Comparison

Search By Image vs Get Sauce

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

Head to head
About

Search By Image

Verify the source of photos by searching images from your camera or gallery. Find similar images, check for fakes, and discover related information online. Includes image cropping functionality.

Highlights
  • Reverse image search via Google
  • Search from camera or gallery
  • Image cropping functionality
  • Find similar images
  • Detect fake photos
  • Save screenshots
Features
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Reverse Image Search is useful for verifying the source of photographs. This App provides search by image taken from camera or from gallery. Can be used to find information about photo on Google, for example to detect real owner of photo from social network.Contains crop functionality.Also check if photo is fake . this app helps to find Similar Images. Features:- - Reverse image search using Google image search - Reverse image search Contains crop functionality - Search by image/photo/picture using photo in the album - Search by image/photo/picture using camera - Search more about related information by Google search - Save screenshot to album

About

Get Sauce

Easily find the original source of any image, including anime artwork and screenshots, using 13 different search engines. Supports share sheet integration and basic image editing before searching.

Highlights
  • 13 search engines
  • Anime artwork search
  • Screenshot search
  • Share sheet integration
  • Image editing (crop, rotate)
  • Find original sources
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Reverse Image Search with 13 Different Search Engines. Also best for anime artworks and screenshots! Get Sauce makes it easy to find the source (original articles, artwork pages, user posts, etc.) of your images. It also supports searching on the share sheet, so you don’t have to open the app every time! Supported Search Engines: • Google Images • Google Lens • Bing Visual Search • Baidu Image Recognition • Yandex Images • Lenso.ai • TinEye • Pinterest Lens • Reddit Repost Sleuth • SauceNAO • IQDB • Ascii2d • WAIT: What Anime Is This? You can make simple edits to the image, such as cropping and rotating, before searching. -- Privacy Policy: https://get.sauce.jp/ios/privacy.html License Agreement: https://get.sauce.jp/ios/tos.html

Screenshots

Search By Image4 screens
Get Sauce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Get Sauce at 74% against Search By Image's 17%. Get Sauce also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Search By Image's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads 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. Get Sauce sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Search By Image asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Get Sauce holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Get Sauce has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Search By Image's written reviews are positive against 74% of Get Sauce's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Search By Image ships an update every 6 months, Get Sauce every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Search By Image versus Get Sauce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSearch By ImageGet Sauce
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (5 ratings)4.6 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings525 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNalin SavaliyaYusuke Yamada

Customer experience

Search By Image

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Get Sauce

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative22.6%

In-app purchases

None

Search By Image

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Get Sauce

One-time4
  • Bronze Tip$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Silver Tip$2.99
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  • Gold Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Search By Image free?
Search By Image is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Get Sauce free?
Get Sauce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Search By Image or Get Sauce?
Get Sauce is rated higher. Search By Image averages 3.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Get Sauce averages 4.6 from 25 ratings.
Do Search By Image or Get Sauce have ads?
Both Search By Image and Get Sauce show ads.
Which is updated more often, Search By Image or Get Sauce?
Search By Image ships an update every 6 months, and Get Sauce every 2 weeks. Most recently, Search By Image was updated on June 5, 2026 and Get Sauce on July 5, 2026.

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