Turn iPhone and iPad photos into lossless PNG files with transparency kept - for smaller photos pick HEIC to JPG.
Want an icon from the PNG? Drop it into the PNG to ICO converter.
iPhones and iPads save every photo as HEIC by default.
PNG is lossless, so it is the safest copy for editing, screenshots and graphics - every program reads it.
Just want a quick look first? Open it in the HEIC Viewer.
| HEIC | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy (HEVC) | Lossless (Deflate) |
| Typical size | Small | Several times bigger |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Editing | Limited app support | Every editor |
| Best for | Storing photos | Editing, graphics, screenshots |
Going the other way? PNG to HEIC does that. Test files are in the HEIC sample files.
Drop your HEIC photos into the box, check the settings and press Convert to PNG.
One file downloads directly, more than two come as a ZIP.
No. Your browser decodes the HEIC and writes the PNG on your device, so private photos stay private.
Windows needs the HEIF and the paid HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store, and many websites and programs do not read HEIC at all. Converting to PNG fixes that.
Yes - the pixels decoded from the HEIC are saved exactly. Only the 8-bit palette type reduces colours, and the page warns you when it is on.
A PNG is several times bigger than the HEIC, because PNG stores every pixel losslessly.
Only if you turn on Keep EXIF - by default they are removed. If the photo has a GPS location, the page warns you before you share it.
Bursts and collections show every picture under the preview. The first one is ticked; tick any others and each becomes its own PNG.
Yes. Open this page in Safari on iPhone or Chrome on Android, pick the photos from your gallery and save the PNG to your phone - nothing is uploaded.