PlayPin vs das Image Search and Explore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
das Image Search and Explore
Discover and search for images, wallpapers, and GIFs from various sources. Customize your viewing experience with multiple layouts, filters, and modes. Enjoy privacy with on-device search history and find content that perfectly fits your device's resolution.
- Explore and search images
- Multiple layout options (table, grid, wallpaper, waterfall)
- Adjustable image size and full zoom
- Light/dark mode and orientation options
- On-device search history for privacy
- Search multiple engines and photo platforms
- Advanced search filters (layout, color, size, type, freshness)
- Animated GIF search
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EXPLORE & SEARCH: Explore images from galleries, or search for any topic. View results in table, grid, wallpaper or waterfall layouts, and in detail views with full zoom capability. Adjust image size in result views. Choose light or dark mode. Browse in portrait or landscape. ALWAYS PRIVATE: We never share search history or personal information with providers. Your search history lives on device only. Or choose to have it deleted after you leave the app, or to never persist it in the first place. CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE: Search the full internet with Bing, Google and Yandex, or find interesting Flickr, Pinterest, Pixabay, Unsplash, Pexel and PxHere photography. FILTERS: Focus your search with image layout (portrait, landscape or square), color or black and white, size, image type (photo, clipart, line drawing or gif) and freshness. Quickly change orientation in our custom keyboard toolbar. WALLPAPERS FITTING YOUR DEVICE: Our wallpaper filter determines your phone resolution and returns only results that exactly match for maximum clarity images. ANIMATED GIFS: Filter for GIFs to enjoy fun mini movies. TRENDING: Find Bing trending collections in wallpapers, people, nature, animals and gifs IMAGE OF THE DAY: We surprise you with a beautiful homepage image every day. GET THE BACKSTORY: Browse to the hosts of the images you find. Explore news and Wikipedia articles, Flickr, Pixabay, Unsplash, Pexels and PxHere photographers as well as Pinterest photo or gallery pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayPin at none against das Image Search and Explore's 1. PlayPin also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). das Image Search and Explore's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.2K 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
Both are free to download. das Image Search and Explore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayPin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayPin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: das Image Search and Explore has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PlayPin ships an update every 2 months, das Image Search and Explore every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayPin | das Image Search and Explore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 91.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Corey Evans | Florian Voss |
Customer experience
PlayPin
das Image Search and Explore
Bugs and requests
PlayPin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
das Image Search and Explore
Reported bugs
2 issues- Google search source not working for some users
- App crashes when changing search sources
Requested features
4 requests- Add more language support
- Implement a slideshow feature
- Allow custom file naming for downloads
- Provide a premium ad-free version
In-app purchases
PlayPin
No in-app purchases
das Image Search and Explore
- Forever Ad-Free$4.99
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