How to Convert MOV to MP4 on iPhone

Your iPhone records in MOV — great on Apple devices, awkward everywhere else. Windows laptops, Android phones and many websites want MP4. Here's the fix, right on your phone.

The quick answer

Open Video To MP4, pick the MOV video, choose MP4 as the output with your preferred resolution, and convert. The file is processed on-device in seconds and saved ready to share anywhere.

Step-by-step: MOV → MP4

1. Open Video To MP4 and tap Convert.
2. Pick your MOV video from Photos or the Files app.
3. Choose the output. MP4 is selected by default; pick resolution and quality (keep the original resolution for no visible change).
4. Convert. A typical phone clip finishes in seconds — everything runs locally, nothing is uploaded.
5. Save or share straight to any app.

Will converting lose quality?

Not meaningfully. MOV and MP4 are containers around similar video streams; converting at the same resolution and high quality is visually indistinguishable. If you want a smaller file at the same time, that's compression — see how to compress a video on iPhone.

What about HEVC videos?

iPhones often record in HEVC (H.265) inside those MOV files, which older devices struggle with even more. The same conversion flow handles it — the output MP4 plays everywhere. (Premium can also encode to HEVC when you want half-size files for devices that support it.)

Batch converting a whole trip's videos

Converting one file at a time gets old. Batch mode lets you select multiple MOVs and convert them all in one run — pick the format once and let it work through the queue.