Most of the Googlers must have tried searching for images using keywords on Google Image Search engine but it’s not the only way you can search for images. Sometime, we already got an image but want to have other image that matches with the one we have i.e backwards image search.
In order to help you out in that particular situation, there are some special search engines available over the internet which will let you lookup for different images using an image itself. These search engines are called Reverse Image Search engines or Reverse Picture Search engines and I got a list of best of them.
Top 10 Best Reverse Image Search Engines
In fact, the Google Image Search itself provides this feature to search images with an image. Let see which other options are available to you over internet for reverse image lookup.
#1 TinEye
This one is the best one among the reverse image search engines list here due to availability of more number of images and simple user interface to search images with an image.
You can find image from different sources and you can even choose different resolutions on sizes.
#2 Gazpopa
This tool allows searching of similar images by uploading the one you’ve and it even allows drawing of images using its drawing tool. This tool searches for images keeping the texture and design in sense.
#3 Google Image Search
How can we forget about Google when it comes to search engine and so its Image search engine is the best one to search for images using image itself.
Google picture Search will let you search for images by asking for the photo you’ve by uploading and it’ll even allow you to choose colors, size, resolution and other factors like reverse gif search or reverse jpeg search.
#4 RevIMG
This one is little old image search engine but it’s still useful. It searches for images using shape, dimension and colors kind of attributes. I found this tool still useful as the results I found were useful.
#5 Multi service image search
This one is again a basic image search engine but you can use it to find different but similar looking images in comparison to the image you got with yourself. The UI doesn’t have any kind of latest graphics rather the tools is extremely simple. Supported file types are JPEG, PNG and GIF only.
Few more options that you can try
- IM2GPS
- SnapTell
- ImgSeek
- Idee
- Byo
One way to use Reverse Image Search engines
Consider if you clicked one image and got your copyright on it but someone else is using that image on his website without taking permission from you. In this case you can search similar images on the web like your using the Reverse Image Search engines. This is one way of using such search engines.
Thanks for the post Pawan.
A useful peace of information to track or search similar images on search engines.
Google reverse image was by far the best of the image search engines until they altered it, now it’s amongst the worse.
Now there is an awesome new app to perform Reverse Image Search on Windows Phone called simply “Reverse Image Search”. It’s powered by Google, Bing, TinEye and Yandex.