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The US passport photo rules say to have someone else take your photo: no selfies. Stand about 2 feet in front of a plain white or off-white wall, in soft, even light. A helper holds the iPhone with the back camera, about 3 to 4 feet away, and taps Start helper mode.

Distance, framing, the phone’s tilt, your head’s tilt and turn, open eyes, the light on your face and the wall behind you. Each cue says who it’s for: the helper, the person in the photo, or both. You can turn the voice, haptics and taking the photo by itself on or off in Settings. With VoiceOver on, VoiceOver reads the cues.

Yes. The shutter works at any time. The Checks screen then shows what to fix, so you can retake it.

Glasses, your expression, a hat or head covering, a uniform, headphones or earbuds, and whether the photo is sharp. After the photo, go through the checklist together. Tap the photo to open it full size, and zoom in to check the eyes are sharp.

Step forward, away from the wall, and face the light evenly. Soft daylight from a window in front of you works well.

Best effort. Babies are often photographed lying down, where the phone-level check can’t pass. Take the photo whenever it looks right, and use the Checks screen and the checklist as a guide.

Passport Photo Coach checks your photo against the published US passport photo rules, but the U.S. Department of State makes the final decision, so acceptance is up to the government. The app isn’t affiliated with any government agency.

Passport photos must not be changed with software, apps, filters or AI. The app only coaches the shot. The print sheet is cropped and scaled, nothing more, and the online renewal file is your original photo.

US passport photos (2 × 2 in), for now.

With Pro, tick every checklist item and tap Print sheet (4 × 6 in). Print with AirPrint at actual size (100%) on 4 × 6 in photo paper, or save the sheet to Photos and print a 4 × 6 at a store photo kiosk. The bar at the bottom of the sheet should measure 1 inch; if it doesn’t, the sheet was scaled when it printed.

With Pro, tap Online renewal file. It’s your original photo, byte for byte: not cropped, resized or recompressed. The online form has its own crop tool, so crop it there. The app checks it’s a JPEG between 54 KB and 10 MB.

Tick every checklist item first. If it’s still greyed out, no 2 × 2 crop fits the photo: retake it with more space around the head.

The 4 × 6 print sheet and the online renewal file. Helper mode, the spoken cues and every check are free. Pro is a one-time purchase with Family Sharing, and there’s no subscription or per-photo fee.

Apple handles App Store refunds. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.

No. Sign in with the same Apple Account, open Settings in the app and tap Restore Purchase.