Passport Photo - ID Photo Reviews

by KLCardwell

Wouldn’t transfer from my iPad to the iPhone without purchasing it again. Had to try and use the flash on the phone. Barely worth it at 1.99, not at all at anything more, unless you are a family of 6. I see they raised their price 350% to take advantage of the vacation season. Pathetic practice. Have to use a device with a flash. Pictures sent to Walgreens for processing at 4x6 were different face sizes between landscape and portrait orientations. Just too much trouble. Post Office suggested other photos after all the effort.

by Hollis1920

After you buy PassportPhoto , they still bombard you with ads in PassportPhoto and request that you pay them again to remove the ads. Other passport apps don’t have this scam. Stay away from it; it’s nothing special. The dev always make the misleading statement that it is a “free” app. Free only to download. To use a picture in color, you have to pay.? Only the black and white photo usage is free. Who wants a black and white passport photo in 2021. Total scam.

by Tango Amy

If you need to print and send your photo with your application, PassportPhoto is not worth it. They don’t mention that you have to pay $2.99 to get a color photo. That’s a reasonable price to pay if you can actually get the photo to print the correct size, but after messing with printer ratios and reprinting about 10 times, I finally got the photo at the correct size, but the top of head to chin measurement was off even though I was placed correctly within the guidelines in PassportPhoto when I took the photo. Rather than starting the process over, I went down to my corner mailbox store, paid $12 for them to take my photo and print it correctly and it took less than ten minutes. Don’t be cheap. Support a local business and save yourself some time and frustration.

by NoHardFeelings4U

I usually do not write negative reviews. I purchased PassportPhoto and wanted to try and see if it really does what it says since most of the places stopped taking passport size photos at the locations due to COVID-19. I followed every single directions the developer gave in the responses to other negative reviews and in PassportPhoto but it does not work properly. I selected 2 passport size photos to be printed on 4X6 and they were more than 2X2 when i printed them at Walgreens. I also tried the option for 6 photos on 4X6 and all of the 6 photos were less than 2X2 when I printed them at Walgreens. So basically i tried but it did not work for me. If it really works for other people than i must be doing something wrong.

by Oiiwopl

I paid to "Unlock Color Photos ($2), yet you still get annoying ads. I exported the image and went to Kinkos. Opened at Kinkos and the image was 9 inches by 9 inches. No quality option, poor export and sizing. Why did I get PassportPhoto? I'm going to pay $30 at Kinkos now.
Sorry, I changed to one star because two stars for an app that doesn’t do what it is advertised for is too many stars. 0 stars if I could. Of course after the upgrade you aren’t getting your money back. Seems like a scam.

by Verified App Purchase

First of all, when I buy an app I expect the advertisements to be removed by default. I paid $2.99 for PassportPhoto thinking I would get all the features. Turns out, PassportPhoto only gives you the ability to save, the ads just keep on popping which is extremely annoying and they want you to pay an additional $1.99 to remove them. Now for quality, PassportPhoto is terrible at capturing accurate format photos for countries listed. It also does not possess the ability to modify photos. I want my money back!

by Tabbycoram

PassportPhoto would be great if the results were correct. Selected US passport photo, sized it appropriately per PassportPhoto , paid the $4 PassportPhoto requires to access the file, sent it off for printing on 4x6 paper (per my selection in PassportPhoto ). When it came, the images were 2.5x2.5, rather than the 2x2 required. I painstakingly trimmed them with scissors, but my photo was still rejected because the head was too large—even though I had sized the head to fit within the guidelines provided by PassportPhoto . I feel annoyed and ripped off.

by HazardSyd

Trying to get a Chinese Visa photo taken, but on occasion when taking the picture with the guidelines, after the picture is take , the guidelines are totally different.
Also, the size of the photo is useless because it does not conform to any sizing standards with a local US pharmacy. So I need to use another software to properly size it for printing.

I wasted my money on PassportPhoto. I should have just done it all online for free using a web service.
iOS device is iPhone 7 Plus on latest version of iOS 11 and would like a refund.

by Cridder131

Not impressed, right away any real usability of PassportPhoto seems to be linked to in app purchases. The free option was unimpressive, therefore I don’t feel spending money just to see if it’s good is worth it. I would recommend the developer allowing people to have access to all of the features at least once to see whether or not they want to spend the money for a good app. In this case, based on the initial available features I’m not risking it.

by Atlanta Eric

PassportPhoto made it super easy to take a single picture but I can’t get it printed because I can’t actually activate the color functionality. Every time I click it in PassportPhoto it says an Internet connection is required. I’m actually on The Internet which is exactly how I’m leaving this review. PassportPhoto just can’t figure out that I’m online and won’t let me enable color so I can actually get them printed in the right size. Without that it’s useless

by Missywilky

Fast, simple, straight forward. Was irritated I had to pay to unlock the colored photos in different sizes (aka, in order to print on certain sizes of paper and not have it just print a giant face to fill up an 8.5x11), but $2 is way cheaper than a service somewhere so NBD in the scheme of things. Take it to the office, rejected. They held it up against this clear print out with the tracing of where the face should fit and it was way over. And I followed instructions and fit it to the parameters exactly. I wish I could include the photos. Useless if the passport office won’t accept it/ it’s not actually the correct size. It wasn’t the height of the head or point of the chin that mattered, the face was supposed to fit inside the oval and it didn’t. Even though the head hit right and the chin hit right. (NOTE: it was a baby, so I tried to argue about head size but it didn’t matter, so good to note for those using for babies).

