ios6.1

Try setting setUserInteractionEnabled:YES before adding gesture recognizer. [imageview1 setUserInteractionEnabled:YES] [imageview2 setUserInteractionEnabled:YES] [imageview1 addGestureRecognizer:singleTap]; [imageview2 addGestureRecognizer:singleTap1]; Update: After the comment you have made I suggest you bring your views to the top before detecting the tap event. Because parent imageView is above and catches these taps. [yourparentview bringSubviewToFront:imageview1]; [yourparentview bringSubviewToFront:imageview2];