ID Photo Maker

Overview

ID Photo Maker is an iOS app that turns a selfie into a formal passport, visa, or identification photo. It is most useful for iPhone owners who need a precise national format, controlled upload file, or multiple printed copies without visiting a studio. The free tier is a workable preview tool, but the features that make it a complete document-preparation app sit behind a one-time upgrade or yearly subscription.

Its scope reaches beyond passports: the app covers more than 40 country formats and supports green-card, DV-lottery, résumé, employee-badge, school, and club photos. That breadth makes it a practical general-purpose ID-photo utility, while its iOS-only availability rules out Android, desktop, and browser workflows.

Key features

Country presets include US passport, Schengen visa, Japan résumé, and Korea ID formats. They account for head size, margins, and background requirements, and strict document presets display a no-retouch reminder. This compliance guidance reduces guesswork during preparation, although responsibility for meeting the receiving authority's current rules remains with the applicant.

AI background removal separates the subject and offers white, blue, red, or a custom color. Exact pixel dimensions and target file sizes are available at export, including a stated ≤240 KB setting for DS-160. Those controls matter when an online form rejects oversized or incorrectly dimensioned files; they are unnecessary overhead for a casual portrait.

A multi-photo layout places copies on a 4×6-inch sheet sized for a photo kiosk or drugstore. It can therefore serve both digital submissions and inexpensive physical prints. Standard editing—cropping, beautification, and background removal—runs on the device, and the maker says those photos are not uploaded, stored, or viewed by it. Optional AI Attire is different: the selected image travels over an encrypted connection to the maker's server and then to OpenAI's image API, although the maker says it does not retain the photo. Cloud Album stores images in the user's private Apple iCloud database, which the maker says it cannot access. Apple handles payments and iCloud, while RevenueCat validates subscriptions; support is provided by email.

Pricing

The Free plan costs 0.00 USD and covers shooting, cropping, and previewing. It suits someone checking framing or deciding whether the app fits, but it does not provide the paid finishing tools.

Upgrade to PRO costs 0.99 USD once. The listing identifies it as an upgrade to PRO, making it the inexpensive choice for users who want to unlock the core paid tier without an ongoing charge.

Full version (yearly) costs $19.99 a year as a billed yearly, auto-renewing subscription. It includes HD cutout, formal attire, beauty tools, print sheet, and Cloud Album. This is the relevant plan for repeated use or for anyone who specifically needs those extras; occasional users should weigh the renewal commitment against the one-time option. The app does not publish a seat or usage quota.

Platforms

ID Photo Maker is distributed through the App Store and supports iOS 13 or later. There is no Android, web, macOS, Windows, or Linux version.

Who it's for

Choose it for iPhone-based passport, visa, immigration, résumé, workplace, school, or club-photo preparation when national presets and exact upload limits matter. It is less suitable for mixed-device households, desktop-first workflows, or users who only need a free final download.

Pros and cons

• Pros: More than 40 country formats reduce manual sizing; background-color choices and file-size controls address strict digital applications; 4×6-inch sheets simplify low-cost printing; standard edits stay on-device.
• Cons: iOS 13+ is required; the free plan stops at shoot, crop, and preview; formal attire, HD cutout, beauty, print sheets, and Cloud Album are tied to paid access; AI Attire introduces server and OpenAI processing.

Alternatives

For a broader platform range and credit-based subscriptions, consider Cutout.Pro. Passport Room is a better fit when Android or web access and three finished free photos per day matter. ID Photo Studio offers Android alongside iOS with free compliant basics and standard print sizes. PhotoID lets users process and preview free but requires a subscription to download final photos. On desktop, PhoyoID is free, GPL software with no stated limits and Java 1.8 required for its cross-platform version. IDPhoto4You is a free web option covering 73 countries and multiple print sizes. MakePassportPhoto provides manual web editing free or a 2.99 USD one-time automatic AI route. PersoFoto is a web alternative with free cropping and alignment but no compliance check.

Verdict

ID Photo Maker is a strong choice for iPhone users who need country-specific compliance guidance, exact digital exports, and a print-ready sheet in one workflow. Its main reason to look elsewhere is platform restriction, compounded by a free tier that previews rather than completes the job and a yearly subscription for its broadest feature set.