Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to ExRey

Like Shazam, but for video.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. ExRey launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Clipto MCP▲640
Hey HN, We recently built Clipto. It’s a tool that lets you search over terabytes of video, audio, and images on your computer, without relying on the cloud. Motivation: we probably all had this similar experience, we know a moment exists in a video or audio, but finding it takes hours scrubbing the timeline. You can send all the media to process in the cloud, but it’s slow, expensive and raises privacy concerns. So we decided to build our own on-device media search engine. How it works (high level): 1. We ingest video, audio, image; normalize formats via ffmpeg; run content analysis to…
23d ago · clipto.com · its alternatives →
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I've built a spectrogram analyzer web app▲244
2023 · webfft.net · its alternatives →
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Movsea▲7
Shazam for movies! (Project for Recognizing Movies by Video)
2017 · its alternatives →
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VideoMentions – Search YouTube based on the spoken words in videos▲295
2022 · videomentions.com · its alternatives →
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New Shazam▲165
Swipeable nav with a refreshed look & feel
2017 · its alternatives →
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textbehindvideo.io▲219
Create cinematic text behind video designs easily
Sep 2025 · its alternatives →
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Exodify▲115
Reveal creepy trackers spying on you 👀, hidden in apps
2018 · its alternatives →
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Video Commander▲87
The IDE for video engineers
Apr 2026 · video-commander.com · its alternatives →
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Element Hunter▲64
Auto search relevant photos and videos for content creators
2022 · its alternatives →
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Modfy▲123
An open-source video transcoder in your browser using wasm
2020 · its alternatives →
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Video Transcoder on the browser using WASM▲129
2020 · modfy.video · its alternatives →
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Memoriafree tier, from $9.99/mo▲156
Search photos by text, speech, object & faces. 100% offline.
17d ago · memoria.anasouh.fr · its alternatives →
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NeuraVid▲142
Find & analyze videos instantly with AI-powered search
2025 · neuravid.io · its alternatives →
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Lookup▲147
Ask Video Anything
Sep 2025 · its alternatives →
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Sonar by Facebook▲152
Extensible mobile app debugging for iOS and Android
2018 · its alternatives →
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WhatMovie▲11
The Shazam for Movies & TV shows
2025 · its alternatives →
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FFmpeg 3.0▲140
Encode, convert & stream audio and video
2016 · its alternatives →
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Shazam for Mac▲151
Listens and identifies music in the background
2014 · its alternatives →
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ClipMine▲107
A better way to watch videos, scan & skip to the best parts
2015 · its alternatives →
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I'm working on a Chrome extension for viewing EXIF data of images▲23
I started this because similar Chrome extensions were paywalling features and I wanted a free, open source alternative. I'm new to this, so I would appreciate feedback and tips if anyone has some!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Zinc▲85
Bookmark videos on Mac or iPhone. Watch later on Apple TV.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Remotion Media Parser▲57
A modern multimedia library for the web
2025 · remotion.dev · its alternatives →
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Expi▲9
User friendly desktop app for media processing.
Feb 2026 · getexpi.app · its alternatives →
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Nova A.I. Video Analysis and Search▲84
A.I. powered video analysis, search and clip generation
2023 · its alternatives →

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