Measure a person’s height with iPad
On supported models, you can instantly measure a person’s height from the floor to the top of their head, hair, or hat. (You can even measure a person’s seated height.)
![A person’s height being measured in the Measure app, with the height measurement showing at the top of the person’s head. The Take Picture button is active near the lower-right corner for taking a picture of the measurement. The green Camera In Use indicator appears at the top.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/ad210ccf100f40547e896b7ff03c9e7c.png)
Go to the Measure app
(in the Utilities folder) on your iPad.
Position iPad so that the person you want to measure appears on the screen from head to toe.
A line appears at the top of the person’s head (or hair, or hat), with the height measurement showing just below the line.
To take a photo of the measurement, tap
.
To save the photo, tap the screenshot in the lower-left corner, tap Done, then choose Save to Photos or Save to Files.
You can easily access and share the height measurement image from Photos or Files on iPad whenever you want.
To take the measurement again, turn iPad away for a moment to reset the height.