Comparison

iSIMILAR vs Photos Like This

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

Head to head
About

iSIMILAR

This app uses on-device AI to find visually similar images within your photo gallery. It works offline, ensuring your photos remain private. Organize screenshots, duplicates, or photos from specific events quickly and efficiently.

Highlights
  • On-device AI visual search
  • Works completely offline
  • Finds visually similar images
  • Privacy-focused, no data upload
  • Organize screenshots and duplicates
  • Fast results under 50 ms
Features
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iSIMILAR: The Private Visual Search Engine for Pros Tired of losing important reference photos in a messy gallery of 14,000+ images? Text search doesn't work for hardware, blueprints, or receipts. iSIMILAR fixes that. Point your camera at any object — or select a saved photo — and our on-device AI instantly digs up the visually similar images hiding in your phone. No internet required. 100% private. THE MAGIC (How it works): Open the camera inside iSIMILAR (or pick a photo from your gallery). Point it at a motherboard, a document, or a location. In under a second, the AI finds the photos that look like it — even ones you took months ago. On first launch, iSIMILAR indexes your gallery once (a quick one-time scan). After that, every search is instant — even with 15,000+ photos. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS: • Tech Repair: Photograph an open laptop to instantly find the teardown photos you took 4 months ago. • Architects/Builders: Snap a picture of a job site and group all related project photos. • Doctors/Engineers: Photograph X-rays or schematics and instantly locate past scans. • Everyday Users: Find receipts, specific memes, or similar photos without endless scrolling. KEY FEATURES: • Lightning Fast: Search results in ~50 ms, even with 15,000+ photos. • 100% Offline AI: Runs on your phone's hardware (GPU / Neural Engine). Your photos never leave your device. • Privacy First: No cloud, no uploads, no accounts needed. • Smart Cleanup: Batch delete, organize into albums, or export your results instantly. PRICING (No Hidden Fees): Searching by existing photos and deleting one-by-one is Free Forever. We give you 5 Free Camera Searches to test the magic. Need more? Upgrade to iSIMILAR PRO (one simple annual subscription, 7-day free trial) to unlock unlimited Camera Searches and unlimited Batch Actions. No annoying credit systems. Stop scrolling. Start finding. Terms & Conditions: https://polar-brian-b09.notion.site/Terms-and-Conditions-for-iSIMILAR-13d88278a02e80e4b5f8d790f9d388f1 Privacy Policy: https://polar-brian-b09.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-for-iSIMILAR-13d88278a02e804aa1a0cbf3b661a05d

About

Photos Like This

Discover hidden connections within your photo library. Select any image to find similar photos, explore your collection from new perspectives, and gain fresh insights into your visual world. It even allows you to compare your photos with artworks from a museum collection.

Highlights
  • Find similar photos in your library
  • Explore collection from new perspectives
  • Compare personal photos with museum art
  • View photo details (date, location)
  • Map integration for photo locations
  • Create albums of results
Features
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The Art Authority Museum presents: Photos Like This. View your world in new ways. Choose any photo or file from your world, and Photos Like This will display images from your photo library that are most "like" your selection. Explore your collection from unexpected perspectives, finding surprising connections across time and space, gaining new insight into your world as a whole. Or maybe just realize that you’ve taken too many pictures of your favorite pet! Begin your exploration by selecting any of your photos or files, or the classic photos and art starting points we’ve built into the app. Or begin by taking a photo, describing an image, or sharing an image from other apps or through Visual Intelligence. Then prepare to be amazed by your Photos Like This. Select any displayed result to continue your journey with that photo. Or bring your world into our museum by using that photo and the “Art Like This” option to view works in the Art Authority Museum’s collection that are most similar to the photo from your world. Other features of Photos Like This include: • Create an album of results in the Photos app and continue exploring from there • View date, location and other information for each result (as available) • View the result’s location on a map, or in the Maps app • Explore results all at once, or one at a time • View results through a widget We hope your “Photo Like This" adventure also leads you to our immersive Art Authority Museum, where you can create and explore whole rooms filled with your world's Art Like This. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iSIMILAR4 screens
Photos Like This4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photos Like This at none against iSIMILAR's 1. iSIMILAR's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iSIMILAR sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per year. Photos Like This asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iSIMILAR ships an update every 3 weeks, Photos Like This monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iSIMILAR versus Photos Like This: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriSIMILARPhotos Like This
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.7
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAnibal CastanoArt Authority LLC

Customer experience

iSIMILAR

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Photos Like This

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iSIMILAR

Subscriptions1
  • iSimilar Annual Plan7 Days trial$11.991 Year
None

Photos Like This

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iSIMILAR free?
iSIMILAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photos Like This free?
Photos Like This is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iSIMILAR or Photos Like This have ads?
Neither iSIMILAR nor Photos Like This shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iSIMILAR or Photos Like This?
iSIMILAR ships an update every 3 weeks, and Photos Like This monthly. Most recently, iSIMILAR was updated on October 30, 2026 and Photos Like This on November 6, 2026.

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