App Profile: 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 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.