Comparison

Face Recognition! vs Reverse Image Search by Photo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Face Recognition!

Analyze faces in images to estimate age, gender, and identify celebrity look-alikes. Compare faces for similarity and verify identity with a confidence score. Features include detailed facial attribute analysis and searching for visually similar faces.

Highlights
  • Face detection and analysis
  • Age and gender estimation
  • Celebrity look-alike identification
  • Face similarity and verification
  • Facial attribute detection (glasses, beard)
  • Detailed facial feature description
Features
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Detect human faces and compare similar ones, organize people into groups according to visual similarity, and identify previously tagged people in images. You can upload a photo with any amount of faces on it, the app will find all faces marked, together with an age estimation of each person and all relative marks on the face. Our face detector seems to be highly accurate. Find look-alike celebrities on the web using the face recognition. Results can vary on the resolution or quality of the photo. For the best result, please upload a photo of a frontal face. Result is displayed for each face detected. Detect one or more human faces in an image and get back face rectangles for where in the image the faces are, along with face attributes which contain machine learning-based predictions of facial features. After detecting faces, the app will show you the age, gender, and the celebrity look alike of the face uploaded. Face Verification Measure similarity (how much they look alike) or identity (whether they are from the same person) between two faces. Check the likelihood that two faces belong to the same person. The App returns a confidence score about how likely it is that the two faces belong to one person. For providing more accurate results, please use images which contain only a single face. Classification: Estimate gender, age, ethnicity, emotion (smile/neutral) detect glasses, mustache and beard Extended measurements: Face and facial features description (shape, relative size and location) eyes, hair, skin, clothes and background colors facial hair amount approximate hairstyle (length, thickness, form) Similar Face Searching Easily find similar-looking faces. Given a collection of faces and a new face as a query, this App will return a collection of similar faces.

About

Reverse Image Search by Photo

Find similar images, identify original sources, and verify photo authenticity. This tool allows you to search the web using an image, crop and rotate it for precise results, and access your camera directly. Discover more about your environment and find higher resolution versions of pictures.

Highlights
  • Search by image
  • Identify original source
  • Find similar images
  • Crop and rotate images
  • Camera access
  • Copy/paste image or URL
  • Adjust image resolution
Features
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Use Image Search to: - Check if someone photos are real or just a copy-paste from the web. - See webpages displaying a picture. - Identify the original source of a picture. - Download a higher resolution version of a picture. - Get insights about your environment - Look for similar images - Get info about someone by photo. Image Search is not endorsed by or affiliated with Google Inc. NOTICE: Match results depend exclusively on the search engine. There is no guarantee that the search engine will find the picture for you. FEATURES: - Editor to crop (or rotate) the image exactly the way you want. - Fast navigation of your device photos. - Camera access inside the app. - Copy & paste either image or URL. - Change the resolution of the image sent to the search engine (it may yield different results). - Open the results page in Safari, Add to Reading List, Copy to Clipboard, Send Email, etc. - Save a picture inside the app, like you do in Safari (only when the URL is a picture).

Screenshots

Face Recognition!4 screens
Reverse Image Search by Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reverse Image Search by Photo at 51% against Face Recognition!'s 4%. Reverse Image Search by Photo also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Face Recognition!'s advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 51 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Face Recognition! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Reverse Image Search by Photo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reverse Image Search by Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reverse Image Search by Photo has 689 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Face Recognition!'s written reviews are positive against 51% of Reverse Image Search by Photo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Face Recognition! ships an update every 7 months, Reverse Image Search by Photo every 51 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Face Recognition! versus Reverse Image Search by Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFace Recognition!Reverse Image Search by Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (8 ratings)4.2 (689 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.2% of reviews50.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8689 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 51 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMohammad MasriVlad Polyanskiy

Customer experience

Face Recognition!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive4.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.8%

Reverse Image Search by Photo

All ratings687 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive50.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative46.2%

Bugs and requests

Face Recognition!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Reverse Image Search by Photo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to upload/process images
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save/export search results
  • Improved language support
  • More comprehensive image search capabilities

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Face Recognition!

One-time7
  • Face Recognition (5 credits)$3.99
  • Remove WaterMark$3.99
  • Face Recognition (10 credits)$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Record AR Video$6.99
  • Face Recognition (20 credits)$8.99
  • Face Recognition (40 credits)$11.99
  • Face Recognition (100 credits)$24.99
None

Reverse Image Search by Photo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Face Recognition! free?
Face Recognition! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reverse Image Search by Photo free?
Reverse Image Search by Photo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Face Recognition! or Reverse Image Search by Photo?
Reverse Image Search by Photo is rated higher. Face Recognition! averages 1.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Reverse Image Search by Photo averages 4.2 from 689 ratings.
Do Face Recognition! or Reverse Image Search by Photo have ads?
Neither Face Recognition! nor Reverse Image Search by Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Face Recognition! or Reverse Image Search by Photo?
Face Recognition! ships an update every 7 months, and Reverse Image Search by Photo every 51 months. Most recently, Face Recognition! was updated on November 6, 2026 and Reverse Image Search by Photo on November 6, 2026.

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