Turn iPhone HEIC photos into JPGs that open anywhere — Windows, school portals, printers and older apps. The conversion runs entirely in your browser with no upload, no signup and no limits, batch-friendly with quality control. Your photos never leave your device.
Researched by PDFBuddyFree Team · Last updated October 22, 2026
Drop your HEIC photos here or click to browse
.heic / .heif from iPhone or iPad — converts automatically
Since iOS 11, iPhones save photos as HEIC (HEIF with HEVC compression) by default — files roughly half the size of an equivalent JPG. The catch: outside the Apple ecosystem, support is patchy. Windows 10 and 11 ship without a built-in HEIC viewer, school portals and printers expect JPG, and older apps choke on the format. Converting to JPG remains the most reliable way to share, print or edit iPhone photos.
| HEIC | JPG | |
|---|---|---|
| File size | ~50% smaller | Larger, but universal |
| Opens on Windows | Needs a paid codec | Always |
| Accepted by portals | Rarely | Almost always |
| Quality | Excellent | Excellent at 92%+ |
This tool is the bridge: full-resolution HEIC in, universally readable JPG out — decoded on your own device so your personal photos never cross the internet.
A traveler wants 12 iPhone photos printed at a kiosk that only accepts JPG. She drops all 12 HEIC files (about 2 MB each) on the tool, keeps the 92% quality default, and each converts in a second or two with a preview thumbnail confirming the right shot. She hits Download all: twelve full-resolution JPGs (~3–4 MB each) ready for the kiosk — no Apple ID, no codec download, no upload.
Give each photo a few seconds — older phones and low-end laptops convert slower. Start with a small batch if your device is new to you.
Only the main frame of each HEIC is converted — Live Photo video frames and depth maps are not carried over.
EXIF data such as GPS location is stripped in conversion. If you need the metadata, keep the originals too.
Drop your .heic or .heif photos on the tool above — conversion starts automatically in your browser. Download each JPG, or use Download all when the batch is done. No signup, no software to install.
Yes — select as many photos as you like and the tool converts them one by one, each with its own progress row and download button. Your device's memory is the only practical limit; very large batches on phones may do better in groups.
No. The HEIC decoder runs as WebAssembly code inside this page — your photos never leave your device. That is the point: personal photos are the last thing you want sitting on a stranger's server.
92% is a good default: visually identical to the original for screens with much smaller files. Choose 100% for archival keeps, or 80% when the JPGs are only going into an email or a form with a file-size limit.
iPhones save photos as HEIC (High Efficiency Image Format) since iOS 11. Windows 10/11 ship without a built-in HEIC viewer, and Microsoft's codec costs extra on most PCs. Converting to JPG — the universally readable format — sidesteps the problem entirely.
Yes — unlimited photos, every quality setting, forever. No signup, no watermark, no daily caps. Decoding happens in your browser, so there is nothing to meter.
Yes — the converter keeps the photo's full pixel dimensions and turns the image the right way up. The only change is the format (HEIC to JPEG) and the quality level you selected.
HEIC/HEIF format facts per Apple's iOS documentation and the MPEG HEIF specification. Decoding happens entirely in your browser via a WebAssembly build of libheif; nothing is stored or transmitted. Researched by PDFBuddyFree Team · Last updated October 22, 2026.