Compress audio on your Mac
Shrink MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC and more with bitrate control, force mono, and sample-rate options. Perfect for podcasts, voice memos, and audiobooks. Batch, offline, no upload limit.
Trusted by 530+ Mac users
Shrink MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC and more with bitrate control, force mono, and sample-rate options. Perfect for podcasts, voice memos, and audiobooks. Batch, offline, no upload limit.
Trusted by 530+ Mac users
Drag in one file or a whole folder of recordings.
Choose a bitrate and VBR/ABR/CBR mode, or force mono for voice.
Click Compress — everything runs on your Mac.
Target an exact bitrate or let VBR allocate bits where they matter for the best quality per megabyte.
Collapse stereo to mono for podcasts and voice memos — roughly half the size, no audible loss.
From 8 kHz telephony up to 96 kHz hi-res, 16/24/32-bit — match the source to the use.
Need to shrink without any loss? Compress to FLAC for roughly half the size of WAV, bit-for-bit identical.
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Alessandro Bonini "I like the interface. I like the batch processing. I like the fact in the I can set default conversions. I like your program a lot."
Charles Willson "I like the quality of the image processing. It also supports all the important image files. But it still needs some work regarding both the UI and the UX design of it."
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George "It's simple to use and does everything I need it to do. Hell, it does much more than I need and the developer keeps adding features :) "
Adam L "I love the app! I use it 4-5 days a week for audio and image conversion as I tag and add missing album artwork to my library of 70,000 songs. After that is done, I would like to try it out with my Blu-ray collection on Plex. I truly appreciate the hard work that goes into creating and frequently updating an app such as this. All the best!"
Trevor "The program is very simple and practical, and its options are clear."
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Daniel Hewitt "I feel Picmal is one of the apps that I would categorize as essential. There are many features that distinguish the app from other web converters such as Folder Watching and Clipboard Optimization."
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Convert & compress images, videos, audio
Batch processing for multiple files
Works offline, no data leaves your Mac
Free updates included
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One purchase, all updates included. No subscriptions sneaking up on you. 14-day money-back guarantee.
You pay once and keep it. No renewals, no subscriptions. The license activates on one Mac at a time, but you can move it between machines whenever you want.
Depends on the tier you pick: 1, 3, or 5 Macs. You can swap between machines anytime.
Open Picmal on your old Mac, go to Picmal → Register license to deactivate, then activate on the new one. Takes about ten seconds.
14 days, no questions asked. Email support@picmal.app.
A lot, depending on the source. Lowering the bitrate (e.g. 320 kbps → 128 kbps) roughly halves an MP3; forcing mono on a voice recording halves it again; and converting an uncompressed WAV to MP3 or AAC can cut size by 80–90%.
Lowering the bitrate of a lossy format trades some quality for size — at 192–320 kbps it's transparent for music, and 64–96 kbps is plenty for speech. For archival, compress to FLAC instead, which is lossless.
Turn on force mono and pick a speech-friendly bitrate (64–96 kbps). Voice recordings don't need stereo or high bitrates, so the file comes out a fraction of the size with no audible difference.
Yes. Pick VBR/ABR/CBR mode and a target bitrate, set the sample rate (8 kHz up to 96 kHz) and bit depth (16/24/32-bit), and force mono when you don't need stereo.
Yes. Drop multiple files or an entire folder into Picmal and compress them all with the same settings in one pass.
No. All compression happens locally on your Mac — no uploads, no per-file limits. It's a one-time $15.99, not a subscription.
