What it does
HEICtoPDF converts Apple HEIC and HEIF photos into PDF files. Drop one file in or several at once; each becomes its own PDF, and once two or more are finished a "combine into one PDF" option appears so they can be merged into a single multi-page document. Page order follows the file list and can be rearranged with the arrows before combining.
The conversion runs inside the browser. The photos are not uploaded to a server, and the converted PDFs are cleaned up after ten minutes. There is no account, no install and nothing to sign up for.
Who needs it
iPhones have saved photos as HEIC by default since iOS 11, and a great many upload forms still refuse that format: government and visa portals, job application systems, insurance and expense claims, print services. The files people convert in those situations are usually photographs of identity documents, signed forms and proof of address, which is precisely the kind of file most people would rather not hand to an unfamiliar server.
Windows users hit the same wall from the other side. Opening a .heic file on Windows normally requires two components from the Microsoft Store, and the one that does the decoding is a paid extension. Converting in a browser sidesteps that entirely.
Limits, stated plainly
- Up to 10MB per input file.
- Merging is capped at 30 pages.
- Each photo is re-encoded as a high-quality JPEG and fitted to an A4 page, so a very large photo is scaled down and the PDF is not a bit-for-bit copy of the original. Keep the HEIC file as well if the untouched image matters.
- Input is HEIC and HEIF only, and output is PDF only. It does not convert to JPG, it does not do OCR, and it stores nothing.
Pricing
Free. No paid tier is published on the site.
