Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG — free and private
Since iOS 11, iPhones and iPads save photos as HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container). It's a great format — high quality at a small file size — but it causes real headaches: Windows often can't preview it, many websites and forms reject it, and older phones or apps simply won't open it. This free HEIC to JPG converter fixes that by turning your HEIC and HEIF files into universally supported JPG or PNG images.
Everything runs locally in your browser, so your photos are never uploaded to a server — important when you're converting personal pictures. Drop in one photo or a whole batch, pick your format and quality, and download the results in seconds. No app, no signup, no watermark.
How to use it
- Click the box or drag in your .heic / .heif photos (you can add several at once).
- Choose JPG or PNG, and set the quality if you picked JPG.
- Each photo converts automatically — preview the thumbnails.
- Hit Download on a photo, or Download all to save the whole batch.
Why convert HEIC to JPG?
JPG is the most widely supported image format in the world. Converting means your photos will open on any device, upload to any website or government form, attach to any email, and import into any editor without complaints. If you've ever emailed an iPhone photo and the other person couldn't open it, HEIC was the reason — and JPG is the cure.
JPG vs PNG — which should you pick?
Pick JPG for normal photos: it produces small files and lets you balance size against quality with the quality slider. Pick PNG when you need lossless quality or transparency, keeping in mind the files will be noticeably larger. For most camera photos, JPG at quality 85–95 looks identical to the original while staying small.
Where HEIC causes problems
You usually discover HEIC the hard way. You email a photo and the recipient says it won't open. You try to upload an ID picture to a job portal, bank or government form and it only accepts JPG or PNG. You move photos to a Windows PC and the thumbnails are blank. You drop a picture into an old photo editor and it's unsupported. A WhatsApp or website upload silently fails. In every one of these cases, converting the HEIC to JPG first makes the photo "just work" — which is exactly what this tool is for.
Does converting keep the photo's quality and detail?
Yes, as long as you keep the quality reasonably high. HEIC itself is already compressed, and a JPG saved at quality 90 or above is visually indistinguishable from it for almost any photo. If you need an exact, pixel-perfect copy with no compression at all, choose PNG instead — it's lossless. Note that some camera metadata, such as the exact GPS location, may not carry over to the converted file, which many people actually prefer for privacy when sharing pictures online.
Is it safe to convert photos here?
Yes. Unlike many online converters that upload your images to their servers, this tool does all the work inside your own browser using your device's processing power. Your photos never leave your phone or computer, nothing is stored, and there are no accounts. That makes it safe for private, personal or sensitive pictures.
Free and unlimited
There are no limits on how many photos you convert, no watermarks added, and no fees. Use it as often as you like on iPhone, Android, Windows or Mac — all you need is a modern web browser.