Comparison

PhotoHound vs ShotPilot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PhotoHound

Discover and navigate to unique photography locations worldwide. Plan your next trip with community-curated spots, local insights, and advanced weather and sun/moon planning tools. Connect with other photographers and contribute to a responsible photography community.

Highlights
  • Explore global photo locations on a detailed map
  • Get local photography tips and EXIF data
  • Plan trips with Guides & Collections
  • Navigate directly to precise spots
  • Advanced weather and sun/moon forecasting (Premium)
  • Connect with a community of photographers
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Discover and get to amazing photo locations around the world with PhotoHound. Explore incredible photo spots contributed by our global community of explorers and expertly curated by the PhotoHound team. EXPLORE PHOTO SPOTS Our detailed map allows you to search for photo locations near and far. Find unmissable iconic spots as well as off-the-beaten track and lesser known photography locations to inspire and plan your next photography trip. PHOTOGRAPH RESPONSIBLY Plant trees with PhotoHound and One Tree Planted when you opt for Premium Membership. Learn from others in the community how best to photograph at each location minimising your impact on the landscape, wildlife, flora and fauna. Know that all spots are well curated by our experts and fragile spots never added to the map. GUIDES & COLLECTIONS Use Guides & Collections to inform your planning and find inspiration from the PhotoHound team and community members. View your customised collections to organise itineraries or track your travels. NAVIGATION Find your way to precise photo locations and know where to park or find the start of the trail. Open routes directly in Waze, Apple and Google maps. GET LOCAL INFO Learn how PhotoHounders photographed a location with suggestions for best months, time of day, ideal conditions, gear, EXIF data and creative tips to help you get the most out of your time there. ACCURATE WEATHER & FORECASTS Our Premium members can use current weather, plus hourly 7-day forecasts to plan the best time to photograph at any location. We also offer detailed rain radar and cloud cover map overlays. SUN & MOON INFO Never miss the best light again! If you opt for Premium membership, you’ll be able to track sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset wherever you’re standing. You’ll also have hourly sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times or plan ahead for a specific shoot date. JOIN A COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED PHOTOGRAPHERS Get involved with the PhotoHound community. Follow photographers, explore their favourite spots, collections and shots and share your own. Help the PhotoHound team with curating spots to better protect them and earn points and kudos within the community for your contributions. If you love our app and it’s helping you find new photo locations, please tell others and rate us in the App Store. If you have any feedback, suggestions or frustrations, please contact us at team@photohound.co and we’ll be happy to respond. We can’t wait to welcome you into our photography community! All community contributions are free to explore, and all photo spots and guides are freely accessible within the app. Our Premium members will additionally benefit from: -Accurate weather planning and forecasting tools -A choice of detailed map layers -Sun & moon location and tracking for any time & date -Unlimited Collections -Give back to the planet as we’ll plant a tree for each Premium membership -Support our small team of photographers with the development of new features OUR GUIDES Here are a few of our 75+ photo location guides to the world’s most photographic locations, capital cities, national parks and areas of outstanding beauty. Together as a community we’re creating even more! NORTH AMERICA Glacier NP New York City North Cascades NP Olympic NP Oregon Coast Outer Banks Palouse Puget Sound Rocky Mountains NP Seattle Yellowstone NP Yosemite NP Zion NP Vancouver UK Birmingham Brighton Cambridgeshire Dartmoor Dorset Glencoe, Lake District London North Wales Northumberland Oxford Peak District Somerset South Wales Yorkshire Dales EUROPE Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Bruges Cologne Copenhagen Dolomites Dubrovnik Faroe Islands Geneva Iceland Istria Krakow Lofoten Montenegro Moravia Naples & Amalfi Paris Plitvice NP Prague Rome Sarajevo Slovenia Dolomites Prague Tuscany Vienna Venice Zagreb ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA Dubai Kuala Lumpur Patagonia Sossusvlei NP Everest Region Seychelles Shanghai Singapore Zanzibar

About

ShotPilot

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Stop guessing. Start shooting with confidence. ShotPilot is the hands-on settings companion built specifically for Sony Alpha photographers. Whether you're moving off Auto mode or refining your technique, ShotPilot shows you the optimal settings for your subject and exactly where to find them in your camera's menu. Choose your genre. Get your settings. Select from eight photography genres: Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Wildlife, Street, Sport, Astrophotography, and Long Exposure, and instantly see curated settings tuned for that subject. Built around your exact camera. ShotPilot understands Sony's menu systems. Select your body and every navigation guide is personalised to match, whether you have a classic or newer tabbed interface. Supporting 16 Sony Alpha bodies. Step-by-step menu navigation. Never hunt through menus again. Each setting includes a numbered, camera-specific walkthrough showing exactly where to find it. Dedicated Night Mode. Astrophotography and Long Exposure genres switch to a red-tinted interface, protecting your dark-adapted vision when shooting under the stars. Works entirely offline. No account. No subscription. No internet required. Everything on your device. Supported cameras: A1 II · A1 · A9 III · A9 II · A7R VI · A7R V · A7R IV · A7R III · A7 V · A7 IV · A7 III · A7C R · A7C II · A7C · A6700 · A6400 More cameras added in future updates. ShotPilot is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony Corporation. Sony, Alpha, and camera model names are trademarks of Sony Corporation, referenced solely to identify compatible products. Privacy Policy: https://attertech.com/privacy/shotpilot Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PhotoHound4 screens
ShotPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ShotPilot at none against PhotoHound's shown. PhotoHound's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PhotoHound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and ShotPilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PhotoHound versus ShotPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoHoundShotPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhotoHound LimitedJASON DAVID GALLOWAY

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PhotoHound

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month$7.991 Month
  • 12 months$29.991 Year
1 purchases

ShotPilot

One-time1
  • ShotPilot$9.99

Questions

Is PhotoHound free?
PhotoHound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShotPilot free?
ShotPilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PhotoHound or ShotPilot have ads?
PhotoHound shows ads; ShotPilot does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoHound or ShotPilot?
PhotoHound ships an update every 2 months, and ShotPilot every 2 months. Most recently, PhotoHound was updated on November 3, 2026 and ShotPilot on October 31, 2026.

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