HEIC to JPG converter — iPhone photos, no upload
Convert the HEIC photos an iPhone takes into ordinary JPGs that open everywhere — in your browser, with nothing uploaded. Several photos at once is fine.
Runs in your browser — your input is not uploaded to ToolsNow.
Your files are processed locally in your browser and are not uploaded to ToolsNow.
HEIC is the format iPhones and many Android phones shoot in — smaller than JPEG at the same quality, but poorly supported outside Apple software, which is why uploads and attachments so often reject it. This converter decodes HEIC with a version of libheif compiled to run inside your browser. The decoder is about 3 MB and downloads the first time you press Convert; once loaded, decoding runs on your own processor and the photos — often personal — are not uploaded. EXIF metadata, including GPS location, is not carried into the converted copy. Live Photos convert as their still frame; the video part is not included.
How to use
- Drop in HEIC photos. Straight from an iPhone, AirDrop or a camera roll export.
- Pick JPEG or PNG. JPEG at 85% is right for photos; PNG if you need lossless.
- Convert. Each photo downloads as it finishes, named after the original.
Questions
Why does my iPhone save photos as HEIC at all?
HEIC compresses roughly twice as well as JPEG at the same quality, so Apple made it the default camera format in 2017. Inside the Apple ecosystem it is invisible; the trouble starts when a form, an old program or a Windows machine without codecs receives one and refuses it.
How can this work without uploading, when Windows itself cannot open HEIC?
The page uses libheif — the standard open-source HEIC decoder — compiled to run inside the browser. It is about 3 MB and is downloaded the first time you press Convert, rather than on page load, so visitors who never convert a photo do not pay for it. Once it has loaded, decoding happens on your own processor and the photo itself is never uploaded.
Will the converted photo lose quality?
HEIC is already lossy, and converting re-encodes, so a little is lost — at 85% JPEG quality the difference is invisible in normal viewing. The JPG is typically somewhat larger than the HEIC, because JPEG is the less efficient format; that is the price of compatibility.
What happens to the location data in my photos?
It is not carried over — the converted file contains the pixels only. Since converted photos are often headed for forms, listings and emails, dropping the GPS coordinates is the safer default. The original keeps its metadata untouched.
What about Live Photos and bursts?
A Live Photo converts as its still key frame; the short video part is not included. Bursts export as separate HEIC files and convert one JPG each.
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