HEIC to JPG Converter
Convert iPhone photos to JPG so anything can open them. It runs in this page — your photos are never uploaded, not even briefly.
Your photos never leave this device — the conversion runs in your browser.
Scanning paper, not converting photos?
Document Scanner turns the camera into a scanner — edge detection, perspective correction and multi-page PDFs, all processed on the phone itself with nothing sent anywhere.
Why this one does not upload anything
Almost every “free HEIC converter” result works the same way: your photo is uploaded to a server, converted there, and offered back as a download. It works, and for a picture of a receipt it hardly matters. It matters a great deal for the other things people photograph — passports, bank letters, medical documents, their children.
Browsers can do this work themselves now. Safari decodes HEIC natively, so on an iPhone or a Mac the conversion is instant and no extra code is downloaded at all. On Chrome, Edge and Firefox the page fetches a WebAssembly build of libheif — about a megabyte, once — and runs the same decode locally. Either way the file stays on your device, which is why this page works with the network switched off after it has loaded.
HEIC, HEIF, HEVC — which is which
HEIF is the container format. HEIC is a HEIF file whose image data is compressed with HEVC, and it is what an iPhone writes. HEVC(also called H.265) is the codec itself, better known for video. For practical purposes.heic and .heif are the same thing, and this tool takes both.
When to convert and when not to
Convert when something else has to read the file: an upload form that rejects it, a Windows machine without the codec installed, a print shop, an older Android phone, or an email to someone who will not want to look it up. Do not convert your whole library — HEIC is genuinely better at the same quality, and the copies would take about twice the space for no benefit.
Questions
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs inside this page using your own device's processor — there is no server involved and no request carrying your file. You can check: open your browser's network tab, convert a photo, and watch nothing leave. That is not true of most converter sites, which upload your photos, convert them on their machines, and keep them for some period afterwards.
Why are my iPhone photos HEIC in the first place?
Because Apple switched the default camera format in 2017. HEIC files are roughly half the size of the equivalent JPG at the same quality, which is a real saving on a phone. The cost is compatibility: plenty of Windows software, older Android phones, web upload forms and printing services still cannot open one.
Can I stop my iPhone making HEIC files at all?
Yes. Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible switches the camera to JPG for new photos. It uses more storage and does not change photos you already have, which is what this converter is for. There is also Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic, which converts on the way out when you plug the phone in.
Will converting lose quality?
A little, because JPG is lossy and this is a re-encode. At the default 90% the difference is invisible on screen and in print. Drop the quality slider towards 50% and the file gets much smaller but starts to show blocking in skies and flat colour. Keep the originals if the photos matter — the converted copies are new files, and nothing here touches the ones on your device.
Can it handle Live Photos and bursts?
It converts the still image out of a Live Photo, which is what you want in almost every case. The video half is a separate file that a browser cannot pull out of an HEIC.
How many photos can I convert at once?
Dozens without trouble. They are processed one at a time so the page stays responsive, and large batches simply take longer — on a phone the practical limit is memory, not the tool.
