SizeBreak

A break from size limits.

SizeBreak compresses a video under a size limit, like a 20 MB upload limit, right on your iPhone or iPad. No uploads, no account, no ads.

Getting started

• From Photos: open a video, tap Share, then SizeBreak. It starts compressing right away (a video too long for the size first asks how to make it fit) and opens the share sheet when it's done, as long as Photos is still on screen. Both can be changed under Settings › After Compressing.
• In the app: choose a video, pick a size, and tap Compress. Long videos keep compressing if you switch apps, as long as Background App Refresh is on. If iOS stops one, SizeBreak lets you finish it later.
• Sizes: pick one of the presets, or add your own under Settings › Custom Sizes.

Common questions

The video looks blurry after I send it.

Some apps compress videos again when you send them. Discord and Signal don't recompress a video that's within their limits, so SizeBreak keeps videos for them within those limits. For Discord, also set Settings › Chat › Video Uploads to Best Quality in Discord. Messenger and WhatsApp re-encode every video; for WhatsApp, tap HD before sending.

The video doesn't play on a PC.

SizeBreak makes HEVC videos, which nearly every phone, computer and app plays. Some older PCs and Linux can't. Only if a video won't play, turn on Compatibility mode to use H.264 and compress the video again: it looks worse at the same size. Options changes the video you have loaded; Settings changes it for new videos, including ones you share from Photos.

Why is it smaller or lower resolution than I expected?

By default SizeBreak keeps videos at up to 1080p; set Max resolution to Original under Quality to keep up to 4K. Some targets go lower, because the app would shrink the video anyway: Discord (free), Messenger and WhatsApp to 720p, and Signal to 640 pixels wide or tall. Within that, it lowers the bitrate first, and lowers resolution, frame rate or audio quality only when the bitrate would get too low to look good. You can turn each of those off under Settings › If a Video Doesn't Fit.

Get help

Report a problem or ask a question: support@duckylabs.tech. Please include your iPhone or iPad model, the iOS version, and the size and length of the video.

Privacy

SizeBreak collects no data, and your videos never leave your device unless you share or save them. Read the privacy policy.