Sherlock
A mobile-friendly reverse image search tool for checking whether a profile photo is fake, stolen, or AI-generated, without needing a desktop or an app.
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Description
Anyone who has swapped messages with someone on a dating app, a rental listing, or a marketplace has probably wondered at some point whether the person's photo is actually them. Doing a proper reverse image search on a phone is normally awkward — most tools are built for desktop browsers, and screenshotting a chat photo to search it is clunky. Sherlock is built specifically to work well on a phone: it runs entirely in the mobile browser, resizes the photo locally before uploading, and searches the web for other places that same image appears.
Beyond basic reverse search, it includes AI-detection to flag generated or edited photos, checks for known impostor-account patterns, and offers plugins for common contexts — dating apps, rental listings, resale marketplaces. It keeps search history stored only in the browser rather than on a server, and supports several languages beyond English (Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Japanese). The free tier allows one search per day; beyond that it's pay-as-you-go credits (50 for $9.99, up to 500 for $49.99, credits don't expire) or a subscription ($9.99/week or $69.99/year) with weekly credit refills.
💬 Our review
The short version: if you occasionally need to check a suspicious photo — a dating match, a rental listing, a marketplace seller — Sherlock's mobile-first design and AI-generated-photo detection make it noticeably more convenient than doing the same search on a desktop tool from your phone.
Against TinEye or Google Images, which are free but built for desktop and don't flag AI-generated content specifically, Sherlock trades a small cost (one free search a day, then credits or a subscription) for a workflow that actually works well on a phone and adds a detection layer general-purpose search engines don't offer. Against paid identity-verification services like PimEyes or Social Catfish, which lean more toward professional or investigative use and cost significantly more, Sherlock is a lighter, cheaper option aimed at casual one-off checks rather than deep investigation. For someone who needs this once every few weeks, the free daily search is probably enough; frequent users will hit the cap fast and should compare the $9.99 weekly plan against buying a one-time credit pack.
💰 Pricing
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Gratuit : 1 recherche/jour. Crédits : 50 pour 9,99$, 150 pour 19,99$, 500 pour 49,99$ (n'expirent jamais). Abonnement hebdomadaire 9,99$/semaine (60 crédits/semaine, non reportables) ou 69,99$/an.
Pros
Conçu spécifiquement pour le mobile, contrairement à la plupart des moteurs de recherche inversée
Détection de photos générées ou modifiées par IA
Historique de recherche stocké uniquement dans le navigateur, aucune image conservée côté serveur
Support multilingue (6 langues) et application iPhone native disponible
Cons
Palier gratuit très limité (1 recherche/jour)
Crédits hebdomadaires de l'abonnement non reportables d'une semaine à l'autre
Produit jeune, moins reconnu que les moteurs de recherche inversée établis
Expérience pensée mobile-first, moins optimisée pour un usage bureau intensif