Lossless baseline for further work.
PNG preserves every detail of the source HEIF, which prevents additional quality loss during subsequent edits or re-encoding. The original HEIF compression cannot be undone, but no new artifacts will be introduced.
WHY CONVERT
01
PNG preserves every detail of the source HEIF, which prevents additional quality loss during subsequent edits or re-encoding. The original HEIF compression cannot be undone, but no new artifacts will be introduced.
02
PNG is accepted by a wider range of image viewers, editors, and content systems than HEIF. The conversion removes a recurring compatibility friction without changing what the file actually contains.
03
PNG is well documented and decodable by long-lived tooling, which matters for archives, deliverables, and any file that needs to outlive the software that created it.
Visit this page on any modern browser — no install, no signup, no plugin.
Drag your HEIF into the drop area, or click to pick one from your device.
Conversion runs entirely in your browser. When it's done, your PNG file downloads to your device.
QUALITY & FIDELITY
FORMAT SPECS
| HEIF | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Extensions | .heif .heic | .png |
| MIME types | image/heif | image/png |
| Introduced | 2015 | 1996 |
| Maintainer | MPEG / ISO/IEC | W3C / PNG Group |
| Magic # | — | 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A |
| Spec | View spec ↗ | View spec ↗ |
COMPATIBILITY
| Platform | Windows | macOS | iOS | Android | Chrome | Firefox | Safari | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEIF | Plugin | Native | Native | App | — | — | Native | Plugin |
| PNG | Native | Native | Native | Native | Native | Native | Native | Native |
Why LocalConvert
| Category | LocalConvert | Cloud converters |
|---|---|---|
| PRIVACY | Files never leave your device. The whole pipeline runs in your browser via WebAssembly. | Files travel to a remote server, sit in queue storage, and may be retained for analytics or moderation. |
| COST | Free, no signup, no daily quotas. | Often free for small files; paid tiers for batch / large / commercial use. |
| LIMITS | Limited only by your device's memory and CPU. Multi-GB files OK on desktop. | Typical 100 MB to 1 GB per-file caps, plus rate limits. |
A container for HEVC-encoded images, similar to HEIC. Strong compression but limited support outside Apple ecosystems.
Typical uses
Apple devices, modern phones, image sequences.
A lossless raster format with alpha transparency, ideal for screenshots, icons, and graphics where pixel-perfect detail matters.
Typical uses
Screenshots, logos, UI assets, web graphics with transparency.
Yes. LocalConvert is completely free, with no signup and no per-file or per-day limits.
No. HEIF to PNG conversion happens entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly — your file never leaves your device.
There's no fixed cap — the practical limit is your device's available memory. Very large files may take longer or fail on low-RAM devices.
Yes — once the page has loaded, HEIF to PNG conversion works without an internet connection. Re-open the page once to cache it.
LocalConvert uses the industry-standard tools (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc) — quality matches what professionals use on the command line. Lossy formats will still lose some quality on each re-encode.
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HEIF to PNG is processed in your browser with WebAssembly. No upload, no tracking, no limits. Your file never leaves your device.