HEIC to JPG Converter
Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG, PNG, or WebP instantly
100% free, no upload limits, works offline in your browser
Drop HEIC files here or click to browse
Supports multiple files • HEIC & HEIF formats • Max 50MB per file
About HEIC Format
What is HEIC?
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is Apple's default photo format since iOS 11. It uses advanced compression to store photos at half the size of JPG while maintaining the same quality. However, many apps and websites don't support HEIC yet.
Why Convert to JPG?
JPG is universally supported across all devices, browsers, and applications. Convert your iPhone photos to JPG for sharing on social media, uploading to websites, or viewing on Windows/Android devices.
Privacy First
Your photos never leave your device. All conversion happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. We don't upload, store, or have access to your images.
Output Formats
- JPG - Best compatibility, good compression
- PNG - Lossless quality, larger files, supports transparency
- WebP - Modern format, smallest files, great quality
HEIC vs. HEIF: What's the Difference?
The two terms are often used interchangeably, and this tool accepts both. HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) is the underlying image standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group, based on the same HEVC/H.265 compression used for 4K video. HEIC is simply Apple's name for a HEIF file that holds one or more still images: the .heic extension you see on iPhone photos. A single HEIC file can store a full-resolution image, its thumbnail, depth-map data for Portrait mode, and even the short clip behind a Live Photo, all in roughly half the space a comparable JPG would take.
The Compatibility Problem
That efficiency comes at a cost: support outside Apple's ecosystem is still patchy. Email a HEIC photo to a colleague on Windows and it may refuse to open, upload one to an older content management system or job-application portal and it can be rejected, and many photo printers and image editors simply don't recognize the format. Converting to JPG sidesteps all of this because JPG has been the universal baseline for photographs since the 1990s: every browser, operating system, printer, and social platform reads it without a plugin.
Choosing a Quality Setting
When you convert to JPG or WebP, the quality slider controls how aggressively the image is compressed. Both are lossy formats, so lower values discard more fine detail in exchange for smaller files. In practice the difference between 100% and 85% is invisible on screen for most photos, while the file can shrink by half, which is why 80-85% is the recommended default. Drop toward 60% only when upload size matters more than pixel-perfect detail, such as bulk web images. If you need to preserve every pixel (archival copies, images with sharp text or graphics, or anything you'll edit further), choose PNG instead, which is lossless but produces larger files and, unlike JPG, keeps transparency.