# Minima - Image & VIdeo Resizer

> Simple tool to resize images and videos for faster sharing and reduced data. (iPhone/iPad app by Daniel V.W.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minima-image-and-video-resizer/id604943012 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Daniel V.W](https://appshunter.io/developer/356865981)
- Category: Photo & Video, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 2.90/5 from 17 App Store ratings · 77 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-03-21
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minima-image-and-video-resizer/id604943012/reviews.md

## What is Minima?

This is the simplest & easiest video/image-size-reducer you'll ever find. Minima will make your photo/video sharing activities much much faster and more enjoyable.

Get it while Minima's free!

Does it take too long to upload your photos/videos to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Path, Evernote, etc?

Use this app to resize & share photos/videos quickly without burdening your data usage. Import photos/videos from Camera Roll or any other apps, reduce their sizes, and export them to Facebook, Twitter, Email, Camera Roll, Copy to clipboard, or open them in any other photo/video processor apps on your device.

You can also ask Minima to automatically make an image square, so it can be shared entirely without cropping.

Great ***** - "My image went from 104kb to 4.4kb and still looked good. An excellent app I would recommend it if you need to upload images to the Internet straight from your device but the normal photo is to big. Works a treat." - Jane Stevens, UK.

Awesome ***** - "This is amazing for resizing my hd pics to upload on instagram ^.^" - mmmooom, USA.

Great app! ***** - "This is a great app, it does what it says it does! well worth the download :')" - Thunder95y38, UK.

## Key features

- Image and video resizing
- Faster uploads
- Reduced data usage
- Import from Camera Roll
- Export to social media
- Automatic square image creation

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Watermark with promotional price | $1.99 | one-time |
| "Resize Videos" at promotional price | $1.99 | one-time |
| "Unlock All Features" at promotional price | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Minima?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple to use
- 👍 Saves space
- 👍 Useful for online posting
- 👍 Good for iMessage/email
- 👍 Fast resizing
- 👍 Good quality minimized photos
- 👍 Works as advertised

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Freezes constantly
- 🐛 New revision is a step backwards
- 🐛 Camera tool crashes
- 🐛 Doesn't work as advertised
- 🐛 App is not fully functional
- 🐛 No support
- 🐛 Inutile (useless)
- 🐛 Screen freezes
- 🐛 Gets stuck when saving
- 🐛 Blurry images
- 🐛 Not lossless
- 🐛 Watermark issue
- 🐛 Scam/hidden fees
- 🐛 Paid for upgrade, didn't work
- 🐛 Makes photos blurry
- 🐛 Substantially degrades quality
- 🐛 Not intuitive
- 🐛 Distorted pictures
- 🐛 Pixelated images
- 🐛 Cropping issues
- 🐛 No EXIF data
- 🐛 No landscape view on iPad
- 🐛 Changes resolution, not size
- 🐛 Loss of quality
- 🐛 Watermark without payment
- 🐛 Doesn't work on newer iOS

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Camera tool crashes
- App freezes and crashes
- Screen freezes
- Gets stuck when saving a photo
- Image goes blurry
- Not lossless, image quality greatly reduced
- Paid for upgrade and didn't work
- Makes photos blurry
- Resizing substantially degrades quality
- Not intuitive
- Cannot post resized photo to online forums
- No size reduction noticeable
- App cache will accumulate over time
- Opening minimized image in other apps doesn't work
- "More" function doesn't work
- Minimizes nothing, enlarges and crops
- No EXIF data (GPS coordinates)
- Watermark on images
- App doesn't work until you pay
- Doesn't let you select pixel sizes, just presets
- Picture becomes very pixelated
- Distorted and went to news feed with previous pic
- Resized pictures are terrible, quality lost, pixilated
- Crash
- Doesn't work after selecting photo and size
- No landscape view on iPad
- Cannot get options where to save picture
- Doesn't let you select any pixel sizes
- Makes pictures blurry and hard to see
- Doesn't work
- Doesn't do anything
- Watermark defeats the purpose
- Doesn't work until you pay
- Doesn't tell you until you have wasted your time uploading your video
- Paid for video resized extra and still couldn't send
- App says free but have to pay to resize videos
- Can't use without paying
- Video ads popping up
- Got the money but didn't get the upgrade
- No tutorial, everything has to be found on your own
- No explanation to any features
- Doesn't work, no support
- Asks you to select photo then nothing happens
- Doesn't work :(
- App won't allow me to open any photos
- Support link doesn't work
- I cannot get this to work
- New update didn't fix anything
- Not for text documents, words unlegible when shrunk
- Crash, but app functioning 5 stars

**Most requested features**

- Update for newly versions (iOS 15-16)
- Add multiple select photos to resize
- Keep EXIF data (location, time)
- Ability to set specific dimensions
- Show MB/KB before and after reduction
- Clear cache option
- Allow selection of more than one file at a time
- Fix app cache accumulation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 77)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minima-image-and-video-resizer/id604943012/reviews.md

### 2/5 — New revision is a step backwards

*2023-05-26*

This was a great app for taking quick pics at a small size.  New revision has too many hoops to jump through to just take a quick pic.  And,…camera tool crashes.  I’m out.

### 4/5 — I USE THIS APP EVERY DAY

*2023-04-15*

I use this app every day at work. The great thing is that you can take photographs, and they automatically used to say a third of the space or whatever size you choose. What I use it for is for photographing vehicle images that I post online from my work. When the iPhone captures the image it’s way too large for the storage site I use to store the images to use for later use. Being able to automatically have it shrunk to a smaller size saves me the hassle of having to cut down the image individually and it saves space on my phone when I delete the larger images that I don’t need. 

