# KaruPic: Photo Compressor — Photos under 500 KB or 1 MB

> Photos under 500 KB or 1 MB (iPhone/iPad app by Kosuke Sawada.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karupic-photo-compressor/id6813254279 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kosuke Sawada](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895903582)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: $1.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and 6 more
- Released: 2026-09-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-17

## What is KaruPic?

Need a photo under 500 KB or 1 MB? Choose your photos and a file-size limit. Compress up to 50 images, check the results, then save or share.

Buy once. No ads, additional purchases, or daily compression limits.

Pick a preset such as 100 KB, 500 KB, or 1–5 MB, or enter any target from 20 KB to 20 MB.

Features
• Compress to a per-image file-size limit
• Import from Photos or Files
• Process up to 50 images in one batch
• Compare before and after at the same zoom and position
• Save compressed results to Photos or share them
• Compress up to 10 images directly from the Share Sheet

Compression happens on your device. Newly encoded JPEG files do not copy source metadata such as location data. Images already under the selected limit are not recompressed and remain unchanged.

If a transparent image exceeds the limit, you can leave it unprocessed or add a white background and create a JPEG.

Newly compressed images are standard SDR/sRGB JPEGs for broad compatibility. HDR photos are tone-mapped to SDR and may look less bright than the original in Photos.

KaruPic is designed to keep the workflow short while preserving as much visual quality as practical within your chosen size limit.

## Is KaruPic safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess KaruPic.

## Is KaruPic legit?

KaruPic: Photo Compressor appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for KaruPic is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-12

We refined App Store search keywords. Image compression features and behavior are unchanged.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-06

Version 1.1.0 adds full support for seven additional languages.

• Italian
• Dutch
• Polish
• Turkish
• Indonesian
• Vietnamese
• Thai

Localization checks and number formatting for the language selected in the app have also been improved.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-04

Version 1.0.1 improves the reliability and performance of importing, compressing, previewing, and sharing images.

• Added a safe way to cancel and restart image imports
• Improved speed and memory usage when compressing high-resolution or multiple images
• Improved before/after comparison and result preview performance
• Fixed issues with very long filenames, partial import failures, and Photos save status

### 1.0 — 2026-09-30

No release notes.

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All apps by Kosuke Sawada: https://appshunter.io/developer/1895903582

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