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RIOTfor Windows

1.0.1

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A free image optimization software

RIOT is a free image optimization software available for desktop devices. Image optimization is crucial for websites and mobile devices, making image optimizers commonplace. The software isn’t as well known as the competition, but does it stand a chance?

Features

As an image optimizer, RIOT enables users to manage image properties and directly manipulate their features. The software allows you to modify an image's colors, compression, transparency, and more. Alongside this is a feature allowing you to compare the original image to the optimized image.

This software has simple controls that allow typical users to automatically optimize images based on coding, scripts, and intelligent detections. The RIOT software can also interact with various image types, including Photoshop files.

Drawbacks

The simplistic features of this software deter experienced users. Alongside this, the app isn’t well known due to its acronymical name being synonymous with more popular entities such as Riot games. This means the software isn’t receiving support financially or through downloads, thus causing its development to stagnate.

Competition

RIOT has a massive number of competitors, including 10Web’s Image Optimizer and the Robin Image Optimizer. 

10Web can convert images to other types of files, including PNG, JPG, GIF, and more. There’s also a premium version that allows users to optimize PDF files, schedule optimizations, and use extreme compression.

Robin Image Optimizer is functionally identical to RIOT but is available as a website plugin for WordPress rather than exclusively as separate software. This allows images to be optimized as they’re uploaded to a webpage.

Our take

RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) is software designed around compressing and modifying images. The purpose of this optimization is to make them better suited to webpages or mobile devices. RIOT, despite being free, falls short of its competition such as 10Web’s optimization software.

Should you download it?

No, the competition outplays RIOT in numerous ways.

Highs

  • Free
  • Easy to use

Lows

  • Overly simplistic
  • Limited file type management
  • Outshined by competition

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RIOTfor Windows

1.0.1

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