Comparison

picTrove vs Image Garden

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Search internet photos
  • Animated GIF support
  • Saved Searches
  • Save photos with one tap
  • Image Slideshow
Features
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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/

About

Image Garden

This app uses AI to help you find specific photos on your device. You can search your image library by typing keywords or by finding visually similar pictures. It acts as a personal visual search engine for your phone's gallery.

Highlights
  • AI-powered image search
  • Search by text query
  • Find similar images
  • Visual search engine for photos
  • Organize personal photo library
Features
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Image Garden allows you to search your photos in your phone using artificial intelligence. You can upload your images to the app, and then search them either by typing a search query, or by finding images from similar images. Think of this as a visual search engine, except just for images on your phone.

Screenshots

picTrove3 screens
Image Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Image Garden at 5.0 against picTrove's 3.2. Image Garden 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, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. picTrove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Image Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Image Garden 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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
picTrove versus Image Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpicTroveImage Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (76 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB255 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTraversient IncorporatedCameron Ryan

Customer experience

picTrove

All ratings74 ratings
Positive48.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative40.5%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative26.1%

Image Garden

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Image Garden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

picTrove

Subscriptions2
  • No Ads Monthly$1.991 Month
  • No Ads Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Image Garden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is picTrove free?
picTrove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Image Garden free?
Image Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, picTrove or Image Garden?
Image Garden is rated higher. picTrove averages 3.2 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Image Garden averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do picTrove or Image Garden have ads?
picTrove shows ads; Image Garden does not.

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