# CamFind

> Search the Physical World™

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.msearcher.camfind](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.msearcher.camfind)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.msearcher.camfind`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CloudSight Inc.
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 5,765,854
- **Rating:** 2.19 / 5 (18,087 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.2.7
- **Last updated:** 2023-09-06
- **First published:** 2014-02-05
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.msearcher.camfind)
- **Website:** [https://camfindapp.com/](https://camfindapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://camfindapp.com/privacy-policy.html](https://camfindapp.com/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

CamFind is the pioneering mobile visual search engine powered by CloudSight.ai's Image Recognition API. With over 3 million users, it allows you to search the physical world by simply taking a picture on your device. Key features include internet search results, related images and videos, price comparisons, online shopping, local search with Uber and Lyft integration, and the ability to ask and answer questions about any object.

Additional functionalities of CamFind include uploading and saving images, QR and barcode scanning, language translation, voice and text search, and visual reminders. It also supports instant sharing to popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. This app is voiceover compatible and designed to provide a seamless mobile search experience. Recognized by major publications such as TIME, Forbes, and CNET, CamFind revolutionizes how users interact with the world around them.

## Rankings

- #21,750 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Most reviewers report that CamFind has a strong idea but fails in execution: widespread inaccurate or overly generic identifications, frequent failures to recognize items, and recurring error/posting problems. Users want exact-match or shopping results and find the app misleading compared with expectations. Several reviewers still see potential if accuracy and reliability are substantially improved.

### Pros

- Good concept and clear potential — several users liked the idea behind the app.
- Occasionally returns a basic/high-level description of an object when it works.
- Users note developer effort and hope it could improve into a useful tool if accuracy is fixed.

### Cons

- Very poor accuracy: many reviews report generic, incorrect or misleading identifications.
- Often fails to recognize items at all; multiple users called the app 'useless' or said it doesn't work.
- Frequent errors and posting/connectivity problems (e.g., "http item not found" or failed uploads).
- Doesn't deliver expected features like exact-match searches or shopping/purchase suggestions; marketing is seen as misleading.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.msearcher.camfind)