Convert JPG to HEIC
Free, batch, and quick. Quality is chosen for each image from its size and pixel count, so you do not have to guess. Nothing you upload is stored.
Drop your JPG files here
Drag and drop, choose files, or paste from your clipboard.
Up to 20 images at once.
Each image can be 50 MB at most.
JPG · PNG · WebP · AVIF · HEIC — nothing is stored on our servers
JPG vs HEIC
The universal photographic format. Lossy, no transparency, and readable by every device made in the last thirty years.
Apple's default camera format since iOS 11. Efficient on device, awkward everywhere else.
| JPG | HEIC | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy | Lossy |
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| Best for | Photographs that need to open anywhere without a second thought. | Photos straight off an iPhone — usually the format you are converting away from. |
| Browser support | Universal. | Apple platforms; limited elsewhere, which is why conversion is common. |
| Extensions | .jpg, .jpeg | .heic, .heif |
What this conversion actually does
We ran JPG → HEIC through our own engine and measured it. These are the numbers it produced, not estimates.
| Source file | 296 KB |
|---|---|
| After conversion | 616 KB |
| Conversion time | 3223 ms |
| Quality chosen | 75 |
File size108.4% larger
Worth knowing before you convert
- This makes files bigger, and that is expected: HEIC stores every pixel exactly, including detail your JPG had already discarded. On our reference image the file grew 108.4%. Convert this way when you need an editable or widely supported file — not to save space.
1920×1080 reference image · median of 5 runs · libvips 8.16.1 · measured August 28, 2026
Your own file will land somewhere else — a photo, a screenshot and a flat logo compress very differently. What carries over is the direction and the rough scale.
Questions about JPG to HEIC
How do I convert JPG to HEIC?
Drop your JPG files onto the box above, pick a quality level if you want to override the automatic one, and press convert. The HEIC files download straight back to you — a single file on its own, or a ZIP when you convert several at once.
Is converting JPG to HEIC free?
Yes. There is no account, no watermark, and no per-file charge. Conversion runs on our servers, so it does not depend on how fast your own machine is.
Are my files stored anywhere?
No. Files are held in memory only while the conversion runs and are discarded the moment the result is sent back. Nothing is written to disk and nothing is written to a database.
Will the quality drop?
Both formats are lossy, so re-encoding always costs a little. The quality level is picked automatically from the image's size and pixel count so the loss stays below the visible threshold.
Why choose HEIC over JPG?
Apple's default camera format since iOS 11. Efficient on device, awkward everywhere else. Photos straight off an iPhone — usually the format you are converting away from. Browser support: Apple platforms; limited elsewhere, which is why conversion is common.