There could be all sorts of reasons why you might need to reverse image search on your iPhone. Maybe you want to get detailed information about a picture, including its source and related history, or you want to verify the authenticity of a photo you come across online. Whatever your reason, there are multiple ways to perform a reverse image search on an iOS device. Follow the steps below to learn how to reverse image search on your iPhone or iPad.
Reverse Image Search on iPhone
Thanks to Google Images, performing a reverse image search on iOS hardly takes a few steps. In particular, it works not only in Google Chrome, but also in Safari. If you want a little more flexibility or prefer to use an app designed for this task instead, there are many reverse image search apps available on iPhone and iPad. Having said that, let’s start with the steps!
How to Use Google Reverse Image Search in Safari
To perform a reverse image search in Safari, you must first ask the desktop website to access the Google Images reverse search tool. iOS 14 makes it easy to switch between the desktop version and the mobile version, so you will no longer have to choose a workaround.
- Start Safari on your iOS device and navigate to: pictures.google.com.
2. Tap now. ‘aA’ button located in the upper left corner of the address bar.
3. Next, select ‘Request Desktop Website’ from the drop-down menu that appears.
4. Now, the desktop version of Google Images will appear in the search bar with an option to reverse search. tap on ‘camera’ icon found in the search bar.
5. Then you can search by pasting the image URL or uploading an image from your iPhone gallery. If you want to reverse an image stored on your iOS device, Tap the ‘Upload an image’ button.
6. After that tap on it. ‘Choose file’ and select the picture from your photo library.
7. For this article, I will reverse image search in Taj Mahal from my photo library. Go to your Camera Roll/Albums to select the image you want to upload. Joyful can also be choose to click a photo or video To immediately reverse image search on your iPhone.
8. As soon as you upload the image, Google will automatically start a reverse image search and display information about the image.
Note that you also have the f option.ind more size of same image. To do this, all you have to do is select one of the dimensions next to the image result. Google will then show you all available size options.
Reverse Image Search on iPhone Using Chrome
Reverse image search on iOS using Google Chrome is a bit easier as the browser doesn’t force you to switch to the desktop version.
- on your iPhone, Chromium internet browser.
2. Now, go to a web page and open any image you want to reverse search.
3. Next, touch and hold a picture. Next, a drop-down menu will appear that will allow you to directly reverse search the image online. tap on ‘Google Search This Image’ choice. If you want a higher resolution variant of the picture, tap on it. ‘More dimensions’ to see related results
How to Reverse Image Using Reversee App on iPhone and iPad
There are loads of reverse image search apps on the Apple App Store. So, if you don’t want to use Safari or Chrome and you just like to use a full-fledged app designed for that purpose, you should try some of these reverse image search apps for iPhone.
Here are the apps I would recommend to you: Reverse Image Search (free$3.99 for Pro version), Reverse (free$3.99 for Pro version) and Reverse Image Search Tool (freein-app purchases available).
In this guide, I will walk you through the steps using Reversee. You will not face any problem as the steps are the same for all these apps.
- start Reverse app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Now, paste the link of the picture or choose an image from your camera roll.
3. This time I will paste the link. Copy a link to an image (tap and hold an image and then select ‘Copy’ from the drop-down menu). As soon as you tap ‘Paste’Reversee pastes the link from Safari to speed up your task.
3. Now, tap on ‘Call’ The App in the upper right corner of the screen to access the basic information of the image also relies on Google Image
Reverse Image Search: Supported iPhone Models
It is worth noting that the reverse image search methods described above work on any iPhone, regardless of the model number. For example, you can use these methods on the following iPhone models:
- iPhone 7 (model numbers: A1660, A1778, A1779), iPhone 7 Plus (model numbers: A1661, A1784, A1785),
- iPhone 8 (model numbers: A1863, A1906),
- iPhone 8 Plus (model numbers: A1864, A1897, A1898),
- iPhone X (model numbers: A1865, A1901, A1902),
- iPhone XR (A1984, A2105, A2106, A2107, A2108),
- iPhone XS (model numbers: A1920, A2097, A2098 (Japan), A2099, A2100),
- iPhone XS Max (model numbers: A1921, A2101, A2102 (Japan), A2103, A2104),
- iPhone 11 (model numbers: A2111, A2223, A2221),
- iPhone 11 Pro (model numbers: A2160, A2217, A2215),
- iPhone 11 Pro Max (model numbers: A2161, A2220, A2218),
- iPhone SE 2020 (model numbers: A2275, A2298, A2296),
- iPhone 12 mini (model numbers: A2176, A2398, A2400, A2399),
- iPhone 12 (model numbers: A2172, A2402, A2404, A2403),
- iPhone 12 Pro (model numbers: A2341, A2406, A2408, A2407) and
- iPhone 12 Pro Max (model numbers: A2342, A2410, A2412, A2411).
Easily Reverse Search for an Image on iPhone and iPad
That is all! Now that you know multiple ways to do a reverse image search on iPhone and iPad, you can now easily access an image’s source or related information. As for which method you should prefer to use regularly, this is your convenience. I recommend using Google Chrome as you only need to long press an image and select an option to perform the reverse search. Which of these three methods will you use? Be sure to share your thoughts and feedback with us in the comments section below.
