Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Spottr

Ctrl+F for videos

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Spottr▲117

   The real Ctrl F for videos

   2024 · spottr.xyz · its alternatives →

2. 2
   CTRL-F for YouTube Videos▲137

   This is a small project i made years ago and updated to whisper last year, i still use it from time to time and thought it might be useful to others, or just put the idea out there for someone better than me to make a better implementation!

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Choppity▲797

   Find any part of any long video, turn it into a social clip

   2024 · choppity.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Clipto MCP▲655

   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…

   Aug 2026 · clipto.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Kawara▲214

   Personal search engine for your videos

   2025 · kawara.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Spotter▲119

   Search for copies of videos on the web

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7SS
   Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the internet▲90

   2017 · dashboard.spotter.tech · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CTRL-F▲283

   Search printed documents, with your camera!

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   SearchCam▲358

   CTRL+F for real world

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Invideo for Youtube▲112

    Search inside Youtube videos (think Ctrl-F)

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11ST
    Spotter – The first reverse video search tool▲24

    2017 · spotter.tech · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Video Search for Chrome▲77

    Extension to search for videos without leaving the page

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Maze Clips▲242

    Capture real-time insights with video and screen recordings

    2022 · maze.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Koemei▲82

    Instantly search inside videos just like text.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15CF
    Ctrl-F Video – Search for spoken words in a YouTube video▲7

    2016 · video.loud.red · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lookup▲147

    Ask Video Anything

    2025 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Peeky▲107

    Find images & videos before they disappear.

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Video highlights by Dovetail▲148

    Experience a new way to tell stories with your UX research

    2020 · dovetail.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Spot▲125

    Map-based video sharing app

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Gifwit▲87

    Organize and search your favorite images on the internet

    2014 · gifwit.com · its alternatives →

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    Sifty Search▲63

    Online tool for searching through documents. CTRL+F on crack

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    VideoRecall▲80

    Undo/Redo Any Video on Any Site

    2025 · videorecall.pages.dev · its alternatives →

23. 23
    ClipMine▲107

    A better way to watch videos, scan & skip to the best parts

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Relaud.io▲91

    Quote-based video search engine

    2016 · relaud.io · its alternatives →

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