Desqueeze vs imgproxy

Desqueeze is an iOS app for batch resizing, reformatting and de-squeezing photos, videos and Live Photos. Items can be sized in pixels, aspect ratios or percentages using Stretch, Fill or Fit. Batch work can cover a full Photo Library album, including mixed photo and video items. The app provides more than 100 standard templates, and users can create personal templates or modify copies of standard ones. Supported photo formats are PNG, JPEG, HEIC and TIFF; supported video formats are MP4, QuickTime MOV and M4V. HDR processing and 12 color profiles, including Original (Automatic), are listed. Exports can be saved to the Photo Library or Files app and shared through services such as Instagram, Mail, Facebook and Messages. The free Basic plan supports photos up to 4,032 × 3,024 pixels and videos up to 1920 × 1080 pixels. PRO supports photos up to 18,000 × 12,000 pixels and video up to 8K. PRO costs $4.49 a month, $34.99 a year or $59.99, paid once for lifetime access. The app requires iOS 17 or later on iPhone and iPad, and Apple Vision compatibility with visionOS 1 or later is also listed. The developer indicates that identifiers, diagnostics and other data may be collected and linked to the user for analytics and app functionality.

imgproxy is a self-hosted HTTP server that transforms images on demand using a source URL and processing options. It can resize, crop, trim, rotate, pad, watermark, apply filters and color adjustments, and chain processing steps. Sources include HTTP(S), local files, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, and OpenStack Swift. Supported formats include JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, GIF, SVG, ICO, HEIC, BMP, TIFF, and animated GIF and WebP. Optimization can remove metadata and ICC profiles, quantize PNGs, and serve WebP, AVIF, or JPEG XL when a browser supports the format. imgproxy can run in Docker, Kubernetes with Helm, cloud environments, or on a local machine. Security options include signed URLs, authorization headers, source and file-size limits, dimension checks, URL expiration, and SVG sanitization. Pro adds video, PDF, and Photoshop previews, advanced compression and watermarking, object detection and cropping, automatic format selection, and priority support. The open-source version uses the MIT license. A free plan and 14-day trial are listed; Pro starts at $49 a month.