Support — Passport Photo
Passport and visa photo size checker
What the app does
Passport Photo processes every photo on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, and the app has no account, no ads and no analytics. Take a photo or import one, and the app finds your face, crops it to the published photo size guide you picked and checks head size and position against it, setting the background colour where the guide allows. A checklist shows exactly what matches and what does not before you export anything. The app does not retouch your face, skin or features, and it does not create or alter identity documents.
- 17 photo size guides bundled in the app (US, UK, Schengen/EU, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, China, South Korea and more)
- Live camera guide, or import an existing photo from your library
- Automatic framing, and a plain background colour where the guide allows it (switch it off with "Set plain background"), built on Apple's Vision framework
- A checklist for head size, head position or eye height, centring and tilt
- Adjust framing: drag, pinch and twist the photo inside the frame, with guide lines and live checks
- Export a single digital photo plus a 4×6in / 10×15cm print sheet with multiple copies, sized to fit
Previewing your photo and checking it against the size guide is free. Saving or sharing the finished photo and print sheet is a single $4.99 purchase — no subscription, no recurring charge, no account or sign-in required.
How to use it
- Pick your photo size guide at the top of the home screen.
- Tap "Take photo", or "Library" to use a photo you already have.
- The app finds your face, frames it to the guide and sets the background colour where the guide allows (the "Set plain background" switch turns this off). The result under the photo says "Matches the size guide" or lists what to review.
- If the framing is slightly off, tap "Adjust" (or the photo): drag to move it, pinch to zoom and twist to straighten. The guide lines and checks update as you go. "Reset to automatic" puts it back.
- Tap "Save photo" or Share. The first time, this offers the one-time unlock; after that it saves the photo and a 4×6in print sheet to Photos, or opens the share sheet. Saved photos stay in History (the clock icon) so you can reopen them.
Frequently asked questions
Open Settings (the gear icon on the home screen) and tap "Restore purchase". This re-checks your purchase with Apple — useful after reinstalling the app or moving to a new iPhone with the same Apple Account.
Open Settings (the gear icon) and tap "Request a refund", which opens Apple's refund form for your purchase. You can also request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. Refunds are decided by Apple.
Open History (the clock icon on the home screen) and swipe left on the photo. Deleting the app removes everything it stored.
No. Face detection, background colour and cropping all run on-device with Apple's Vision and Core Image frameworks. There is no server, no account, and no analytics SDK of any kind.
Some guides (US passport and visa, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands and South Korea passports) are for authorities that reject edited photos, so the app keeps your real background and only checks it. You can also switch off "Set plain background" in the editor. Otherwise, setting the background colour needs your iPhone's Neural Engine. If it isn't available for a particular photo, the app says so honestly in the Background section instead of guessing, and suggests retaking the photo against a plain, light wall.
No. Passport Photo compares your photo with each country's published photo size guide and does not approve photos. The office that reviews your application makes the final decision, so also check your application's own photo guidance before you submit.
A single non-consumable purchase (tech.nexg.studio.passportphoto.unlock, $4.99) unlocks saving and sharing for every photo size guide and every future update — no subscription, no recurring charge.
No. Camera access is used only to capture the photo you're taking right now, and Photos access is add-only for saving your result — when you use "Library", iOS gives the app only the one photo you pick, and it never reads the rest of your library.
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