How to Convert iPhone MOV to MP4 in the Best Video Quality

iPhone's camera can record high-quality videos with 4K resolution, HEVC encoder, and 120 FPS. However, you may notice that the video format is MOV, which is not compatible when you want to upload it to a platform or save it in a storage device.

For playing iPhone videos on other devices, it will be better if you convert iPhone MOV to MP4. However, you can also find that iPhone Settings cannot help you adjust the Camera output format to MP4. Don't worry; you can resort to 3 excellent methods to convert iPhone videos to MP4 easily on your iPhone, computer, or online.

Part 1. What Format Does iPhone Shoot Video in?

You can use Camera to record videos, slow-motion and time-lapse videos on iPhone, and the video recording settings can be customized as you wish.

In one word, the recorded video will be saved as MOV in HEVC or H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec.

Part 2. Why You Need to Convert iPhone Video to MP4

Apple's MOV format is highly compatible with Apple devices, like iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. However, it's still worth converting MOV to MP4 for the reasons below.

Better Compatibility

MP4 is universally supported on Windows, Android, TVs, game consoles, browsers, and editing software. Converting iPhone video to MP4 makes sure your video plays everywhere without needing Apple devices.

Smaller File Size

iPhone videos (MOV files) are often larger because they can store more editing-friendly data. MP4, with modern codecs like H.264 or H.265 (HEVC), compresses video efficiently while keeping quality high.

Easier Editing and Sharing

Many lightweight editors and mobile apps work better with MP4. MP4 files are also easier to send via email, messaging apps, or cloud storage since they're smaller and more compatible.

Part 3. How to Convert iPhone Video to MP4 on iPhone

Unfortunately, you cannot directly adjust iPhone Camera settings to set the output format as MP4. However, you can directly download an app from the App Store to convert iPhone videos to MP4. Let's take Inshot as an example to demonstrate how to convert iPhone MOV video to MP4 easily on your iPhone.

Step 1Launch Inshot on your iPhone and tap the VIDEO button to import a video from your Photos app to Inshot.

Step 2Your iPhone video should be added. If you wnat to edit or enhance your video, you can use the editing tools on the bottom side. Then, tap the Export button in the top right corner.

Step 3 Tap the Format button to select the MP4 format. Then, tap the SAVE button to convert the iPhone video to MP4 and save it in your Photos app.

Part 4. How to Convert iPhone Video to MP4 on Windows and Mac

Although you can use an app to convert iPhone videos to MP4, it cannot work well when you wnat to perform batch conversion. Also, it's not easy to manage the converted videos on iPhone. Therefore, you can choose to convert iPhone videos to MP4 on your Windows or Mac computer. Tipard Video Converter Ultimate is the professional iPhone video to MP4 converter for Windows and Mac computer. You can convert many iPhone MOV videos to MP4 quickly at once. Also, it can keep the original video quality or even upscale your iPhone video to 4K, 5K, and even 8K.

Moreover, you can highly increase the frame rate, bitrate, and choose the HEVC or AV1 encoder to increase the video quality. The intuitive interface can help you easily manage your iPhone videos and MP4 videos. You can also use many practical video editing features and AI-driven enhancement tools.

Tipard Video Converter Ultimate

• Convert iPhone MOV in H.264/HEVC to MP4 in the best quality.
• Upscale the video resolution from 720P HD to 1080P and 4K.
• Customize the video codec and audio codec for MP4 format.
• Offer many video tools like crop, watermark, compress, rotate, etc.

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How to Convert iPhone Videos to MP4 in 3 Steps

Step 1 Add iPhone videos

Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable. Send your iPhone videos to your computer via iTunes or from File Explorer.

Downoad, install, and launch Tipard Video Converter Ultimate on your computer, and click the Add Files button to import your iPhone videos to this program.

Step 2 Customize MP4 settings

Select MP4 from the drop-down panel of Output Format, such as 4K MP4. This program supports many input file formats. You can also convert VLC to MP4 with it.

Moreover, you can customize the MP4 settings like video codec, audio codec, bitrate, frame rate, resolution by clicking Settings next to the output MP4 format.

Step 3 Convert iPhone video to MP4

Click the Save to dropdown button to select a destination for your MP4 video. Finally, click Convert All, and this program will start changing iPhone MOV videos to MP4 files.

After the conversion, you can click Open output folder to find the converted MP4 files.

If you want a smaller size MP4 file, you can adjust the resolution and frame rate to compress the video.

Part 5. How to Convert iPhone Video to MP4 Online

Apart from the desktop iPhone video converter, you can also try the free online video converter to turn iPhone video to MP4 directly.

ZAMZAR is the free online iPhone video conversion software, which can convert iPhone videos to MP4, WMV, MKV, FLV, etc., and convert other video and audio formats to iPhone supported formats. Let's check how you can convert iPhone MOV videos to MP4 with Zamzar online.

Step 1 Go to the official website of Zamzar and click the Choose Files button, and then it will open a window where you can select the iPhone videos on your computer or iPhone.

Learn more details here to send iPhone videos to computer.

Step 2 Click the Convert To dropdown button and select MP4. Click the Convert Now button to convert iPhone MOV to MP4 immediately online.