picTrove vs PlayPin
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/
PlayPin
Explore and share content from various services like videos, music, and photos. Create shared lists, follow creators, and discover new content and people.
- Explore content from multiple services
- Play videos, music, and view photos
- Pin and share content and thoughts
- Create community lists for collaboration
- Follow creators and see their activities
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PlayPin allows you to explore services, play and pin to share with others. Create lists, favorite and follow other people. Discover more content and creators! Key Features: - play videos, music, podcasts and view photos, artwork, playlists, profiles and more - search multiple services, explore to see what they offer - pin content and thoughts, sharing with others - create lists of anything you like, make it a community list and others can contribute - see the activities of other people — what they play, pin, view, favorite, list and follow Powered by YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Spreaker, Twitch, Flickr, DeviantArt and iTunes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlayPin at 5.0 against picTrove's 3.2. PlayPin 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, update cadence, 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. PlayPin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayPin 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.
picTrove ships an update every 3 months, PlayPin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | picTrove | PlayPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — 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 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Traversient Incorporated | Corey Evans |
Customer experience
picTrove
PlayPin
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
PlayPin
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
PlayPin
No in-app purchases
