Comparison · Privacy in Telegram
Exif Cleaner vs ShrinkImage Bot
If your goal is a lighter photo, ShrinkImage Bot (@shrinkimagebot) is the better pick: it compresses JPG, PNG and WEBP files by up to 90%, free, with no watermark and no registration, though no quality setting is confirmed. Exif Cleaner (@ExifCleanerBot) scores higher overall but solves another problem: it shows the GPS point, device model, camera settings and date hidden in a photo sent as a file, then returns a copy without them; it handles photos, not video. Both have an English interface. Choose Exif Cleaner when the worry is not the file size but what the picture reveals about where it was taken.
@ExifCleanerBot
Free
77/ 100
#2 in Privacy in TelegramShows what a photo carries besides the picture — GPS coordinates, phone model, camera settings, the date — and gives it back with all of that stripped out. Free.
@shrinkimagebot
Free
65/ 100
A compression bot with a concrete, published promise: shrink JPG, PNG and WEBP files by up to 90%, free, no watermark and no registration.
By the numbers
Exif Cleaner is ahead: 77 against 65 out of 100 for ShrinkImage Bot. Exif Cleaner wins on reliability & speed, popularity & trust, price & free tier, usability, safety & privacy, freshness, no intrusive ads. Both are free to use.
At a glance
| Exif Cleaner | ShrinkImage Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and limits | Free | Free |
| Languages | EN | EN |
| Inline mode | no | no |
| Mini App | no | no |
| Works in groups | no | no |
| Works in channels | no | no |
| Accepts voice | no | no |
| Accepts files | yes | yes |
| Requires phone number | no | no |
| Requires registration | no | no |
| Shows ads | no | no |
| Official | no | no |
| Last check | October 22, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
Score by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Exif Cleaner | ShrinkImage Bot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 7 | 7 |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 7 | 6 |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Usability | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Freshness | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Localization | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Total | 100 | 77 | 65 |
Pros and cons
Exif Cleaner
- Shows the data before removing it
- Covers the case Telegram does not, a photo sent as a file
- Free
- The file goes through a third-party bot, so it is not for sensitive originals
- Photos, not video
ShrinkImage Bot
- Concrete, published compression claim (up to 90%)
- Explicitly no watermark and no registration
- Free to use
- No quality/ratio slider confirmed — compression level may be fixed
- Best results depend on starting from an uncompressed original
- No published file-size limit
Frequently asked questions
Exif Cleaner or ShrinkImage Bot: which is better?
Exif Cleaner is ahead: 77 against 65 out of 100 for ShrinkImage Bot. Exif Cleaner wins on reliability & speed, popularity & trust, price & free tier, usability, safety & privacy, freshness, no intrusive ads. Both are free to use.
Are Exif Cleaner and ShrinkImage Bot free?
Exif Cleaner: Free. ShrinkImage Bot: Free.
Do Exif Cleaner and ShrinkImage Bot work in groups?
Exif Cleaner: no. ShrinkImage Bot: no.