Pixm vs PhotobySearch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixm
Browse and view photos from popular photography platforms like Flickr, 500px, and Tumblr. This app is designed for photography enthusiasts who want a centralized place to discover and enjoy images.
- View photos from multiple services
- Supports Flickr, 500px, Tumblr
- Designed for photography lovers
- Centralized image browsing
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View Photos from various services like: Flickr, 500px, Tumblr, ... You like photography? You will like Pixm!
PhotobySearch!
Instantly find similar images using your camera or existing photos. Capture a picture of something you want to identify or recall, and discover related visuals. Perfect for remembering items or exploring visual connections.
- Search by captured image
- Find similar images
- Visual search
- Identify objects
- Recall visual information
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Search by Photo. Search by the captured image. You can search images similar to the selected image. Let's take a picture by remembering things you can not remember.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhotobySearch! at 4.0 against Pixm's 3.1. PhotobySearch! also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 57%). Pixm's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhotobySearch! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Pixm's written reviews are positive against 72% of PhotobySearch!'s.
Pixm ships an update every 2 months, PhotobySearch! every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pixm | PhotobySearch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Do Tuan Anh | nakamura takanari |
Customer experience
Pixm
PhotobySearch!
In-app purchases
Pixm
No in-app purchases
PhotobySearch!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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