# Sourcia — Find China factories by photo > Find China factories by photo (iPhone/iPad app by 懋源 刘.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sourcia/id6785537233 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [懋源 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/6784285152) - Category: Business, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-29 - Data updated: 2026-08-15 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sourcia/id6785537233/reviews.md ## What is Sourcia? Photograph any product. Sourcia finds the real Chinese factories that make it — on 1688, the domestic wholesale platform most Western buyers cannot read. Free to start: 5 searches a day, no account required. Every lead carries an honest evidence label, so you always know what is proven and what is only a public listing. WHAT YOU GET FROM ONE PHOTO • Real 1688 product and factory listings matched to your photo, ranked by how closely they match, not by who paid for placement • Product and factory pictures taken from the seller's own published pages, kept separate so you can tell a catalogue shot from the premises • A sourcing card with a Chinese-keyword RFQ draft, plus the specs you are still missing before it is safe to contact anyone • A side-by-side supplier comparison with an honest evidence label on every row WHY THE EVIDENCE LABEL MATTERS Alibaba shows you the storefront. Sourcia shows you the factory. Most sourcing tools show you a supplier and let you assume it is verified. Sourcia does the opposite: every lead starts as a public signal, clearly marked as one, and stops being a signal only once a person has actually checked it. A supplier check reads live marketplace pages. WHEN YOU NEED CERTAINTY: EXPERT DESK Ask the Sourcia Expert Desk and a real China-side operator confirms who the seller is, asks the supplier in Chinese for a live quote, and returns an evidence-backed report. Supplier price and Sourcia's fee are always shown separately. Desk work is done by people during China business hours, Monday to Friday. SUBSCRIPTIONS Sourcia offers three optional monthly auto-renewable subscriptions: • Lite, US$4.99 per month: 50 Sourcia credits each day • Pro, US$9.99 per month: 100 Sourcia credits each day, plus 2 Expert Desk points per billing period • Max, US$19.99 per month: 1,000 Sourcia credits each day, plus 10 Expert Desk points per billing period One-time credit packs of 100, 500, or 2,000 credits are also available and do not renew. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings at any time after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://riceroodcatsproduct.com/sourcing-api/privacy Service terms and disclaimers: https://riceroodcatsproduct.com/sourcing-api/terms HONEST LIMITS Sourcia is a sourcing-assistance tool. It is not a marketplace, an escrow service, a customs broker, or a legal advisor, and it does not sell you the goods. Public-signal leads are a starting point for your own diligence, not a recommendation. Sourcia is an independent buyer-side tool. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by 1688, Alibaba, or any marketplace it reads. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Sourcia Max | $19.99 | per month | | Sourcia Pro | $9.99 | per month | | Sourcia Lite | $4.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 500 Sourcia Credits | $6.99 | one-time | | 100 Sourcia Credits | $2.99 | one-time | | 2,000 Sourcia Credits | $14.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-10 No product photo? You can now describe the product instead. Type what you want to source — material, size, color — and Sourcia draws a few sample product photos from your words. Pick the closest one and it searches Chinese factories exactly like a normal photo search, with the same supplier evidence labels as before. - Sample photos are clearly labeled as AI-drawn, so they are never mistaken for real supplier photos. - Drawing sample photos is free and does not use a check; the factory search that follows uses one check as usual. - Your description is kept as product notes to sharpen the match. Also includes the recent fixes since 1.0.3: factory map pins that point at the factory itself, and faster photo matching. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-02 Faster, steadier photo search. • Your factories now appear the moment the marketplace answers — locations, match scores, and English titles keep filling in on the same screen. • Check product & factory is now two quicker, more reliable checks — one credit covers both. • Searches and checks keep running when you switch apps, and pick up where they left off when you return. • Poor-quality photos still return a full page of the closest matches, with honest labels for how strong each match is. • Factory introductions are back, and a new price bar shows what sellers typically list your product for. • Filters refine your current results instantly without spending another check, and every search is saved to Projects automatically. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-31 Stability fixes. • Fixed a problem where photo search could sit on "Uploading photo…" and never show your factories — even when the search had already finished. Your results now appear as soon as they are ready. • Searching starts reliably right after you open the app, whether or not you have an account. No sign-in is needed to search. • Sign-in now tells you when the connection is too slow instead of spinning indefinitely. • Every progress screen now has a time limit, so the app can no longer get stuck waiting. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-30 Sharper photo search. • Tap the product in your photo — Sourcia isolates exactly what you point at before matching factories. • An adjustable focus frame: drag and resize it yourself when a photo contains more than one object. • Cleaner subject detection means closer factory matches and fewer look-alike results. • Stability fixes. ### 1.0 — 2026-07-29 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*