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Pichi for Mac is a native macOS image optimization tool from Creatable. Its positioning is clear: compress, resize, and export image assets for websites, social media, and app development while minimizing visible quality loss. It is not a full design suite or a cloud-based asset platform, but rather a productivity tool focused on the final image delivery workflow.
Pichiβs main interaction is simple: drag images into the window to optimize them. According to the official website, it can also detect dragged images even when the app is closed, offering a quick entry point for processing. Features include image compression, removal of unnecessary metadata, file size reductions of up to around 80%, PNG compression, transparent PNG optimization, PNG-to-JPEG conversion, batch processing, and built-in size presets for social media and advertising platforms. For design and development handoff, its @1x, @2x, and @3x output options are especially useful, as is the ability to generate higher- or lower-resolution versions based on a selected size, making it suitable for web and app asset slicing.
The biggest uncertainty right now is its commercial status: the official website clearly states that Pichi has been removed from sale, that the team is preparing version 2, and that it plans to release it in the coming months. Version 2 will be a free upgrade for users with a version 1 license. The page does not disclose the original price, current price, payment methods, or whether a trial is available, so new users currently have little basis for evaluating purchase cost.
The advantages are that processing is local, with no uploads required, avoiding the file size limits of online tools and making it more suitable for batch jobs involving thousands of images. Drag-and-drop operation lowers the learning curve, while social media size presets reduce the need to repeatedly look up specifications. The official site also lists sample comparisons with TinyPNG, ImageOptim, JPEGmini, and Squash, showing that Pichi produces smaller files for some images. The downsides are that it is currently no longer on sale, and both product continuity and the release timeline for the new version remain uncertain. Only Mac support is clearly stated, and there is insufficient information about collaboration, team management, cloud sync, supported format coverage, and support responsiveness.
Pichi is suitable for independent designers, frontend developers, website operators, social media content creators, and Mac users who need to deliver images for websites or apps. Access from China cannot be determined from the crawled text alone, so it should be marked as unknown; payment methods are also not disclosed. If you need an immediately available alternative, consider TinyPNG, ImageOptim, JPEGmini, or Squash. For use in mainland China, it is especially advisable to first test website accessibility, download stability, and the payment flow.
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