HEIC to JPG Converter

HEIC is Apple's container for HEIF images encoded with HEVC. Apple switched to it in iOS 11 because it stores roughly the same visual quality as JPEG in about half the file size, and supports things JPEG can't: 16-bit color depth, transparency, image sequences, and depth maps for portrait mode.

The trade-off is compatibility. HEVC is patent-encumbered, so support outside Apple's ecosystem arrived late and unevenly. Windows needs a codec extension, most content management systems reject the format on upload, and plenty of web browsers still won't render it inline.

HEIC and JPEG are both lossy, so converting is a second generation of loss. In practice, at quality 90 or above the difference is invisible on screen for ordinary photos. Where you can see it is in smooth gradients — skies, studio backdrops — which can show faint banding because JPEG uses 8-bit color while HEIC captured 10 or 16.

You also lose the extras: depth maps, Live Photo frames, and any HDR gain map. If those matter, keep the original HEIC as your archive and treat the JPEG as a distribution copy. Never delete originals right after a batch convert.

Use JPG for photographs: continuous tone, millions of colors, no transparency needed. Its compression is built for exactly that and produces files three to ten times smaller than PNG at equivalent perceived quality.

Use PNG for screenshots, logos, line art, and anything needing a transparent background. PNG is lossless, so text and sharp edges stay crisp instead of picking up the halo artifacts JPEG produces around high-contrast lines. If a photo is headed for a website, converting to WebP afterward typically saves another 25–35% over JPEG.

Conversion here happens entirely in your browser — the images never leave your device, which matters because photos carry EXIF metadata including GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, and exact timestamps. Uploading family or client photos to an unknown server to change a file extension is a genuinely bad trade.

For batches, convert everything at once and download as a ZIP rather than clicking through file by file. Then check a couple of results at full size before you delete anything. If a photo also needs its background removed for a product listing or profile, run it through our background remover after conversion.