picTrove vs MotionMonkey
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/
MotionMonkey
This video player streams internet videos using text queries, acting as a multi-service search and streaming application. It can transform your desktop into a remote screen when paired with tevolution. Developed by a creator of VLC Media Player.
- Stream internet videos via text queries
- Multi-service video searching
- Supports various video backends
- Desktop remote screen functionality with tevolution
- Developed by a VLC Media Player contributor
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MotionMonkey is a semantic video player designed to stream Internet videos from text queries. It's a multi-service video searching and streaming application that supports a variety of video backends. Coupled with tevolution it turns your desktop computer into a remote video screen. All of this while serving the end user at all time. This application is designed by a developer of VLC Media Player. --- https://omega.gg/MotionMonkey
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MotionMonkey at 4.8 against picTrove's 3.1. MotionMonkey also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). picTrove's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. picTrove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MotionMonkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
MotionMonkey holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: picTrove has 74 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of picTrove's written reviews are positive against 67% of MotionMonkey's.
picTrove ships an update every 3 months, MotionMonkey every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | picTrove | MotionMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (74 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Traversient Incorporated | Benjamin Arnaud |
Customer experience
picTrove
MotionMonkey
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
MotionMonkey
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
MotionMonkey
No in-app purchases
Questions
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