Photo booth or phone for a passport photo?

Photo booth or phone?

	Photo booth	Phone with Picproved
Cost	About £10 (Asda's booth)	£5.99 (free while we launch)
Retakes	Each try costs again	As many as you like
Checks	None at the booth	Size, background, head size, eyes, expression, glasses, light
Babies	Hard: they must sit alone on the stool	Lay them on a sheet at home
Other countries' sizes	Usually UK size only	206 documents
Paper form	Prints included	Print the 6×4 sheet at a kiosk

Photo booth

Phone with Picproved

Cost

About £10 (Asda's booth)

£5.99 (free while we launch)

Retakes

Each try costs again

As many as you like

Checks

None at the booth

Size, background, head size, eyes, expression, glasses, light

Babies

Hard: they must sit alone on the stool

Lay them on a sheet at home

Other countries' sizes

Usually UK size only

206 documents

Paper form

Prints included

Print the 6×4 sheet at a kiosk

Booth price from Asda Photo: Passport photos, checked October 2026. GOV.UK accepts a digital photo you or someone else takes for an online application (GOV.UK: Get a passport photo).

Or make it at home. Picproved costs £5.99 (free while we launch) for one person's photo in every size you need, and it checks the size, background, head size and face rules before you save. The office still makes the final decision. Make your United Kingdom Passport (online) photo

See it in the app

Picproved's camera with a face guide and live ticks for position, straightness, eyes, expression and light — Live tips as you take it

Picproved checking a passport photo's size, framing, face, light and background, with an approval estimate — Checked before you save

A 4×6 inch print sheet of three passport photos with cut marks, ready for a photo kiosk — Print at any photo shop

Questions

Is a photo booth or a phone better for a passport photo?

A booth gives you prints and a digital code in one go, but each retake costs again and nobody checks the photo. A phone lets you retake for free and check it before you use it, and for a UK passport online GOV.UK accepts a photo you take yourself.

Can I take my own UK passport photo instead of going to a booth?

Yes, for an online application. GOV.UK lets you take a digital photo yourself or ask someone to take it, as long as it follows the photo rules. For a paper form you need printed photos, and GOV.UK says photos printed at home are unlikely to be good enough, so print at a photo kiosk or shop.