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Convert HEIC to PNG
Free, private, and instant — your files never leave your device.
HEIC is the default iPhone photo format but is not widely supported outside Apple ecosystems. PNG is the opposite: universally supported across every operating system, browser, image editor, and design tool, with lossless compression that preserves every pixel exactly. Converting HEIC to PNG is the right choice when you need to edit the photo further in non-Apple software, use it in a design tool like Figma or Sketch, overlay it on a transparent background, or deliver it to a platform that accepts PNG but not HEIC. The PNG will be larger than the original HEIC — that is the expected cost of lossless, universal storage.
HEIC
High Efficiency Image Container
- Lossy compression
- No transparency
- Best for: iPhone and iPad photos, Apple device camera output
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
- Lossless compression
- Supports transparency
- Best for: screenshots, logos, graphics with transparency, diagrams
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How to Use
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Drop your HEIC or HEIF file — the output format is already set to PNG.
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No quality settings needed: PNG is always lossless.
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Click "Convert to PNG" — decoding runs entirely in your browser.
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Download the PNG. It will open in any software on any platform.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why would I convert HEIC to PNG instead of JPEG?
Two reasons: (1) you plan to edit the image and want to avoid accumulating JPEG artifacts with each re-save, or (2) you need transparency — PNG supports full alpha transparency, which JPEG does not. For straightforward sharing, JPEG is smaller; for editing workflows, PNG is safer.
Will the PNG look identical to the original iPhone photo?
PNG captures the image as decoded from the HEIC — losslessly from that point forward. Since HEIC is a lossy format, the PNG cannot recover detail discarded when the photo was originally saved by the camera. The quality is identical to what is currently in the HEIC.
Why is the PNG so much larger than the HEIC?
HEIC uses HEVC (H.265) compression to discard spatial detail the eye barely notices, producing very small files. PNG stores every pixel without compression losses, which requires significantly more space — especially for photographic content.
Is this converter safe for personal photos?
Yes. All processing runs locally in your browser. Your HEIC file is never sent to a server — it is decoded and re-encoded entirely on your device using JavaScript.