Item: Photo Roulette
Rating: 85
Author: Dinsun

Dinsun Review

I don't understand why anyone would want to give an app permission to scan their entire photo library and show it to people. From a privacy and security standpoint, this is a nightmare. As a 'game,' there are no actual mechanics—it’s just looking at a picture and picking a name.

It relies entirely on the 'shock value' of seeing something private, which I find tacky and low-effort. It’s a gimmick that wears off after five minutes. If you need this to have a good time at a party, you probably need better friends or better conversation topics. It’s lazy, intrusive, and barely qualifies as software, let alone a game.

Overall Stats

Pros & Cons

Simple to set up for parties
Can lead to funny stories

Major privacy concerns
Non-existent gameplay mechanics
Risk of showing inappropriate content accidentally

Technical Report

Performance: Reliant on a fast internet connection for photo uploading.

Accessibility:

Simple tap selection

Audience Fit

Buy if: You are at a party and everyone is very comfortable with each other.

Skip if: You value your privacy or want a real game with rules.

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Psych!
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Reviewer Context

Reviewer: Dinsun, the conservative critic
Hardware: iPhone 14
Playtime: 1 hours
Status: Played three rounds

The Game

Available on: iPhone, iPod

1050443738

Free13+★4.7 108172 reviews

Author : Photo Roulette AS

Pubish Date : Thu Feb 17 2022

Last Update Date : Tue Aug 26 2025

Support Languages : English

Genres :

Version 132.0.0Tue Aug 26 2025

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In Photo Roulette you compete with your friends to quickly guess whose photo is shown! Play with random photos from you and your friends' phones in this social and exciting Photo Roulette game! Feel the thrill before each picture and share the hilarious moments that occur with the pictures of your friends and family!
In Photo Roulette, you and your friends team up and engage in a highly social game on your phones. In each round of Photo Roulette a random photo is chosen from one players’ photo library and briefly showed to all of the players. The players compete in quickly guessing whose photo it is, receiving a score based on time and accuracy of their answer. After 15 pictures, the Photo Roulette champion is crowned!
Photo Roulette features:
- 3-10 players in a super fun and social PARTY GAME
- Try an awesome round of VIDEO Roulette!
- Plant a funny photo or show your photos again
- Get to know your friends and family through their photos
- Relive amazing moments with photos you had forgotten
- Highscore list after each round and game end
The photos are only displayed for 5 seconds, so your friends and family will only see them briefly. Feel the thrill before each picture and share the hilarious moments that occur with the pictures of your friends and family!
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
In Photo Roulette you compete with your friends to quickly guess whose photo is shown! Play with random photos from you and your friends' phones in this social and exciting Photo Roulette game! Feel the thrill before each picture and share the hilarious moments that occur with the pictures of your friends and family!
In Photo Roulette, you and your friends team up and engage in a highly social game on your phones. In each round of Photo Roulette a random photo is chosen from one players’ photo library and briefly showed to all of the players. The players compete in quickly guessing whose photo it is, receiving a score based on time and accuracy of their answer. After 15 pictures, the Photo Roulette champion is crowned!
Photo Roulette features:
- 3-10 players in a super fun and social PARTY GAME
- Try an awesome round of VIDEO Roulette!
- Plant a funny photo or show your photos again
- Get to know your friends and family through their photos
- Relive amazing moments with photos you had forgotten
- Highscore list after each round and game end
The photos are only displayed for 5 seconds, so your friends and family will only see them briefly. Feel the thrill before each picture and share the hilarious moments that occur with the pictures of your friends and family!
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.7 out of 5 with 108172 Counts

★★★★★

Age Rating 13+

Photo Roulette is a social party game where players compete to quickly identify whose photo is being displayed from their collective camera rolls. After joining a game with 3-10 friends, the app randomly selects a series of photos and shows them to the group for a few seconds. Points are awarded for correct guesses and speed. The game creates a unique and often funny atmosphere as friends rediscover old memories together. Security is a priority: photos are only briefly shared within the private game session and are never stored on a server. It’s the perfect icebreaker for any gathering.

Features

Fast-paced social gameplay for 3-10 players

Hilarious 'guess the owner' mechanics

End-of-game highlights and scoreboards

Privacy-focused photo sharing

Easy-to-use room code system for parties

Tips

Setting Up a Game

Invite your friends to download the app and share your unique game code. Once everyone is in the lobby, the game will ask for permission to access your photos; it will only pick a few random ones for that specific session.

Promotion Videos

Music Video Camera Roulette - Official Trailer | Fibe TV1 - YouTube

News on this game

Photo Roulette, the Hot App That Makes Teens Cringe and Parents Fret

The app selects a picture from one phone, totally at random, and displays it to everyone for five seconds; other players have to guess who it...

The Wall Street Journal - Mon Mar 23 2020

Teen App Photo Roulette Causes Moral Panic, Privacy Fears

In addition to photos you have taken yourself, the app can also apparently dip into pictures that you have received via SMS. That could include...

Screen Rant - Mon Mar 23 2020

Photo Roulette is a game for teens that has disaster written all over it

Photo Roulette sounds like a silly game you can play with your friends and laugh at a few embarrassing photos. But, since the app is getting...

KnowTechie - Mon Mar 23 2020

Photo Roulette Game Picks Random Photos from Players’ Camera Rolls

It's called Photo Roulette, and it's a group party game that selects random photos from players' camera rolls for everyone to see and guess about.

PetaPixel - Mon Mar 23 2020

Parents warned over Photo Roulette app that encourages children to share their private images

“Privacy is a concern with this app,” the organisation wrote on its website. “They keep your photos for 24 hours. Not to mention that your...

The Telegraph - Sun Feb 23 2020

SUN HAN GUILD Shakes Up Roulette with Vibrant, Cathartic Piece by eddy kwon

Vanessa Ague reviews the quintet SUN HAN GUILD's performance of the evening-length work "EARTH IRIDESCENCE / SORROW CHURN," at Roulette.

I Care If You Listen - Wed Aug 23 2023

Everyone's Putting Their Faces In This ImageNet Roulette App. Here's How It Works.

ImageNet Roulette is an art project created by Berlin-based developer Leif Ryge, working in collaboration with artist and researcher Trevor Paglen and AI...

BuzzFeed News - Sat Nov 23 2019

Brenda Marie Roulette Obituary December 26, 2023

"South Thunderbird Woman"Peacefully Brenda Roulette entered the spirit world on December 26, 2023 in Winnipeg at the age of 57 years.

McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel - Sat Mar 23 2024

The viral selfie app ImageNet Roulette seemed fun – until it called me a racist slur | Julia Carrie Wong

During a strange week for Asian Americans, the app – which is part of an art project – achieved its aim by underscoring exactly what's wrong...

The Guardian - Sat Nov 23 2019

How AI Selfie App ImageNet Roulette Took the Internet by Storm

The results, which veer from the weird to the outright racist, draw attention to the bias of machine learning.

Frieze - Mon Dec 23 2019

Gameplays

The Guessing Round

A photo will appear on everyone's screen for five seconds. Four names will appear below it; tap the name of the person you think the photo belongs to as quickly as possible to maximize your score.