by Jane's Papa

Needs cropping template specific to country requirements. Also, the built-in camera option requires pictures taken from too close which distorts face. Surprised to see additional charge to remove ads after paying for premium to use color photo.

by Scott7171

I was frustrated with the image quality when I printed the image at home. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to edit the photo at all either which didn’t help. This could’ve been due to the quality of paper I was using, which was image paper btw. I’d say give it a try, but make sure you have quality image paper!

by Eac4610

This is quite an insistent app. Perhaps if I write a review it will shut up about that. So far so good. The “annoying pop over ads”, when weighed against having to go out to get photos done, are about equal in irritation level. Just keep your hands OFF the screen as soon as you choose save or print! It remains to be seen whether the pics I used will pass the test of the State Dept. I believe I recommend using a better camera than iPhone SE.

by CrossSwords

I need unusual sizes for visas to Asian countries. I selected the correct country. Nonetheless, regardless of the country selected, all of the photos are US sized: 2”x2”. Also, PassportPhoto is not very intuitive. You cannot save the photos directly to the Photos app. Instead, you must email them and THEN save them. There should be a method of saving the, directly to your phone and photo stream. If you don’t email a photo you have taken immediately, you lose it once you take the next photo.

On the plus side, PassportPhoto does make it relatively simple to properly center the photo and take a good clean picture.

by ScooterBook

While it is free you must have color photos for passports. Then after paying for color it makes you pay again to remove adds. Probably best just to charge up front.

by Patweezy1981

Great ID but does not secrecy the outlook email app to send e-mail you have to use the IPhone Mail app in which I no longer used. Please add a function to to send picture via e-mail app such as gmail or outlook.

This is my review update: forgive me as I completely forgot the share function. I give this 5 stars and very satisfied. I also like the fact that my response are being read and I got a reply. Thank you

by Mrconner09

I used PassportPhoto to take and send my Photo digitally so that I could be approved for my Canada Permanent Resident card. The first photo I sent was rejected and the explanation said, “Other”. I don’t think it was rejected because of the picture itself but of a couple other factors. I resubmitted my photo the same day that I received my rejection email, and within two weeks, my PR card was at my address! If you are in the middle of this long and annoying process, DON’T give up! You got this!
Most importantly- it didn’t cost me a cent for gas to drive anywhere or for the picture itself. I just sent a black and white copy to my email, for free, and it worked!

by Marymaryhart

This worked and my passports were approved. Just be sure to follow the government’s rules. No, you can’t use a filter because that’s not what your real face looks like. No, no pics on the beach either. Adorable fall hat? Save it for your ig. Don’t be dumb.

by Dasp19

I needed passports for my family. The cheapest place locally was $15 per person. It was going to cost me over $100! Downloaded the add, paid to unlock color images. I didn’t unlock ad free, the ads played while set up the next person to be photographed. Downloaded photos, sent them to be printed as 4x6’s at local drugstore, and just cut them out at home. Altogether with unlocking colors and phot prints, it cost me less than $10 to get seven passport photos. All the photos were accepted except one. But that one was my fault. Dept of state let me send a new one (used PassportPhoto again) and that passport came two weeks after the others.

by Evanml1

When it works, PassportPhoto itself is fine. The pictures turned out great which is a testament to the camera and not necessarily PassportPhoto . But if you took a picture that was unflattering, the ads caused PassportPhoto to freeze if you tried retaking the picture. If the ads didn’t cause PassportPhoto to completely shut down at times, this would be a great passport photo app. I had to delete this and download a less temperamental one.

by Vikmet

My only purpose to use PassportPhoto was to get photo for Schengen visa and PassportPhoto totally failed. I paid extra to unlock color versions for a 4x6 print, in the hope that I was getting 8 copies of 35 cm x 45 cm, the official requirement. Instead each photo turned out to be 30cm x 40cm, with the balance dimensions grayed out and in a different color than my background. Such a waste of time and money. Developers should be able to catch such simple bugs.

by Chopchip

I downloaded app. Took photo using dimensions. Went to print and discovered I have to pay $2.99 to unlock the color photo?! So I pay the 2.99 to unlock and then print the 2 photos on one piece of photo paper—and they print in black and white. When I paid the $2.99, it only unlocks a single color photo that can only be printed one photo at a time, that I would have to print twice and pay the 2.99 each time. PATHETIC!!!

by Runner5-21

Concept was good, taking the pic was easy with the guidelines. However- Free version appears to be limited to 1 color photo, unless you pay. Printing from PassportPhoto had no print settings/customization so only allowed for printing on 8.5x11 sized paper, maybe unless you pay. The hassle and headache of this, prob just easier to go to the local drug store for the photos.