Photo compression app for iPhone - any that aren't scams?

[BadgerDave]

I'm looking for an app that reduces the bit size of iPhone photos so they can be posted here.

The first several that come up in the Apple App Store search require you to allow access to your photo library as the first step after downloading.  If you do that, the next step is providing your credit card info - for "location" purposes. You can't even see the compression function unless you give them access to your photo library and CC number.

Anyone know of free or low cost app that isn't an obvious scam?

[scottcald]

Well, you will have to give it access to the library, otherwise it won't know what the size of the photo you're starting with is.  

Image resize is pretty easy to use and no cost.  Try a couple test shots.  It seems to ask about deleting the original once it's resized.  Only used it once or twice and haven't in a while, though. 

[gorch]

Have you sent an email to yourself with an image attached? It should ask you for size reduction before sending. Use small i.e. and see what it gets.

[scottcald]

Also, if you're using iCloud photo and you have a Mac, those pics are in the Photos application and you can Export it as a smaller size.  You can also copy the iCloud link on the phone and post it on either Photos app or in a browser on iCloud.com

[cynic]

It's not the most elegant solution, but I do what @gorch suggests above.  I don't find it very different than having to use a third-party app to do it.  The failure here is with Apple and the fact they don't include this as a setting in the phone.  If you are using a Mac OS I'd still suggest using something other than Photos.  Apple's insistence that files iTunes/Music/Photos/etc be stored as part of databases rather than simple, individual files is shit, shit, shit.

[killerteddybear]

I download my iPhotos to my Windows laptop and then use their cheapass (free) Paint program to crop and resize.

[BadgerDave]

8 hours ago, scottcald said:

Well, you will have to give it access to the library, otherwise it won't know what the size of the photo you're starting with is.  

 

Why does it need to access my entire photo library to resize a single photo?  I'd prefer to import only the photos I want to modify into the app.

I hadn't considered using Paint.  I'll give it a try.

[scottcald]

As far as the permissions, since it's a 3rd party app, you have to OK it having access to the photo library. They're not importing them into the app, you're just giving it access to where the photos are stored so it can grab one.

[JGale]

I have Snapseed by Google on a very old ipad. You set picture size in the settings and it saves them to that size everytime until you reset it.

Also magic button color correction!