Comparison

Photos Search Text vs GetVideoFrames

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

Head to head
About

Photos Search Text

This app uses text recognition to find and extract text from your photos. It can detect links, phone numbers, and calendar events, and allows you to copy the extracted text or save it to a new album. Integrates with Maps and offers a Share Extension for use in other apps.

Highlights
  • Text recognition in photos
  • Extract text, links, and phone numbers
  • Create albums from search results
  • Map integration for photo location
  • Share and editing extensions
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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Photos Search will search for text in your Photos library. It uses Text Recognition software to find text in a photo. You can scan a selected time period (7 days, 30 days, 6 months etc.) or scan all your photos. Once a photo has been processed, you will not have to scan it again, so after a while you will have processed your complete photos library and it will be ready to be searched instantaneously. Photos Search can extract the text from any photo and will allow you to copy the text. It will also detect links, phone numbers, calendar events etc. An extensive User Guide is included. You can create an album in Photos with your search results, so that you can also work with your found photos in the Photos app. Photos Search integrates with Maps to show you the physical location where the photo has been taken. You can also use Photos Search to scan an individual photo, a photo of a paper document or a screen shot. Photos Search includes a Share Extension. With this extension you can extract text from any photo in other apps through the extension feature of iOS. Photos Search also includes a Photos Editing Extension. With this extension you can extract text from any photo in Photos through the extension feature of Photos. Just Edit a photo in Photos and call on the Photos Search extension to extract all the text from the photo. A bundle version that includes a macOS version is also available. Most languages are supported : English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian. New languages that are supported : Thai, Vietnamese and Arabic.

About

GetVideoFrames

Features
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Turn moments from your videos into high-quality photos. GetVideoFrames is a fast and private video frame extractor built for capturing exact moments, generating thumbnails, and converting videos into image sequences. EXTRACT FRAMES YOUR WAY • Capture and save the exact frame currently displayed • Extract one frame every N seconds • Choose a total number of evenly spaced frames • Extract every video frame for complete image sequences • Preview extracted frames before saving • Move forward or backward frame by frame FAST AND EASY Open a video, choose how many frames you need, and start extracting. GetVideoFrames automatically estimates the number of images before processing, helping you avoid unexpectedly large extractions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Frame extraction happens directly on your device. Your videos are not uploaded for processing, and exported images contain no watermark. PERFECT FOR • Creating video thumbnails • Capturing photos from family videos • Finding the perfect moment in sports or action footage • Creating storyboards and reference images • Preparing image sequences • Collecting frames for research or computer vision projects • Exporting still images for presentations and social media Whether you need one video screenshot or thousands of individual frames, GetVideoFrames gives you precise control over what gets extracted.

Screenshots

Photos Search Text4 screens
GetVideoFrames4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GetVideoFrames at Free against Photos Search Text's $4.99. Photos Search Text's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

GetVideoFrames is free to download; Photos Search Text costs $4.99 up front. GetVideoFrames sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photos Search Text asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photos Search Text ships an update fortnightly, GetVideoFrames every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 4 level
Photos Search Text versus GetVideoFrames: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotos Search TextGetVideoFrames
Price$4.99Free — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlco BlomGetTranscribe

In-app purchases

None

Photos Search Text

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GetVideoFrames

One-time1
  • GetVideoFrames Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Photos Search Text free?
Photos Search Text costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GetVideoFrames free?
GetVideoFrames is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photos Search Text or GetVideoFrames have ads?
Neither Photos Search Text nor GetVideoFrames shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photos Search Text or GetVideoFrames?
Photos Search Text ships an update fortnightly, and GetVideoFrames every 2 months. Most recently, Photos Search Text was updated on October 5, 2026 and GetVideoFrames on October 17, 2026.

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