Flickr vs PhotobySearch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flickr
Connect with a global community of photographers to share and discover billions of images. Easily organize, edit, and upload your photos from any device. Find inspiration and connect with like-minded individuals.
- Photo uploading and sharing
- Photo editing tools
- Discover inspiration
- Join photography groups
- Organize photos easily
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Join the largest, most influential community of photographers in the world. Upload, edit, and share your photos from any device, anytime. • Find your inspiration, find your people. Flickr is home to billions of photos and millions of groups of passionate photographers. • Organization and sharing made simple. Browse with ease, select and organize hundreds of photos with one gesture, and share in seconds. • Unleash your creativity. Edit your photos, add filters, crop images, and more! Flickr and SmugMug are Awesome. Learn more at www.awesome.co We’re committed to making Flickr a better place to grow, and we’d like to hear your feedback. Let us know your thoughts here: https://help.flickr.com/contact/contact-us-rkBc7roJQ Terms of Use: https://www.flickr.com/help/terms
PhotobySearch!
Instantly find similar images using your camera or existing photos. Capture a picture of something you want to identify or recall, and discover related visuals. Perfect for remembering items or exploring visual connections.
- Search by captured image
- Find similar images
- Visual search
- Identify objects
- Recall visual information
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Search by Photo. Search by the captured image. You can search images similar to the selected image. Let's take a picture by remembering things you can not remember.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flickr at 4.5 against PhotobySearch!'s 4.0. Flickr also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 7) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). PhotobySearch!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Flickr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month. PhotobySearch! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flickr holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Flickr's written reviews are positive against 72% of PhotobySearch!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, PhotobySearch! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flickr | PhotobySearch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15K ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #156 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Flickr, Inc. | nakamura takanari |
Customer experience
Flickr
PhotobySearch!
Bugs and requests
Flickr
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Unreliable photo uploads
- Inconsistent account management
- Inaccurate photo metadata display
- Glitches in group and album features
Requested features
5 requests- Improved mobile app functionality
- Better photo editing and management tools
- Easier sharing and collaboration options
- Expanded free account capabilities
- More responsive customer support
PhotobySearch!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flickr
- MONTHLY PLAN$11.001 Month
- ANNUAL PLAN$82.001 Year
PhotobySearch!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Flickr free?
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