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What's better than Google Photos search for finding screenshots?

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Drafted with AI from the Nemos app and its documentation. Details about other apps can change, so check their sites.

Google Photos is very good at finding things in pictures, including faces, places and text. If it already finds what you need, there is little reason to change, particularly if you use other platforms.

There are two reasons to look elsewhere. One is privacy: Google Photos uploads your images to Google to search them, while Nemos reads screenshot text on your iPhone and keeps your library in your own iCloud. The other is mixing. A screenshot in Photos is surrounded by thousands of family pictures, and it cannot be searched together with your links or voice notes.

In Nemos, screenshots sit in a library built for saved information. One search covers them with notes, links and documents. You can add a reminder to a screenshot, and smart folders can sort them.

Nemos only knows the screenshots you bring to it, so pick the useful ones. Apple's Photos also searches text on supported iPhones, on your device, with no extra app. The free plan covers unlimited saves with your newest 50 open, so you can test this on a real week of saving before you pay anything.

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