Your grandson wants to help two elderly neighbours with their holiday photos, sixty pictures between them, some in the newer iPhone format that will not open on their old computer. He mentions three free websites he has tried before, TinyPNG, Squoosh and iLoveIMG, and you ask what the actual difference is between them.
What do these photo tools do, in plain words?
Each of these websites shrinks a photo's file size so it uploads and emails faster, without the picture looking any worse to the eye. TinyPNG handles up to twenty photos at once and is the one most people already know. Squoosh works entirely inside your web browser, so nothing is ever sent anywhere, which makes it the most private choice, though it only manages one photo at a time. iLoveIMG does the widest range of jobs, including turning iPhone photos, saved in a format called HEIC, into the older JPG format that almost everything accepts.
Which free tool is easiest?
| Tool | Free limit | What it costs to go further |
|---|---|---|
| TinyPNG | 20 photos a session | Web Pro, $39 a year |
| Squoosh | Unlimited, one photo at a time | Free, no paid plan |
| iLoveIMG | Task and size caps, HEIC included | Premium, around $4 a month |
| Jobbit photo tool | A whole folder per message | Free plan; paid plans for heavier use |
How to do it together in one afternoon
Gather both neighbours' photos into one folder and open Jobbit's photo tool together. Attach the whole folder at once, say what the photos are for, such as printing or emailing to family, and sign up once with an email address, no bank card needed. A single zipped folder comes back a few minutes later, with any HEIC photos already converted and everything resized sensibly.
What it costs (nothing) and what to watch out for
Jobbit's photo tool is free on the daily credits, and there is no twenty-photo ceiling to run into halfway through a folder. Squoosh is worth knowing about too, since it never uploads a photo anywhere, which matters if the pictures are private. The full comparison of all five tools is here: TinyPNG versus Squoosh versus iLoveIMG, from Jobbit.
