picTrove vs PicXO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
picTrove
Easily find and save images and animated GIFs from across the web. Search multiple online sources simultaneously and organize your discoveries. Enjoy a slideshow of your saved content.
- Search internet photos
- Animated GIF support
- Saved Searches
- Save photos with one tap
- Image Slideshow
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The best app to search the Internet for photos. Search images from multiple image, photo and GIF sources on the Web. * Animated GIF support * Saved Searches * Save photos you like with 1 tap * Image Slideshow EULA: https://traversient.com/terms-and-conditions/
PicXO
This app allows you to search for images stored on your iPhone or iPad using text found within the pictures. It helps you quickly locate specific photos based on their content, making your personal media library more accessible.
- On-device image search
- Search by text content
- Find images on iPhone/iPad
- Private and secure
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PicXO app helps users to search images from iPhone and iPad devices based on the text content in the image.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PicXO at 5.0 against picTrove's 3.2. PicXO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). picTrove's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 1). On price and device support 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. picTrove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PicXO asks for nothing beyond the download.
PicXO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: picTrove has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of picTrove's written reviews are positive against 100% of PicXO's.
picTrove ships an update every 3 months, PicXO fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | picTrove | PicXO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Traversient Incorporated | AURVAN TECHNOLOGIES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
picTrove
PicXO
Bugs and requests
picTrove
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search results not loading properly
- Inability to access certain search engines
- Saved searches and history not persisting
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to filter out inappropriate content
- Improve search result quality and relevance
- Restore ability to save images directly to device
PicXO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
picTrove
- No Ads Monthly$1.991 Month
- No Ads Yearly$19.991 Year
PicXO
No in-app purchases
