iPhones and iPads save photos as HEIC, which takes half the space of a JPG - and which Windows without a paid extension, most websites, older Android phones and a good deal of office software still will not open. This opens them and converts them to JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF in batches, with no limit on how many: drop in a whole folder and save the results one by one, as a single ZIP, or as one PDF. WebP and AVIF images convert the same way. The photos are converted on your own device and never uploaded, and once the converter has loaded it carries on with no connection.
To just look at a HEIC file, select it once it has converted: it opens full size, to zoom into and step through the rest of the batch, beside the date it was taken, the camera, lens and exposure, and the GPS position recorded in it. A quality check lays the converted copy over the original, with both file sizes, so you can pick the lowest quality that still looks right.
A photo keeps its details: the date it was taken, the camera and its settings, and its colour profile, so the Display P3 colours of a recent iPhone do not come out washed out. The GPS location is removed by default, since a converted photo is usually one about to be shared. Bursts and collections hold several images in one file; the main one is converted, or all of them if you ask.
- How do I open a HEIC file?
- Drop it here: it opens in your browser, with no app or extension to install. Once it has converted, select its picture or View to see it full size. Zoom with the buttons, the mouse wheel or a pinch, drag to move around, and use the arrow keys to step through a batch (Esc closes it). Beside the photo are the date it was taken, the camera, lens and exposure, its size in pixels and on disk, and the GPS position stored in the file, written out as coordinates - no map is loaded and nothing is looked up. For a burst, the viewer shows the main image. To keep a copy that opens anywhere, save it as JPG.
- Can I convert HEIC to PDF?
- Yes: choose PDF under Save as. All photos in one PDF gives each photo a page of a single PDF, in the order of the list; One PDF per photo makes a PDF for each, and Download all puts them in a ZIP. Fit photo makes each page the size of its photo; A4 and Letter fit the photo onto the page, turned sideways for a landscape photo. The photos go in as JPGs at the quality slider's setting. A PDF has nowhere to keep the date, camera or location, so they are left out; a HEIC photo's colour profile goes in while Keep the colour profile is ticked.
- Can I convert WebP or AVIF to JPG?
- Yes. Drop .webp or .avif images in, with HEIC photos or on their own, and they convert to JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF the same way. They are opened by your browser's own decoder: every current browser reads WebP, and recent Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari read AVIF; a browser that cannot open an AVIF says so beside that file. The date, camera and GPS details in a WebP or AVIF are carried over as they are for HEIC, but not its colour profile, because the browser has already turned the colours into standard sRGB. JPG, PNG and other pictures convert in the Image Toolkit instead.
- What does the quality check show?
- Check quality (or Quality check in the viewer) lays the photo as it will be saved over the original, with a slider to wipe from one to the other, and shows the original file's size beside the saved copy's - worked out at the current format, quality, size and details. Beside it are Save as and Quality controls: move the quality slider and the comparison is redone a moment later; zoom in to see the difference up close. They are the same settings as the ones above the drop box, so a change there converts the whole batch again with it. For a PDF, the size given is that of a one-page PDF of the photo.
- Does converting HEIC to JPG lose quality?
- A little, as any JPG does, but at the default quality of 92 the difference is invisible in normal viewing - the quality check shows it for your own photos. Choose 100 for the most faithful JPG, or PNG for a lossless copy - which will be several times the size of the HEIC.
- Will the converted photos keep the date they were taken?
- Yes. The date, camera model, lens and exposure settings are copied into the JPG, PNG or WebP, so a photo library sorts them into the right place. The orientation is fixed in the pixels themselves, so a portrait photo stays upright everywhere. A PDF is the exception: it has no place for them.
- Why do my iPhone photos save as HEIC?
- Because the camera is set to High Efficiency, which stores the same picture in about half the space. To have new photos taken as JPG instead, go to Settings, Camera, Formats and choose Most Compatible; photos already taken stay as they are.
- Is there a limit on how many photos I can convert?
- No. The photos are converted by your own browser, one after another, so there is no upload and no daily quota. A few hundred at once is fine on a computer; on a phone, smaller batches are kinder to its memory.
- Can I convert HEIC to JPG offline?
- Yes, once the converter has loaded. It loads when you add the first photo, or press Load the converter now under the drop box before adding any; from then on it runs entirely in your browser, so you can turn off Wi-Fi and carry on converting - and zipping - as long as the tab stays open. Closing or reloading the tab needs the connection again. Nothing needs installing, and the photos never leave your device either way.
- Can I convert HEIC to JPG on Windows without installing anything?
- Yes. Windows needs the paid HEVC extension from the Microsoft Store to open HEIC photos at all, but this page brings its own decoder, so it works in Edge, Chrome or Firefox on any Windows PC. It works the same on a Mac, a Chromebook and Linux.
- Can I convert HEIC to WebP?
- Yes, in Chrome, Edge and Firefox: choose WebP under Save as. A WebP is usually smaller than a JPG of the same quality, which suits a website, and it keeps the date taken, camera details and colour profile like the JPG does. Safari cannot write WebP, so the choice is not offered there.
- What happens to Live Photos?
- A Live Photo is two files: a HEIC still and a short .MOV video. Drop the HEIC here to get the still as a JPG; the video part is left out (a folder drop skips the .MOV files). Portrait depth data and HDR brightness boosts are not carried into the JPG, which shows the picture as a standard photo.