Free Google Lens AlternativesImage Search Engines and other similar apps like Google Lens

The best free alternative to Google Lens is TinEye. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try TinEye or OSS Document Scanner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Google Lens and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Google Lens are NormCap, CamScanner, PicMenu and lenso.ai.

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Google Lens alternatives are mainly Image Search Engines, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or Image Scanners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include EU, Android, iPhone, Image Search, Screenshot Capture, Scan documents and iPhone + Image Search. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Google Lens.
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  1. TinEye icon
     269 likes

    Reverse image search engine creating digital signatures to locate sources, track usage, find higher resolutions, and discover alterations. Ad-free and resource-efficient.

    45 TinEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  2. The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.

    70 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Search by Image icon
     42 likes

    A powerful reverse image search tool, with support for various search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu and TinEye.

    42 Search by Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    Search by Image vs Google Lens Comments
    dev_op1234
    Negative
    2

    Because it is not an app but a browser extension. Can't run on Android because most browsers don't allow to install extensions on Android with few as expections.

    • Search by Image is Free and Open SourceGoogle Lens is Free and Proprietary
  4. NormCap icon
     22 likes

    OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. PicMenu icon
     12 likes

    AI-powered tool for viewing dish images from menu photos, assisting dining choices by using sophisticated image recognition to match menu items with photos, featuring Llama 3.2 vision. Enhances dining decisions with swift visual aids and supports diverse menu formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. lenso.ai icon
     6 likes

    Lenso.ai is an excellent AI image search tool that allows you to search for images of places, people, duplicates, related, or similar images. Thanks to its advanced AI technology, lenso.ai provides a more accurate and efficient reverse image search compared to traditional...

    14 lenso.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    lenso.ai vs Google Lens Comments
    kddjs12321
    Positive
    0

    It can search faces and the UX is better

    • lenso.ai is Freemium and ProprietaryGoogle Lens is Free and Proprietary
  7. NooBox icon
     27 likes

    A useful Toolbox! Reverse image search with multiple engines + Extract images + Screenshot & Search

    34 NooBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  8. Image Analysis Toolset is a multifunctional app to analyze pictures. Included features: object Identifier, web image detector, logo Identifier, landmark Identifier: Optical Text Recognition (OCR) colorimeter, censorship risk meter.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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