Select HEIC
Choose .heic or .heif photos from your iPhone, Mac or PC.
✦ HEIC & HEIF · no file upload
Convert HEIC to JPG
privately in your browser.
Make iPhone photos usable on more devices, in office apps and web services. Conversion runs locally in your browser.
Drop HEIC or HEIF images here
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HEIC and HEIF · up to 20 files · max. 75 MB eachSelected images
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HEIC TO JPG
Make iPhone photos compatible
No installation and no transfer of your photos.
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FORMAT GUIDE
Why convert HEIC to JPG?
HEIC is designed for efficient storage. JPG is older, but often has broader compatibility across devices, apps and upload forms.
HEIC
Efficient iPhone photos
Apple devices have used HEIF as the “High Efficiency” photo format since iOS 11. It can use less storage than JPG at comparable visual quality.
JPG
Broad compatibility
JPG is useful when a website, Windows app or older device will not accept HEIC. Conversion creates a new file with lossy compression.
NOTE
Metadata and HDR
Browser output does not reliably preserve all EXIF metadata, depth information, image variants or the source file's full HDR range. Keep your original.
FORMAT IN DEPTH
What is HEIC?
Technical background for those who want to understand the format.
How HEIC came about
HEIC stands for High Efficiency Image Container and is based on the HEVC (H.265) video codec. Apple introduced the format in 2017 with iOS 11 and the iPhone 7. Compared to JPG, HEIC achieves roughly half the file size at equal or better image quality — a significant advantage when photos are several megabytes and storage is limited.
What makes HEIC special
A single HEIC file can contain a burst sequence, a Live Photo with its video track, HDR image data in the wide Display P3 colour space, and depth information for Portrait mode. JPG always stores just a single still image in the sRGB colour space with no additional data.
Why HEIC doesn't work everywhere
Windows 10 and 11 cannot open HEIC files without additional codecs. Most Android devices, web upload forms, and older image editors do not support the format. Many platforms, online shops, and government portals require JPG or PNG — which is why conversion is so frequently needed.
What is lost during conversion?
Converting HEIC to JPG is irreversible. You lose: HDR data (mapped to standard dynamic range), the wide Display P3 colour space (reduced to sRGB), the Live Photo video track, Portrait mode depth information, and burst sequences (only the first frame is converted). Keep your original HEIC files for archiving.
FAQ
Questions about HEIC conversion
Answers about privacy, quality and limitations.
What is the difference between HEIC and HEIF?
HEIF is the container format; HEIC is a common file extension for HEVC-coded images stored in it. In everyday use, both terms often refer to iPhone photos.
Why does my iPhone take HEIC photos?
With the camera set to “High Efficiency”, iPhone stores photos as HEIF. It saves space, but some older applications do not support it.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Your browser reads the file on your device and creates the JPG locally. LokalPix does not receive the image content.
Are the capture date and location preserved?
Not reliably. Browser conversion focuses on visible pixels; EXIF and location metadata may be absent from the JPG. Keep the HEIC original.
Does JPG reduce image quality?
JPG uses lossy compression. At high quality the visible difference is often small, but the conversion is not technically lossless.
Can I convert several iPhone photos?
Yes. LokalPix processes up to 20 images in sequence. Download multiple completed JPGs together as a ZIP.
Why does my JPG look flatter or washed out?
HEIC can contain HDR data and a wider colour space that JPG cannot fully represent. Conversion creates a standard-range image, so brightness and colours may look different. Keep the HEIC original for the complete image information.
PRIVACY BUILT IN
Your images belong to you.
Conversion happens inside your browser. There is no file upload and no cloud storage. Even the site operator cannot see your images.
Technical details & data flow →- ✓ Processing in the browser
- ✓ No server-side image storage
- ✓ No user account