Reverse searching has really helped in discovering more details for any image. You can also use reverse image search to track down any of your images if it is being used anywhere on the web. For most of us, Google is adequate for reverse image search. However, if you are looking for powerful advance options then we have analyzed a few other reverse engines.
Best Online Reverse Searching for Images
We ourselves tried out few reverse image search engines to check whether they outperform Google and what additional features they provide. Find out which one works best for you from their review.
1. TinEye
With its powerful image recognition algorithm, TinEye provides the best-customized image search solution, in fact, better than Google. It is also the first image search engine to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. Its Match Engine finds duplicate and modified copies of your images. TinEye not only finds a similar image but also the images which have been cropped, edited or resized. The best feature we liked was to sort the image results by biggest image which gives us the highest size image of the searched one. You can install its Chrome extension and use it by right-clicking on any image.
2. Image Raider
Though a little slow with image processing, Image Raider gives you a comprehensive listing of all the links and websites with the searched image. The feature we liked was to reverse search image from a mobile browser, as uploading an image from mobile is not present in Google Image search. You can also select multiple images to be searched together but we found results not that satisfactory. It also provides multiple options to input images. Add images from XML sitemap or enter the URL of the page and it will fetch you all the images in the URL.
3. iqdb
iqdb is an anime specific multi-service image search provider. The website has a simple to use interface with a list of pre-assigned images search categories based on anime. The image search is only based on these categories i.e. it can only search for anime images.
4. RevIMG
RevIMG searches from an uploaded image and returns the result as a list of links to web pages where the image or similar ones are contained. Its best feature is to search by cropping the section of the image which you upload. It also has a list of categories to search images which include flags, coins symbols and many more. But this limits the search results to these categories only.
5. PicTriev
PicTriev is best suited to search faces on the web. You can search for celebrity look-alike from all over the web. It detects the face of the image and tells whether the person is male or female. It also predicts the age of the person. Spend some fun time here.
6. Stolencamerafinder
Stolencamerafinder is specifically for searching for images from lost or stolen cameras. It searches the web for the serial numbers embedded in JPEGs and finds resulting matches. Each photo clicked by a camera contains a hidden unique serial number that identifies the camera. By dropping an image, the site identifies the number and searches the web for photos containing the same number.
7. Karma Decay
Karma Decay is the reverse image search of Reddit. It serves as a powerful tool letting users search against an index of images posted on the social news site. You can expect accurate informational results for comics, memes and viral images. Upload your image or copy the URL and it will find similar images with their links on when and where it appeared first on Reddit.
Other reverse image search engines
Macroglossa is a comparison based search engine that helps in identifying what the image is related to. But it only searches and identifies specific categories like animals, biological, botanical, etc. ImageBrief is for photographers and creative audience. It searches for original first copies of images clicked by photographers.
Verdict
Reverse image search can be very useful to know more about images or to track websites with the same images. After testing out every website, we found that TinEye and Image Raider stands out in the list with their special features. TinEye’s extension is very useful to find the original, high-resolution images. Image Raider saves a lot of time by searching for multiple images at the same time.
