ResizeIt for Android

This is a very useful app. It’s very simple and quickly does just what I need. There is a quirk that could make you think it’s “doing nothing”, due to the Android App Store rules about where apps can create output. The manual mentions this, but it’s possible to miss that. I started with it long ago, in the pre-App-Store version, which could save the output files to any destination, and would default to an Untitled folder within the original folder. However, since the MAS sandboxes apps into writing output only into designated folders like Pictures, this version of ResizeIt insists on putting the resized photos in that location. If you try to choose another destination, it does not save output to that location. The developer’s site has a non-App-Store version (3.8.0 now) which can save to any location as before.

I don’t know why this is getting such bad reviews, but maybe it’s improved greatly just recently (I’m writing this on Dec 1, 2018) and the old reviews are weighing down the rating. I love this little app — it’s the easiest, fastest way I’ve found to reduce the size of images. Works fine every time. Most of the photos I get off my Android are too large to send easily on email (usually I’m sending more than one) and this takes them down in a jiffy. So happy to have found it and will be giving a demo to our Android club soon.

still not working

This app appears to be a simulator or something. It pretends to be doing it’s thing but doesn’t do anything.

10.12 Android Sierra. It churns, appears to work but the files stay the same. So just a heads up if you are doubting the other reviews.