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HEIC to JPG (or PNG), in your browser.

Your iPhone saves as HEIC. The rest of the internet — print kiosks, Etsy, old laptops, your collage app — wants JPG. Drop a whole batch here, pick a format, download. Nothing uploads anywhere; an open-source decoder does the work on your device. For real projects, grab a proper app.

100% on-device Batch drag-and-drop JPG 50–100% or lossless PNG

Unwrapping the film canister…
◦ what people actually use it for

Six places HEIC trips you up

  1. 01 for scrapbookers

    Get phone photos into your collage app

    Most collage and scrapbook apps choke on the HEIC coming off a new iPhone. Drop a batch here, pull the JPGs out, and your spread is unblocked. No Dropbox round-trip, no emailing photos to yourself.

  2. 02 for printing

    Walgreens / CVS print kiosks need JPG

    Photo print kiosks still don't all read HEIC. Convert a trip's worth of phone photos to JPG, drop them on a USB stick, and walk out with prints an hour later. No frantic re-shoots in the parking lot.

  3. 03 for grandma

    Photos that actually open on a PC

    Grandma's Windows 7 laptop doesn't open HEIC — she just sees a broken thumbnail and calls you. Convert to JPG first, then attach to the email. Everyone sees the grandkids, no tech support required.

  4. 04 for web uploads

    Etsy, Shopify, eBay, Poshmark

    Product photo forms on most marketplaces still reject HEIC. Convert to JPG at 92% quality, upload, done. One less Safari-only workaround in your selling workflow.

  5. 05 for the archive

    Future-proof your photo library

    HEIC is an Apple-heavy format. If you want your photos to open cleanly on anything in ten years — a Linux box, a cheap Android, a photo frame — JPG and PNG are the safe bet. Convert once, archive forever.

  6. 06 for transparency

    Need PNG, not JPG?

    PNG keeps every pixel lossless and is the right format when you'll layer the photo, edit it repeatedly, or need it to survive multiple saves. Flip the toggle, download PNGs instead of JPGs.

◦ in case you’re wondering

Frequently asked

Do my photos get uploaded anywhere? +

No. The HEIC decoder is WebAssembly that runs in your browser tab. Your photos never touch our servers — we don't run an image pipeline at all. You can confirm this by opening DevTools → Network, converting a file, and watching: nothing gets sent.

Why can't my browser show HEIC directly? +

Only Safari supports HEIC natively. Chrome, Firefox, and Edge never added decoder support because HEIC has patent / licensing baggage. This tool ships its own open-source decoder (libheif compiled to WebAssembly), so it works everywhere.

How many files can I convert at once? +

Drop as many as you want — the tool queues them and converts sequentially. The first file is the slowest because the decoder has to warm up; every file after flies. A hundred iPhone photos is a realistic afternoon.

Is the quality the same as the original? +

PNG is lossless — pixel-for-pixel identical to what HEIC held. JPG is lossy; at 92% quality (the default) the difference is imperceptible but files shrink nicely. If you need maximum fidelity, push quality to 100 or pick PNG.

What about Live Photos, bursts, or depth data? +

The tool extracts the primary still image — the single best JPG or PNG frame. Live Photo motion, burst alternates, and iPhone depth maps are dropped. For advanced workflows, a desktop app (Photos.app, Lightroom) is the right tool.

Does it handle HEIF too? +

Yes. HEIC is the Apple-specific variant of HEIF; both decode the same way. The tool accepts .heic and .heif files.

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