Why convert HEIC to PDF?
- Email and upload everywhere. Insurance claims, expense forms, school portals — most "upload your document" boxes accept PDF and reject HEIC outright.
- Printable as-is. A PDF prints with no fuss; HEIC needs an opener that supports it, which a print shop often doesn't have.
- Right-side-up. EXIF orientation is applied before writing the photo into the PDF, so iPhone photos don't render sideways.
Each HEIC becomes its own one-page PDF. If you need multiple iPhone photos in one PDF, run them through here individually and merge with a PDF tool, or request multi-file PDF.
How it works
- Open the converter. Go to the Formatly converter — no signup required.
- Drop your HEIC files. Drag and drop one or more
.heicfiles into the upload box (up to five files, 20 MB each). - Choose PDF as the output. Pick PDF from the dropdown. The photo is rotated per its EXIF tag before being embedded.
- Convert and download. Click Convert; a download link appears for each PDF as it finishes, usually within a few seconds.
Good for
- Submitting a phone-shot receipt or document to an expenses or claims portal.
- Sending an iPhone photo to a printer or print shop that won't take .heic.
- Archiving a photo of a whiteboard, note, or signed form as a document, not an image.
FAQ
Why can't Windows open my HEIC photos? HEIC is Apple's default photo format since iOS 11 — it uses the HEVC codec, which is patent-encumbered, so Windows doesn't ship the decoder by default. Wrapping the photo in a PDF sidesteps that completely: PDF readers ship with every operating system.
Will I lose quality converting HEIC to PDF? The photo inside the PDF is encoded once at the conversion step. Visible quality stays high — print/share clarity is fine. If you want absolute lossless preservation, convert HEIC → PNG first and then assemble a PDF from those.
Does the converter preserve EXIF / date taken? We use the EXIF orientation tag to rotate the image before writing it into the PDF, so iPhone photos appear right-side-up. Other EXIF fields (date taken, GPS, camera model) are not embedded in the PDF — PDF carries the rendered image, not the source metadata.
Is HEIC the same as HEIF? Close enough for everyday use. HEIF is the container format; HEIC is the HEVC-encoded flavor your iPhone produces. Both .heic and .heif extensions go through the same converter.
Is the HEIC to PDF converter free? Yes. No signup, no watermark, no payment. Up to 5 files per upload at 20 MB each.
Related
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- HEIC → PNG → lossless image, transparency-ready
- HTML → PDF → wrap a webpage as a document instead
- DOCX → PDF → for Word documents
- Image → Text (OCR) → pull text out of a photo
- All supported formats →