Image Search Assistant

Name: Image Search Assistant
Rating: 3.9361702127659575 (47 reviews)
Author: Mime

Supports multi engine search for pictures; supports Taobao, 1688, and Alibaba e-commerce websites to search products with pictures

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Image Search Assistant is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your image search experience. It supports multi-engine searches across popular e-commerce platforms like Taobao, 1688, and Alibaba, allowing you to find similar products effortlessly using pictures.

Key features include local image upload, screenshot-based search, one-click extraction of images from webpages, product searches on leading e-commerce sites, image viewing, and easy picture downloads. This extension streamlines visual product discovery and image research, making shopping and browsing more efficient.

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By:

Mime

Users:

30,000

Rating:

3.94

(47)

Version:

3.5.29 Last updated: 2025-07-07

Creation date:

2020-10-19

Risk:

Permissions:

declarativeNetRequest
downloads
tabs
storage
contextMenus

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

2.30MB

Email:

tb*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 4,600 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#333 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 3 #32 in assistant keyword 30 ▲ 5 #97 in e-commerce keyword 20 ▲ 28 #103 in image keyword 70 ▲ 12 #168 in search keyword 62 ▲ 42

Other platforms

Image Search Assistant (v2.0.10)

36,907 4.20

(22)

User reviews

User reviews show that Image Search Assistant was initially praised for its convenience and multi-engine support, making image searching and e-commerce selections easier. However, multiple users report that recent updates have removed critical features, resulted in connectivity errors during searches, and broken functionalities such as scrolling and keyword input. The extension sometimes fails to work on certain sites or becomes erratic, lowering reliability. Overall, while it has powerful capabilities, current stability and feature regressions are the main issues users face.

Pros

Initially very useful and convenient for image searching, especially for e-commerce platforms.
Supports multiple image search engines like Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu.
Extracts and sorts all images on an open tab by size, making them easy to view, download, or search.
Simplifies the process of searching images by context menu integration.
Received positive feedback for helping users easily find images without switching sites.

Cons

Recent updates removed key features like screenshot function and direct image search, reducing usefulness.
Issues with connection errors and inability to search images directly through integrated search engines.
Some users report plugin becoming non-functional or buggy over time, especially with site-specific searches like Taobao, 1688, JD, PDD.
Inability to filter out low-resolution or irrelevant images, affecting search quality.
Some functionalities, like scrolling and keyword entry, are broken or missing, leading to poor user experience.

Recent reviews

It's okay, it had some minor quirks and bugs but as of today's date, I notice I do not have the screenshot function anymore and a new download tab option. It has made the the tools less useful. Wow, it seems you took out every feature. Why?? We can't even search an image now without going to other pages and jumping through hoops uploading images or giving permission to our clipboards. Bad taste. If I wanted to download the image to then upload the image to an image search site, I would just download it and go to the site to upload it. What fool decided to single-handedly remove the function of the app that was the reason people downloaded it in the first place? This is not an assistant, Please rename it Image Search Obstacle. Okay I see the screenshot is still there on the activation extension page which I always have hidden and I use context menu where for some reason it was removed. But still It doesn't matter, It still brings us to the same obstacle page and even then, from there the search doesn't work.

ie*****, 2025-07-01

For some reason my normal google image search doesn't work so I got this as a replacement. It's semi-functional. A few issues: Can't enter keywords, even though at the top it says "keyword:". Can't scroll main window."See in website" for google gets "can't connect" error. Can't submit feedback through the submit feedback page.

Ch*****, 2024-11-07

用了几天，突然就废了

Xi*****, 2024-09-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Image Search Assistant requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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Image Search Assistant has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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