GuruShots: Photo Game

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4.1
48.5K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

GuruShots is a photography community with over 7 million photography enthusiasts from around the world, dedicated to taking your photos to the next level.

Engage in photography competitions and earn rewards as you discover incredible photos from the world’s most talented photographers, including mobile creatives, hobbyists, and professionals. The top 5 photos each month will be displayed on our Connected TVs, located in retail store environments around the US, reaching millions of viewers.

The GuruShots photography app makes your photography experience more exciting and rewarding. Enjoy fun and challenging gameplay within a community of photographers who constantly share new photos. Inspire and be inspired, learn photography, develop your style, and improve your creativity.

Why choose the GuruShots photo app?

Play
Choose from over 300 new themed photo challenges and contests every month. Share photos, gain votes, and climb the ranks to achieve the ultimate title of Guru.
Capture fresh photos with your camera or dust off existing ones and compete against other photographers in the world’s greatest photography game.

Challenge yourself
Improve your photography and camera skills through gameplay. Earn badges, collect achievements, and receive recognition for your photography. Get instant feedback on your photos from photographers worldwide who share their knowledge to help you become a better photographer.
Track your progress with real-time ranking. Vote on other players’ photos, collect votes, and see how you rank compared to others.

Team Up
Join a team or create your own and take on challenges together! Chat with other photographers, track your team’s score in real-time, and become social by liking or commenting on photos. Move up to Team Leagues and win bigger prizes.

Showcase
Submit your photos to an exhibition challenge for a chance to showcase your work in international photo exhibitions. Explore diverse styles, themes, and genres, creating connections through the universal language of photography.

Discover
Our photography app uncovers incredible astrophotography, natural photography, portrait photography, night photography, and so much more. Special magazine challenges give you the chance to get your photos featured in leading online and print photography magazines.

Learn Photography
Our photo game can help you learn photography as you play. Explore photography techniques and valuable tips shared by photographers within the photo community.

Sell Your Photos
You can't sell photos on GuruShots, but you can play with your own photos and win prizes.

Photography Game:
Unlike many photography apps and photo editor apps, GuruShots makes the way you engage with your photos a more enjoyable and social photography experience.

Photography Community:
It doesn't matter if you use a camera to take photos or your mobile phone camera; you are welcome to join our fast-growing photography community.

Photo Editor:
Editing your photos with a photo editor? Using filters to create photos? Selling or sharing your photos with photographers? GuruShots is the perfect photography app to complement these photo editors and photography apps. Users retain all copyright interests for all images submitted.

Connect with fellow photography enthusiasts from all over the world. Over 100,000 GuruShots members have already shared their photos. GuruShots is a one-of-a-kind photography community with members at any level, from mobile creators to DSLR camera photographers.

Download our photo-sharing app or enjoy it on the web for free. Let the fun begin!

Social Media:
www.gurushots.com
www.facebook.com/gurushots
www.instagram.com/gurushots
www.youtube.com/user/gurushots
Updated on
Aug 25, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
47.5K reviews
Lisa Sumner
August 11, 2025
I have played Gurushots since at least 2018. It’s had its ups and downs. I love photo and art competitions, and this is the best photo competition app I have found. But in all that time, I have never gotten past simple Guru level. Not sure what I am doing wrong. Also, I hate popups. The results popups take way too much time. Sometimes, I just need a couple of seconds to play while I'm in a rush between things. And I am not a fan of Turbo. I strongly disagree with what is supposedly a better pic.
22 people found this review helpful
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GuruShots Ltd.
September 13, 2023
Dear Lisa Sumner! Thank you for informing us. I think it is a problem we need to address with customer support. You can reach them at contact@gurushots.com and keep us posted here. Have a good day!
Lori Walker
June 29, 2025
I really like this app! I absolutely love looking at everyone else's photos and getting to see all of the different styles of individuality and ways they have made it their own free unique style! The only thing I don't like is there needs to be more challenges where if you are still lower in rankgings, you don't have to go against the big dogs. The professionals that's photos look more like a surreal painting than an actual photograph!!
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GuruShots Ltd.
August 4, 2025
Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful feedback! We understand your concern about competing with higher-ranked players. That’s why GuruShots offers a variety of challenges — including many where you’re matched with users at a similar level. As your level increases, more challenge types and opportunities will become available to you.
Brian Lindsay
August 22, 2024
It's kinda fun seeing how well your photo skills are. However, it doesn't do as advertised. It was advertised that you would get feedback for your shots from others. But you can't even see the ranking or winners after a challenge is over. A lot of challenges are locked behind micro transactions, which I paid real money to enter hoping for some feedback or at least be able to see the winners so I can get some kind of inspiration.
40 people found this review helpful
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GuruShots Ltd.
August 27, 2024
Thank you for your feedback. You can view the final rankings of challenges in the "Completed" section under "Summary." Additionally, consider joining a team to connect with other photographers and exchange tips and tricks.

What’s new

This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements