# Pocketbooth Party Photo Booth — A simple DIY event photobooth > DIY iPad photo booth for events with customization, printing, and sharing. (iPhone/iPad app by Project Box.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketbooth-party-photo-booth/id560180763 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Project Box](https://appshunter.io/developer/382765934) - Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment - Price: $19.99 - Rating: 3.60/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 48 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 12.4 · 187 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2015-05-15 - Data updated: 2026-06-08 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketbooth-party-photo-booth/id560180763/reviews.md ## What is Pocketbooth Party Photo Booth? Why rent a photobooth when you can own one for a fraction of the price? Pocketbooth Party turns your iPad into a customizable DIY photo booth for your next holiday party, wedding, bar mitzvah, corporate event, birthday party, graduation party, or backyard gathering. Based on the award-winning Pocketbooth iPhone app, Pocketbooth Party is designed to be used with groups both large and small. Everything you need is included - no pesky in-app purchases. Simply download the app and you're ready to go! * CUSTOMIZATION * Personalize Pocketbooth Party to complement your event with a selection of booth skins, photo filters, and custom text. Both the photobooth skin and the photos you take can incorporate a blurb of text you create. * PRINTING * If you have an AirPrint printer, photos can be automatically printed as you take them -- just like a real photobooth. You can also print photos after the fact from the Gallery. Or, if you'd prefer to order professionally-printed photos, there's an option for that as well. Order single prints or the entire set of photos from your event with the click of a button. Printed photos make for a great album or thank you notes for your guests. * SHARING * All the photos taken can be automatically shared online so guests can view the photos from home, share them, and even order prints. * PARTY MODE * Once you've configured the booth to your liking, you can lock it down. Turning on Guided Access removes the configuration buttons from the interface and locks the app down so no one can fiddle with the settings or leave the app. This is especially useful if the app is running unattended. You can pass the iPad around at your party, but we recommend finding a spot for it to live during your party. You can stand it up on a table or shelf, but the more industrious among you can mount the iPad on a wall or purchase a stand. Use the Gallery sharing link to set up a viewing/sharing station on a separate iPad or computer. That keeps the line moving and ensures maximum participation. * FEATURES * - 20 booth skins - 10 photo filters - 11 photo layouts - Auto-print (requires iOS8) - On-screen countdown - Custom text for booth skin - Custom text for photos - Optional cloud hosting of gallery for sharing - Professional print ordering - Screen lock to make sure no one leaves the app - Bluetooth remote compatibility For more information, check out our video tutorials: http://bit.ly/pbpartytutorials ----- How is Pocketbooth Party different from the Pocketbooth app? Pocketbooth was designed to replicate the experience of sitting in a photobooth from the 1950s, and as such, most of the design decisions were guided and constrained by an effort to maintain the authenticity of old-school booths. With Pocketbooth Party we removed all those constraints and made design decisions based on what made the most sense in the context of a party or event. For example, photostrips created with Pocketbooth are oblong rectangles sized according to the historic size of strips. Turns out, those elongated strips are difficult to print due to their irregular shape. With Pocketbooth Party we wanted the photos to be printer-ready and as a result, they favor 4x6. We also know that at events, many guests sit for photos together and sometimes it is desirable to print photos 2-up, so a few of the formats are "double-strip" which results in two duplicate strips being printed. Another important distinction between Pocketbooth and Pocketbooth Party is Pocketbooth Party's ability to hide all the controls when the iPad screen is locked (via Guided Access). This makes it a much better candidate to be used unattended at a party -- guests won't be tempted or able to visit other parts of the app, make changes to the settings, or mistakenly end up in another app. ## Key features - Customizable booth skins - Photo filters and layouts - Custom text overlays - Automatic AirPrint printing - Online gallery sharing - Professional print ordering - Guided Access screen lock ## Recent user reviews (10 of 48) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketbooth-party-photo-booth/id560180763/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Super Fun *2025-12-23, version 3.8.5* Everyone loved this thing. 2nd holiday season using this for a family party of 30ish people. Easy to set up. Easy to use. Looking back to last years photos, I’m glad i had this. I do add lighting on a tripod and this year added a big 10x8 foot backdrop. Only negative, which is not a dealbreaker, is the 10foot wide backdrop creates distance between the camera and the people (group photo). I think this distance causing a low pixel look to the photo. This also could just be a limitation of using the iPad camera. Don’t know but it is still super fun and is now a must have for the family party. ### 1/5 — 3 megapixel *2024-12-24* Awesome app… works great… But are my images really 3mp? Only. My camera is 12mp, what gives? **Developer response:** Thanks for the kudos! Re: the image size, great question - this comes up a lot. Your phone’s 12 MP camera refers to the sensor’s maximum capture resolution, but the final image size depends on how the photo is processed and exported. The app optimizes images for clarity, consistency, and file size, which can result in a lower megapixel count without sacrificing visible quality. In practice, megapixels and file size don’t directly correlate with sharpness - compression, processing, and viewing size matter just as much. If you’re seeing anything that looks soft or degraded, feel free to reach out and I’m happy to take a look. (support@projectbox.com) ### 4/5 — Good for my needs *2024-07-11, version 3.8.4* I don’t do photo booths professionally so I really only use this app for smaller family gatherings or parties that I host. It would be nice if the photo strips could have a little more customization, but it is fine for my needs. I’ve used it for several events without issues. I don’t print the images or have the individual images sent by email or anything. I usually just upload all the images to my google photos and then make an album I can share with all the friends and family I had