Shutterstock Contributor

Jason Stone

4 years ago

Overall fantastic. You can edit metadata on multiple images before submitting them. Easy and intuitive. For future updates would be nice to be able to add accepted photo to a set via app. Would also be nice to copy keywords like in browser version. Otherwise, it integrates nicely with phone and is easy to share a photo from gallery to contributor.

Don Woods

4 years ago

It is extremely difficult to get anything posted to this website. Not only is it excruciatingly difficult to get something approved, if it isn't approved your draft is deleted and you have to start over. It would be nice if the submission was not approved, I could edit it and re-submit it instead of creating a whole new submission. But also when I'm told my image is too sharp, I get really confused because I don't sharpen my images... There's plenty of examples but I'm out of room to write...

Nick Eltman

3 years ago

I took professional photos with my high end camera and decided to share them on Shutterstock. I uploaded 20 of them, which is a lengthy process, and they were all "not approved" due to them being "out of focus". They are incredibly detailed and there is no focusing issue. Very disappointed with the review process for the app because it is clearly not correct.

Tabitha Gardner

1 year ago

It's been over a year now, and I'm still using this app. Seems to be doing just fine. I have made a few sales, but it takes a little time. I don't like how they will approve a photo, later to find out its only for data licensing (AI training). I think it was better when they would either accept or reject a photo. I do like that you can pick your own words to tag the photo. I also like the fact that you can edit your tag info/title, etc, after it's been approved.

Michael Fusco

3 years ago

App works fine, but the process is lacking. The determination of the expert team is quite debatable and here should be a reasonable method to arbitrate their decisions. I am an underwater photographer and many of my images state out of focus or issues with darkness. Much of my photography is performed with a snoot which is intentional and none of these photos can pass the "expert" review.

Nate Stidham

3 years ago

Awful. Won't accept ANY photos and give vague reasons like "descriptions must be in English and not be repetitive" but they aren't repetitive and are in English. Or "subject is out of focus"-who are you to tell me what the subject of my photo is? I know exactly what I was focused on when I took it! Recommend you stay away from this app and website.

Boris S

2 years ago

The app is OK, for which they get one star, but the rest is rather abysmal... including remuneration, which is rather insulting. There are lots of shortcomings besides that and good luck trying to 'get in touch'... that's permanently broken apparently. How convenient... The review process is inconsistent. Some reviewers pass almost all pics, others nix half. Some photos that were rejected will pass with a different reviewer. For landscape you have to heavy HDR or noise reduce. No shadows, mKay?!

Leah Johnson

3 years ago

My camera is very high-end. My photos are VERY are very clear and detailed. Nearly ALL photos were not approved for being of "out of focus", "too grainy", "subject too blurred" etc. I had a professional digital artwork content person look at them & she verified they are fine & that someone at Shutterstock must be visually impaired to mark mine as such. The Shutterstock company is a HUGE waste of time. I have closed my account. Don't waste your time.

A Google user

5 years ago

App asks VERY early for a review. What ive experienced has been pretty nice. Intuitive interface, clean easy to use. Whether it performs its function in the long term will decide my updated review. Only complaint so far is their ai seems to think all furry things are out of focus and doesn't let you define the subject of the photo. Maybe giving a selection area would be useful

A Google user

5 years ago

Really good app. Super simple, easy to use. Almost everything is made very clear when you first upload an image. That said, there are a few things I think should be made clear at the start that aren't. The megapixel requirements for example. I also have a problem where the photos will repeatedly fail to upload, but it doesn't take that long in the first place, so it's a few minutes wasted at most. Overall, good app.

A Google user

5 years ago

Pretty bad experience, from the AI and their machine learning algorithms autosuggesting that the black people are poor and of poverty to a horrible reviewer process. I followed every requirement to the T, and then they reject and say look at the requirements. So I'd look again and know for certain that I've submitted everything accurately. Overall, it's not worth it. Receiving so many photos a day is no reason for a sucky experience. Just submit on other platforms, others pay better anyway.

James Cook

4 years ago

Waste of time. I'm a photographer, thought this would help me make some extra pocket change here and there; I was wrong. I've entered pictures with HD quality and been denied for 'low quality' EVERY time. Not to mention when they send the picture back to tell me what's wrong with it, it's in significantly worse quality. Which means the problem is on YOUR end.

Sunny Gold Schmidt

4 years ago

The app is okay. There are some things the app doesn't do, and you have to go the website to do them. Also, sometimes photos get rejected for reasons that don't make any sense. For example, I've had photos rejected for not having a model release on file, even though there aren't any people in the photo. Or, I have had photos rejected for having words in my description that weren't in English, except my description was entirely in English and used good grammar.

April R.

3 years ago

It's a good concept, and that's about it. There's something wrong with their image reception/image uploading system, because images that were marked for grain/noise did NOT have them in my camera, on my computer, or when uploading to other platforms. They are put into a lower quality that takes on grain/noise , making them unusable. The fact that I can zoom into an image and see details very clearly on all of my devices, but Shutterstock's uploader is trash & ruins them. Fix this. This is bad.

Alex F

4 years ago

This app makes no sense. First of all, I have to try multiple times before any image is uploaded successfully. Second of all, out of the 10 photos I uploaded, only 2 were approved. The other 8 were rejected because of chromatic noise, luminous noise, sharpening noise, etc. All the photos were taken by me, a professional photographer, using my A7RIII and GM lenses. This app is just a waste of time. But I'll still use shutterstock for stock photos.

A Google user

5 years ago

Great app at first: great UI, the idea of it all, making small chump change for your photos etc etc. But as I have experienced not even a day having the account and something everyone has had the issue as well, the bot the reviews the photos is absolutely too strict about what approves and disapproves. It's ridiculous. I shoot primarily 35mm film and most of my photos look absolutely great, comparable to a phone camera or High end DSLR. And they're still denied. Waste of time. Uninstalling.

Chrissy Gerrard

1 year ago

You can easily close out of the app just by trying to go out of a view and then you've lost ll the details you were adding to a photo(s) to upload. It should save as you go through each section and click done so your work is save. Need to be able to upload from other sources than the camera roll. Not intuitive or very user friendly. Needs some serious feature updates.