PhotoRetrica

HEIC to PNG Converter

Turn iPhone HEIC photos into lossless PNG files that every editor and operating system can open.

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How to use: HEIC to PNG

  1. 1

    Add HEIC photos

    Drop .heic or .heif files into the box. Nothing leaves your computer or phone.

  2. 2

    Convert to PNG

    PNG is lossless, so every detail of the photo is kept. Multi-image HEIC files can be saved in full.

  3. 3

    Download PNGs

    Download files individually or as one ZIP.

HEIC or PNG

iPhones and iPads save photos as HEIC by default — an efficient format that keeps files small but isn't supported by many Windows programs, websites and design tools. PNG is lossless and universally compatible, so converting to it gives you a file that opens anywhere without adding any new compression artifacts.

Choose PNG over JPG when the photo is going into further editing, retouching or compositing, where every JPG save would add artifacts, or when you need a lossless master copy for print or archiving. Screenshots and images with text also stay crisper in PNG. The trade-off is size: a PNG photo is typically several times larger than the HEIC it came from.

Add many files at once. For HEIC files that hold several images, choose to convert every image or just the first one. The decoder, about 1.3 MB, is downloaded once the first time you convert, and all processing happens locally on your device.

Everything runs locally in your browser — your images are never uploaded to a server.