I’ve been using this app for probably 9 or 10 years. The biggest problem is that recently. I can no longer take photographs inside the app. I can use it to shrink the images later, which I have to do one by one and I still do because it’s so necessary for me. so, it ends up taking me two or three times longer than it needs to because this app needs an update. I’ve tried three or four similar sounding apps and none of them work as good as this one does and especially as good as it did. 

Please take some time to update this app so it can be used like it used to be used. I wouldn’t even mind if you charge an upgrade to get the new app or version. I think people that use this app would be happy to pay a few more dollars or more because it’s that helpful.

Thank you in advance, and please let us know if you can work on this. I rated the app 4 stars only because of this inconvenience with the recent functionality, but it’s been a five star app for many years for me!

### 1/5 — Rip off

*2022-12-08*

Crappy, it doesn’t work the way they say it would… Want my money back do not buy, do not buy, do not buy crappy, crappy, crappy, crappy, crappy app

### 5/5 — Will you updated for newly version

*2022-11-20, version 1.5.3*

It’s doesn’t work for iOS 15-16, will you updated for newly version?

### 5/5 — I love it

*2022-06-21, version 1.5.3*

I have been using this app for some time now and I couldn’t be happier with the results I get. Simple to use.

### 2/5 — Crashes constantly

*2021-10-15*

Does the job but freezes and crashes every time. Deleting. Wouldn’t recommend. Poor form by developer.

### 1/5 — Abandonware, hasn’t worked in years since iOS 9

*2020-07-23*

Shame because it was nice when it used to work

### 1/5 — Inutile

*2020-07-09, version 1.5.3*

Ne sert à rien

### 3/5 — Pantalla congelada

*2020-02-18, version 1.5.3*

Es una gran aplicación pero la pantalla se me congela

### 3/5 — Worked great before

*2019-11-05*

But now gets stuck when I try to save a photo. If no fix will stop using

## Frequently asked questions about Minima

### What does Minima do?

Minima is an application designed to reduce the file size of your photos and videos. This makes uploading and sharing them much faster, especially on mobile data, and conserves your data usage. It allows you to import media, resize it, and then export it to various destinations.

### How does Minima help with sharing photos and videos?

By reducing the file size of your media, Minima significantly speeds up the upload process to platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. This also means you use less data when sharing, making it more convenient and cost-effective.

### Can Minima make images square for social media?

Yes, Minima has a feature that can automatically make an image square. This is particularly useful for platforms that prefer or require square images, as it allows you to share your photos entirely without needing to crop them.

### What are the costs associated with Minima?

The application is available for free. However, it does offer in-app purchases, suggesting that some advanced features or functionalities might be unlocked through payment.

### Where can I export my resized photos and videos?

You can export your resized media to a variety of locations. This includes popular social media platforms, email, your device's Camera Roll, or you can copy it to your clipboard. It also allows you to open the resized files in other photo and video processing applications on your device.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.3 — 2016-08-19

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Failing in-app purchases fixed. Please tap the "Restore Purchases" button on the Preferences page to gain access to the features you've paid. Don't worry, simply use the same AppleID when restoring purchases and you won't be charged twice.

In the previous versions we added:
• Make square! Automatically & elegantly square the image, so you can share the entire image to any social media without cropping.

• And now you can resize your videos with Minima too!
Sharing videos has never been so fast. Save your disk space by compressing the file size of your videos. And thank Minima later. This feature requires in-app purchase that is currently at discounted price.

Love Minima? Please give us a review! We read every comment, email, and review, and suggestions will definitely be taken into consideration for our future updates. Even if you have written a review before, please update your review as App Store reviews are reset with each app update. Your 5-star reviews will keep the improvements coming.

Need help or want to send us feedback? Please contact us at MinimaApp@gmail.com. We can't respond to App Store reviews so please email if something seems broken.

### 1.5.2 — 2016-04-13

Dear Users,

We hear you! Now Minima can maintain its minimum storage usage. No more deleting and reinstalling the app to clear the Documents & Data.

In the previous versions we added:
Make square! Automatically & elegantly square the image, so you can share the entire image to any social media without cropping.

And now you can resize your videos with Minima too!
Sharing videos has never been so fast. Save your disk space by compressing the file size of your videos. And thank Minima later. This feature requires in-app purchase that is currently at discounted price.

### 1.5.1 — 2015-09-17

This update brings some improvements to Minima's user interface.

In the previous versions we added:
Make square! Automatically & elegantly square the image, so you can share the entire image to any social media without cropping.

And now you can resize your videos with Minima too!
Sharing videos has never been so fast. Save your disk space by compressing the file size of your videos. And thank Minima later. This feature requires in-app purchase that is currently at discounted price.

### 1.5 — 2015-08-27

Dear customers,

Thank you for your continuous support. We added some new cool features for you: 

Make square! Automatically & elegantly square the image, so you can share the entire image to any social media without cropping.

And now you can resize your videos with Minima too!
Sharing videos has never been so fast. Save your disk space by compressing the file size of your videos. And thank Minima later. This feature requires in-app purchase that is currently at discounted price.

### 1.4 — 2015-07-17

Now you can resize your videos with Minima too!

Sharing videos has never been so fast. Save tons of gigabyte by compressing the file size of your videos. And thank Minima later.*

*requires in-app purchase that is currently at discounted price.

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All apps by Daniel V.W: https://appshunter.io/developer/356865981

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