RawToHEIC is an on-device app that converts camera RAW and iPhone ProRAW files to HEIC inside Apple Photos on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — up to 10× smaller, with edits, albums, favorites, and metadata kept intact. Free for 50 conversions a day; unlimited for $19.99 once or $9.99/year.
68 GB freed on a typical 2,500-photo library.
52.4 MB CR3 → 5.8 MB HEIC · visually identical
Pick any photos in Apple Photos and open the Share sheet. RawToHEIC is right there.
See how much space you'll get back before anything happens, and decide whether the originals stay or go.
Conversion runs in the background with a Live Activity. Albums, edits, and favorites stay exactly where they were.
Pick photos in Apple Photos, tap Share, and choose RawToHEIC.
See how much space you'll get back before anything happens, and decide whether the originals stay or go.
Conversion runs in the background. Albums, edits, and favorites stay exactly where they were.
Select photos in Apple Photos, hit Share, and choose Convert to HEIC.
See how much space you'll get back before anything happens, and decide whether the originals stay or go.
Batches convert with Turbo Mode and live progress, then show per-photo savings and the total reduction when it's done.
Deleting originals is opt-in, per batch — and even then, nothing is removed until the converted photo is written to your library and verified.
CR3 · CR2 · CRW · ARW · SR2 · NEF · NRW · RAF · ORF · RW2 · PEF · 3FR · FFF · DNG / ProRAW · JPEG · PNG · TIFF · HEIC
Requires iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or macOS 15 Sequoia.
4.7 19 ratings in 9 countries on the App Store
5 out of 5 stars
I have uploaded everything from my camera in RAW over the years, resulting in 30K images on my library that could be smaller. There was before no automated way without including auto-upload to Photos, maintaining their chronological order and position in albums. This does it all!
5 out of 5 stars
Super clean app, very stable and handles long running batch runs super well! Highly recommend
5 out of 5 stars
Well, thanks to the BING search engine A.I. recommending this, this became the fasted in-app purchase I have ever made. My camera got set to RAW accidentally earlier this week. I could not find an easy way to convert, and let a robot give me all kinds of options. This program seemed to be the easiest. I tried it and it went so well, I bought the full version instantly. It can also compress PNG screenshots down to HEIX saving space, which is a nice bonus. I have screenshots going back to 2007 or whenever that feature first came to the iPhone ;-) Nice job. I need to figure out how to filter by PNG, as it let me select screenshots twice, converting HEIC to HEIC. Since it showed the same before/after size, I assume it didn’t really reconvert… but the UI was not clear on what it was doing.
4 out of 5 stars
Wonderful tool to find and convert raw photos to jpg. The workflow is to transfer raws away from the iphone for photo editing and then converting such raws on the phone to jpgs to free up the precious space for your next raw shoot. The only very minor caveat is with Onedrive Photo Backup: once the uploaded raws are converted to jpg, the are uploaded again on the next sync so that every uploaded raw has an uploaded jpg copy.. hm.
5 out of 5 stars
Claiming back screenshots space in 3 taps 🚀
4 out of 5 stars
I don’t know why but I really clashes every 734 pics.
5 out of 5 stars
Aunque sea de pago permite hacer 50 transformaciones al día y lo hace perfectamente, manteniendo el mapa HDR como en el original
5 out of 5 stars
Was running out of space after shooting in JPEG-XL Lossless for a long time. Instead of deleting old photos and/or setting my iPhone Camera to a lower quality setting I can keep shooting RAW, edits the ones I like, and easily convert the rest to jpeg with this app. What a time and storage saver! Also the developer is very friendly and responds to bug reports promptly.
5 out of 5 stars
I have been searching for a way to convert my quite large library of RAW images to smaller format to save some storage space. This app does exactly that. And I highly appreciate quick response from the author of the app, Sandro, who quickly resolved my issue. Highly recommended!
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4.7 · 19 APP STORE RATINGS
Canon CR3, CR2, and CRW; Sony ARW and SR2; Nikon NEF and NRW; Fujifilm RAF; Olympus ORF; Panasonic RW2; Pentax PEF; Hasselblad 3FR and FFF; Adobe DNG and iPhone ProRAW — plus JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and HEIC files.
Only if you ask it to. Deleting is a per-batch choice, and a RAW is removed only after its HEIC is saved and verified in your library. Deleted originals stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
Yes. Originals download automatically if they aren't on your device, and converted HEICs sync like any other photo.
Edits carry over. The converted photo keeps your adjustments exactly as they look in Photos.
Yes. RawToHEIC writes an HDR gain map into the converted HEIC, so photos keep their pop on HDR displays.
No. Conversion is entirely on-device. The app has no analytics, no account, and no tracking of any kind.
Your choice. The app is free for 50 conversions a day; unlimited is $19.99 once (yours forever) or $9.99/year — one purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
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