| HEIC | JPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy | Lossy |
| Transparency | ✓ | - |
| Animation | - | - |
| HDR | ✓ | - |
| Metadata | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open / royalty-free | - | ✓ |
| Defined by | Apple / MPEG | JPEG / ISO |
| Since | 2017 | 1992 |
| Best for | staying inside the Apple ecosystem | photographs shared with anyone |
HEIC
What iPhones shoot. Half the size of JPG at the same quality, but Windows and the web struggle with it.
JPG
The universal photo format. Lossy, no transparency, opens everywhere.
Questions
HEIC or JPG: which is smaller?
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Can I convert HEIC to JPG?
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And JPG to HEIC?
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