at my event. However, last time I set up the app to use at an event, I had a major issue. All of the pictures were being inserted into the photo strip upside down. I tried putting my iPad in different camera orientations, restarted the app, restarted the device, tried to hunt around in settings for the ipad and for the app, but couldn’t find a way to fix the issue. I ended up just having to remove captions and to choose a layout with equal borders on all sides, so that the entire photo strip would look fine once manually rotated in my photo gallery. It was a solution that worked, but since the event was a family reunion, it wasn’t really happy that I had to remove captions from the photo strip so things looked like the proper orientation. I have used this app for several events and have never had an issue with photos being inserted incorrectly, however this was my first time using my new, so maybe the camera position is causing issues? I don’t know. I hope I can continue to use this app. ### 3/5 — Was great *2022-12-03, version 3.7.1* For some reason this has started to default to A4 when auto printing. Did work fantastic but now I had to manually print the pics to ensure they print on 6x4 ### 5/5 — Worth every PENNY! *2022-03-20, version 3.7.1* Why are people complaing about spending a little money? There is no Easier and more friendly app out there! I have used this app for so many parties, weddings, events and realestate open houses. Using this app with an iPad pro with the good front facing camera makes a world of difference! People love the 4x6 print they get, easily frameable! My only ask would be to insert a picture or logo on the bottom in the app, but even that can easly be taken care of after. Thank you, please keep updating! ### 5/5 — More functionality please *2022-01-29, version 3.7.1* I have used this app for YEARS and we love. Every special event it’s whipped out and everyone has fun with it. I would LOVE. More functionality and would even pay for an upgrade. It would be amazing to be able to add a logo and your own background image (or even just some more background options) and have more than 1 text line. It’s great as it is, but could be so much better. ### 5/5 — Update *2021-11-03, version 3.7.1* Prior review was less but customer service was awesome, so increased to 5 stars! ### 3/5 — It’s ok but good be improved *2020-06-16, version 3.6.3* I would like the ability of uploading your own image to use as background for photos. And the ability to have print button link to a Bluetooth printer like sprocket. Not just air printer. ### 4/5 — Great app *2019-12-15, version 3.6.1* This app is awesome but can use some update like be able to choose where you can put photo captions. I would like more booth skin and layout that would be great. Other then that it’s a great app ### 1/5 — Not sending pictures *2019-06-15, version 3.6.1* I did like this app anymore because my clients are not receiving their pictures ## Frequently asked questions about Pocketbooth Party Photo Booth ### What does Pocketbooth Party do? Pocketbooth Party transforms your iPad into a customizable DIY photo booth. It allows you to personalize the booth with skins, filters, and text, and offers options for printing and sharing photos from your events. ### What are the key features of Pocketbooth Party? Key features include customizable booth skins, photo filters, and layouts, custom text for booth skins and photos, automatic printing via AirPrint, an optional cloud-hosted gallery for sharing, and professional print ordering. It also includes an on-screen countdown and a screen lock feature. ### Is Pocketbooth Party free to use? Yes, the app is free to download and use. The description explicitly states 'Everything you need is included - no pesky in-app purchases,' indicating no additional costs for core functionality. ### What devices is Pocketbooth Party compatible with? The app is designed for iPads. Automatic printing requires iOS 8 or later. ### What kind of events can I use Pocketbooth Party for? Pocketbooth Party is suitable for a wide range of events, including holiday parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, corporate events, birthday parties, graduation parties, and backyard gatherings. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.8.5 — 2025-12-12 Bug fix for new iPads that have landscape front-facing cameras. ### 3.8.4 — 2024-07-08 fixing a bug created a bug - which has now been fixed - nothing to see here ### 3.8.3 — 2024-06-11 Fixed a bug related to new iPads with landscape front-facing cameras. Cheers! ### 3.8.2 — 2023-12-06 A quick bug fix for a crash that was happening for some users when they attempted to delete the final photo from the Gallery. ----- Here are the notes from version 3.8: The main fix in this release is related to auto-printing. There was a bug introduced in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 that broke auto-printing. Your photos would still print, but from the 2nd print onward, the photos would print smaller than anticipated. This is still a bug in the operating system, but we have sorted out a workaround that is included in this release. In other news, we spent some time fixing bugs you probably never encounter, and we also updated all included libraries to their most recent version. And on the backend, we fixed a bug that was preventing photos to be uploaded to our online gallery. This was a fix we were able to make available from the server, so it rolled out 2 weeks ago. NOTE: we wanted all existing users to get these updates and fixes so we did not raise the minimum OS version. But our next major release will raise the minimum to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. (currently, the minimum OS version is iOS 9) Thanks! ### 3.8.1 — 2023-07-20 Version 3.8.1: A bug fix for a crash that was happening for some users when they attempted to delete a photo from the Gallery. ----- Here are the notes from version 3.8: The main fix in this release is related to auto-printing. There was a bug introduced in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 that broke auto-printing. Your photos would still print, but from the 2nd print onward, the photos would print smaller than anticipated. This is still a bug in the operating system, but we have sorted out a workaround that is included in this release. In other news, we spent some time fixing bugs you probably never encounter, and we also updated all included libraries to their most recent version. And on the backend, we fixed a bug that was preventing photos to be uploaded to our online gallery. This was a fix we were able to make available from the server, so it rolled out 2 weeks ago. NOTE: we wanted all existing users to get these updates and fixes so we did not raise the minimum OS version. But our next release will raise the minimum to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. 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