Reverse image search

Add the photo, and the person's name or number if you know it. Right after checkout your report opens and searches for pages hosting that very image and for edited copies of it. Nothing is searched before that.

Yes, and that is its most common use. Stolen photos are the number one sign of a fake profile: if the photo turns up on other pages under different names, that is a strong signal the story does not hold up.

No. StoryCheck does not use facial recognition or any form of biometric identification, and it does not build a database of faces. The check looks for the same image and edited copies of it, nothing more.

The search is completely private and the person is never notified. The photo you upload is deleted automatically after the search runs; it is not stored or used for anything else.

A photo on its own rarely tells you who a stranger is, and StoryCheck does not try to work it out with facial recognition. The photo search shows where that exact picture already appears, under which names and on which profiles. If you also know their name or number, the same report checks who is behind it.

Search the photo. If the same picture turns up on other profiles, under other names, on stock photo sites or on a model's or influencer's account, it was very likely copied from there. Other warning signs: only a handful of suspiciously perfect photos, no pictures with friends, and an excuse every time a video call comes up.

Free image search engines show pages with matching or similar pictures, often mixed in with lookalikes and products, and stop there. Face search sites match faces using facial recognition. StoryCheck looks for the same photo and edited copies, never uses facial recognition, deletes your photo after the search and shows the matches next to the check of the name or number, when you add one.