About Search Photos
Search Photos can image process (or scan) the photos in your photos library for the purpose of finding a specific (lost) photo by using your search text. It uses Text Recognition software to find text in a photo. You can...
Search Photos can image process (or scan) the photos in your photos library for the purpose of finding a specific (lost) photo by using your search text. It uses Text Recognition software to find text in a photo. You can then search for text in your photos. You can also use Spotlight to search through your photos. You can scan a selected time period (7 days, 30 days, 6 months etc.) or scan all your photos. Once a photo has been processed, you will not have to scan it again, so after a while you will have processed your complete photos library and it will be ready to be searched instantaneously. Search Photos can extract the text from any photo and will allow you to copy the text. It will also detect links, phone numbers, calendar events etc. You can mark the found photo as a favourite, if you wish. An extensive User Guide is included. Most languages are supported : English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian. New languages that are supported : Thai, Vietnamese and Arabic. Search Photos integrates with Maps to show you the physical location where the photo has been taken. You can also use Search Photos to scan an individual photo, a photo of a paper document or a screen shot. The free edition is limited to five search results. After the In-App Purchase you will receive unlimited search results.
Version History You can now edit the text that has been extracted from the photos. This means you can make small corrections and/or add keywords. 3.4 08/18/2025 When you search for a text in your Photos Library and there are hits, Photos Search will now highlight the hits in the text window. 3.3 05/23/2025 There was an issue when you would use the left double quotation mark or the right double quotation mark in your search text. That will now be handled as if you entered the (simple) double quote (") character. 3.2.3 03/07/2025 There was an issue when you would use the left single quotation mark or the right single quotation mark in your search text. That will now be handled as if you entered the apostrophe (') character. That is because the image processing will always use the apostrophe character for these quotation marks. 3.2.2 03/04/2025 You can now limit your search results by adding words. Examples: type Nixon+Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains both these presidents type Nixon-Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains Nixon, but not Kennedy type Nixon|Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains either Nixon or Kennedy Secondly, you can also add a text (or tag) to photos which do not contain a text. 3.2 07/10/2023 You can now limit your search results by adding words. For example, type Nixon+Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains both these presidents. 3.1 06/29/2023 Supports new languages like Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian on iOS 16 and also improves recognition capabilities for rotation and handwriting. Adds the Show in All Photos tool : it allows you to show a found photo together with its neighbouring photos. Fixed in 3.0.1 : quirks in the Show in All Photos command. 3.0.1 09/29/2022 Supports new languages like Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian on iOS 16. Adds Show in All Photos : it allows you to show a found photo together with its neighbouring photos. 3.0 09/27/2022 Added improvements to the pinch feature to zoom in on a photo. 2.4.1 10/09/2021 You can zoom in and out of photos using the Pinch gesture. Restore to the original size with a single tap. 2.4 10/03/2021 You can now create a new album in Photos with your search results. 2.3 05/22/2021 Adds a Delete command. The Delete command can be found in the contextual menu in the Search Results and in the Photo View at the top right next to the Favorite icon. 2.1 05/05/2021 Adds support for Spotlight. You can now search photos from your Home Screen (swipe down). You will see a preview of the photo in a small thumbnail image and when the photo has coordinates, you can immediately go to Maps. You can also continue search within the app. 2.0 02/25/2021 Added an option to automatically process your photos. 1.0.2 12/11/2020 Small bug fix and updated the manual. 1.0.1 11/30/2020 1.0 11/27/2020
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Search Photos since it was posted on our website on 2023-09-05 23:40:44.
The latest version is 3.4 and it was updated on 2026-10-18 17:52:05. See below the changes in each version.
Search Photos version 3.4
Updated At: 2026-10-13
Changes: Version History You can now edit the text that has been extracted from the photos. This means you can make small corrections and/or add keywords. 3.4 08/18/2025 When you search for a text in your Photos Library and there are hits, Photos Search will now highlight the hits in the text window. 3.3 05/23/2025 There was an issue when you would use the left double quotation mark or the right double quotation mark in your search text. That will now be handled as if you entered the (simple) double quote (") character. 3.2.3 03/07/2025 There was an issue when you would use the left single quotation mark or the right single quotation mark in your search text. That will now be handled as if you entered the apostrophe (') character. That is because the image processing will always use the apostrophe character for these quotation marks. 3.2.2 03/04/2025 You can now limit your search results by adding words. Examples:
type Nixon+Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains both these presidents
type Nixon-Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains Nixon, but not Kennedy
type Nixon|Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains either Nixon or Kennedy
Secondly, you can also add a text (or tag) to photos which do not contain a text. 3.2 07/10/2023 You can now limit your search results by adding words. For example, type Nixon+Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains both these presidents. 3.1 06/29/2023 Supports new languages like Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian on iOS 16 and also improves recognition capabilities for rotation and handwriting.
Adds the Show in All Photos tool : it allows you to show a found photo together with its neighbouring photos.
Fixed in 3.0.1 : quirks in the Show in All Photos command. 3.0.1 09/29/2022 Supports new languages like Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian on iOS 16.
Adds Show in All Photos : it allows you to show a found photo together with its neighbouring photos. 3.0 09/27/2022 Added improvements to the pinch feature to zoom in on a photo. 2.4.1 10/09/2021 You can zoom in and out of photos using the Pinch gesture. Restore to the original size with a single tap. 2.4 10/03/2021 You can now create a new album in Photos with your search results. 2.3 05/22/2021 Adds a Delete command.
The Delete command can be found in the contextual menu in the Search Results and in the Photo View at the top right next to the Favorite icon. 2.1 05/05/2021 Adds support for Spotlight. You can now search photos from your Home Screen (swipe down). You will see a preview of the photo in a small thumbnail image and when the photo has coordinates, you can immediately go to Maps. You can also continue search within the app. 2.0 02/25/2021 Added an option to automatically process your photos. 1.0.2 12/11/2020 Small bug fix and updated the manual. 1.0.1 11/30/2020 1.0 11/27/2020
Search Photos version 3.4
Updated At: 2025-08-18
Changes: You can now edit the text that has been extracted from the photos. This means you can make small corrections and/or add keywords.
Search Photos version 3.4
Updated At: 2025-08-18
Changes: Aug 18, 2025
Version 3.4
You can now edit the text that has been extracted from the photos. This means you can make small corrections and/or add keywords.
Search Photos version 3.3
Updated At: 2025-05-23
Changes: May 23, 2025
Version 3.3
When you search for a text in your Photos Library and there are hits, Photos Search will now highlight the hits in the text window.
Search Photos version 3.2.3
Updated At: 2025-03-07
Changes: Mar 7, 2025
Version 3.2.3
There was an issue when you would use the left double quotation mark or the right double quotation mark in your search text. That will now be handled as if you entered the (simple) double quote (") character.
Search Photos version 3.2
Updated At: 2023-07-10
Changes: Jul 10, 2023
Version 3.2
You can now limit your search results by adding words. Examples:
type Nixon+Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains both these presidents
type Nixon-Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains Nixon, but not Kennedy
type Nixon|Kennedy to find a photo with text that contains either Nixon or Kennedy
Secondly, you can also add a text (or tag) to photos which do not contain a text.
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