Reverse image search engines take an image as input and search the web for visually similar images. It can be used to find out if someone has plagiarized your copyright image, detected unknowns, traced the source of an image. Google’s reverse image search is the most popular reverse image search engine, but it’s only available for desktop and prevents Android and iPhone users from using this essential feature. So, if you’re thinking about reverse image search on phones, here you are How to reverse image search on Android and iPhone:
Reverse Image Search on Android
1. Image Search
Image Search allows you to quickly search for an image by sharing the image from your computer. gallery, browser or anywhere you like. There is an option to upload an image from within the app, but “To share” The menu is much more convenient.
It lets you use custom reverse search engines and has a few neat features like reverse image search on Google. blocking obscene images and setting region-based routing. It can compress images for faster downloads, so it covers users with weak network connections. Once the image is uploaded, it can view the result in a dedicated Chrome tab or in a browser of your choice. All in all, it’s a solid Google reverse image search tool wrapped in a beautiful Material Design UI.
To organise: (Freewith in-app purchases)
2. Search by Image
Search by Image is another simple reverse image search tool that displays reverse search engine results. Google Images and TinEye. Reverse image search, share the image from anywhere and “Search by Image” option. Like Image Search, it also lets you select an image from within the app, but as I mentioned earlier, sharing the image is a much more convenient way to achieve the same thing. You can crop, resize or flip actually a picture before uploading.
In its settings, you can set search results to show inside the app or in your default browser. The preferred search engine is set to Google by default, but you can change it to TinEye if you want. If you choose to use Google you will get an additional setting to set the ” level.Google SafeSearch” to block obscene images.
To organise: (Freead supported)
Reverse Image Search on iPhone
1. Search by Image Extension
Search by Image Extension is the newest addition to the suite of similar iOS apps. To reverse an image, simply share the picture From the Photos app, browser, or literally anywhere”Image Search” choice.
Can reverse search using an image Google and Yandex, as is now. You can choose to view the results in your preferred browser. If you don’t like to open a full-fledged web browser, “in-app Safari” (à la Chrome private tabs!).
To organise: (Free)
2. Reverse
Reversee is a reverse image search engine client for iOS that comes with lots of bells and whistles. The free version comes with an editor. crop or rotate image, an option to display search results preferred browser and share pictures from within apps to make reverse lookup much easier.
Pro version unlocks more features like the ability to choose from multiple search engines (Google, Bing, Yandex) for advanced search results. It also provides auto crop images, unlock more editor options, remove ads and more.
To organise: (Freeat $3.99 for the Pro version)
3. Accuracy
Veracity is another popular reverse image search engine client for iOS. Veracity does not support sharing from internal apps, start explicitly Anytime you want to reverse an image. You can choose a picture from from camera roll, photo library, Dropbox, or clipboard.
As a bonus, it can be define the contents image. The free version shows ads next to the search results and can be removed with an in-app purchase. Another in-app purchase for about a dollar unlocks a crop tool to crop images before uploading them.
To organise: (Freewith in-app purchases)
Reverse Image Search Using Web Services
You can reverse image search using several web services and eliminate the need for a dedicated app. I will list several such web services:
1. CTRLQ
CTRLQ is a simple web service that allows you to upload and perform an image from your Android or iOS device. Google reverse image search for him. You need to save the image to your gallery/camera roll beforehand.
2. TinEye
Unlike Google, TinEye allows you to upload an image from your Android or iOS device and perform a reverse image search for it. TinEye’s website, Gallery or Google Drive If you visit the website from an Android device. On an iOS device, it allows you to upload an image from: camera roll or iCloud Drive (nothing surprising here, right?).
3. Google Images
note: This is a kind of workaround that makes Google’s reverse image search work on mobile devices.
By now you probably know that you can reverse image search in Google Images from the desktop, but not from the mobile site. You can easily overcome this request a desktop site From a mobile browser while on the Google Images website.
Here’s how to do this on Chrome mobile for Android and iOS:
- Tap the three dots overflow select the menu andRequest desktop site“.
Here’s how to do this in Safari:
- Tap and hold the reload icon in the address bar and tap “Request desktop site“.
In either case, the Google Images website must be reloaded with the desktop version and you can upload images from your Android/iPhone by clicking the camera icon:
pro tip: In Chrome, long-tap the picture and click “Search this picture on GoogleOf course this only works for images from the web, not your locally saved images.
SEE ALSO: Best Reverse Image Search Engines, Practices and Uses
Reverse Image Search on Mobile Using These Apps
It’s pretty surprising that Google Images doesn’t allow you to reverse image search on mobile by default. Fortunately, you can use any of these apps to reverse image search on your Android device and iPhone/iPad. If you think installing an app is a bit of an exaggeration for a service you’ll rarely use, arm yourself with the aforementioned web services.
What do you think about reverse image search? Can you think of any creative uses for reverse searching for an image on mobile? I’d love to hear it in the comments section below.
