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title: "Biometric Passport Reader - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United Kingdom | Apple App Store"
description: "This app can read and verify the embedded chip in passports and ID cards.  To read a passport or ID: 1) Use the camera to scan the machine readable zone on the data page of your passport or the back o"
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# Biometric Passport Reader — United Kingdom
> ID and Passport chip reader

![Biometric Passport Reader App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/47/b7/2d/47b72dd7-a7ee-2168-c566-4a02d840fc80/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-2-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Iris Development](https://apptail.io/developer/iris-development-wCTb)
**Category:** Utilities
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (266 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** app.iris
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United Kingdom
**Version:** 1.73 (released 2026-03-25)
**Original Release:** 2020-05-17
**Languages:** English, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Hebrew (modern), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/app/id1510585886)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/united-kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/united-kingdom)

## Biometric Passport Reader Description
This app can read and verify the embedded chip in passports and ID cards.

To read a passport or ID:
1) Use the camera to scan the machine readable zone on the data page of your passport or the back of your ID
2) Hold the passport or ID against your device to read the biometric chip
3) The chip information is displayed in the app

The app does not require network connection and can be used offline.

What is the app used for? For businesses this app is useful for remote onboarding of users and customers, identity verification, and to meet KYC and AML requirements. For compliance and security, nothing beats reading the biometric chip.

## Biometric Passport Reader Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource112/v4/41/cc/f1/41ccf1d3-682c-ede2-be4e-2b3cdcc9bda8/19e4e425-bbf3-491c-aeda-11e9a14c1fab_0_0.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource112/v4/ec/fe/20/ecfe2015-c97a-a104-307b-b1b62541efce/24bb5113-935f-4b92-ba2f-f29ee8417e75_0_1.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource112/v4/c2/57/a6/c257a6d3-8ec2-52b6-4fde-505585223a05/fdf10a9f-fbe9-4c07-b91d-0320bac7558f_1.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource122/v4/8d/92/02/8d9202d1-c082-315f-5a5d-1c86c8be9694/5ec08e79-0a34-4fa2-ad49-034a7e5f3f1f_2.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource112/v4/b0/42/e0/b042e008-f45f-990f-d22c-589bafbf3cd6/26ad129a-c62b-4631-be1d-51298da1e670_3.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource122/v4/cd/75/29/cd752917-d72a-6f17-ccaa-83162ef3c5a8/29d5aa00-99f1-4528-affd-82050c429479_4.png/1242x2688.png)

## Biometric Passport Reader Rating Breakdown in United Kingdom
- 5 stars: 231 (87%)
- 4 stars: 21 (8%)
- 3 stars: 6 (2%)
- 2 stars: 2 (1%)
- 1 stars: 6 (2%)

## Biometric Passport Reader Reviews in United Kingdom

### *---- "Creepy!"
Switch off WiFi and Cellular before starting the app.

Delete the app after using.

Power down and restart before re-enabling network and cellular!
-- barrabyte, 2024-09-21

### ***** "Stressed about my passport"
I have some wear and tear to my passport, but a bit worried the chip was damaged. But checked a few times and all is well, flying in 3 days so hopefully all will be well then to fingers crossed!.
-- Tamzinxxx, 2024-08-01

### ***** "It works for me"
Other nfc passport apps scan the chip but then fail to read or download GB passport. Shame I can’t use NFC passport for LinkedIn ID process. 

This app works - shows my details
-- GB8478, 2024-06-25

### ***-- "Not 100% of what I was expecting"
Why do you require using the camera first? It should be to scan the passport chip directly.
-- Masum2004, 2023-08-23

### ***** "Passport scan"
I was worried about travelling after my passport wouldn’t scan at the airport on the way home from my last vacation and was told that it was due to the chip not being able to be scanned, I travel in 10 days and have been worried I wouldn’t be able to scan my passport due to the chip, I then read about this app online to check if it was the chip, great app
-- travaleigh, 2022-09-29

### ***** "Great App!"
Keep up the great work, showing love from Reddit from a comment 1 year ago. Wanted to check in and show how things were going. This app has potential. Maybe look into a way for users to add their ID’s digitally and then promote the app to local stores, so they can accept this from of ID. I know it’s a long shot, but with the right backing financially this can take off.
--  Zam , 2021-12-14

### *---- "Doesn’t work"
Tried my Spanish passport and ID card and it doesn’t work. It works in UK passport but not good enough. READID works perfectly with all my documents.
-- Tarimbo, 2021-08-09

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## Biometric Passport Reader Available In
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/united-kingdom)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/germany)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/france)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/italy)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/canada)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/switzerland)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/ukraine)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/australia)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/uzbekistan)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/spain)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/netherlands)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/biometric-passport-reader-ydFc/czechia)
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