening the app. Mac
  • Convert from the share sheet. Send a file to EasyJPEG from any app. Small jobs finish right there in the share card. iPhone and iPad
  • Built for iPad. Two columns, drag and drop from other apps, and full keyboard and trackpad support. iPad
  • Follows your light or dark setting, or you can lock it to one.

Everything is free

Every feature on this page works for everyone, on every device you own. The only in-app purchase is a tip jar, and it doesn't unlock anything.

Privacy

Your files never leave your device, because there's nowhere for them to go. EasyJPEG has no server. Every conversion happens on the machine in front of you.

  • Nothing is uploaded. The app makes no network requests of its own. There's no server to send anything to.
  • No ads, no trackers, no analytics. No third-party code of any kind.
  • No account. Nothing to sign up for, no email address, no profile.
  • Location data is always removed. Even with "Preserve metadata" turned on, GPS information is stripped from every file EasyJPEG writes.
  • It never asks to read your photo library. On iPhone and iPad, Apple's photo picker hands over only the photos you chose. The only permission it ever asks for is the one that lets it save a file back to Photos, and it asks the first time you save one.
  • Nothing about your conversions is saved to disk. The recent list is kept in memory and disappears when you quit.
  • Diagnostics are off by default. Even turned on, they can't record file names, folders, or contents.

Read the full privacy policy

Download

Download on the App Store
Mac
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel.
iPhone & iPad
iOS and iPadOS 17 or later.
Opens
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PDF, Word documents (Mac), and video including MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, and MKV.
Saves
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, PDF, and GIF.

EasyJPEG is made by one person. There's no company behind it and no server anywhere. If something is broken or missing, email me — I read it.