Illuminarty detects AI images — but requires downloading and uploading every photo. Faux Spy is a Chrome extension that checks any image on any website with a right-click. No upload. No navigation. 3 free checks per day.
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Illuminarty is a solid AI image detector. The detection quality is real, and the heatmap feature is genuinely useful for understanding where AI artifacts appear in an image.
The friction is the issue. Every check requires: (1) download the image, (2) open illuminarty.ai in a new tab, (3) upload the image. When you're scrolling through a dating app and want to check five photos across a single profile, that's fifteen steps. Most people do it once and stop.
If you want to make AI detection part of your actual workflow — not just a tool you use when something looks obviously wrong — you need something with less friction.
| Faux Spy | Illuminarty | |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | Chrome extension — right-click any image on any site | Website — download image then upload to illuminarty.ai |
| Free tier | 3 checks/day, no account | 5 scans/day, account required |
| Paid plan | $9.99/month (200 scans) | ~$9–$19/month |
| Heatmap | No | Yes |
| Works on dating apps | Yes — directly in the browser | Only after downloading the photo |
Faux Spy is designed specifically for the dating app and social media use case. You're on Tinder, someone's photos look a little too perfect — you want to check without leaving the app. Hover over the photo, an overlay appears, click Investigate. Three seconds. No new tab, no download, no upload.
It works on any image in Chrome: dating apps, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, anywhere. The free tier gives you 3 checks per day, no account needed. Pro ($9.99/month) adds 200 checks a month and deepfake detection.
Faux Spy is powered by Hive Moderation — the same enterprise detection engine that social platforms and media companies use — covering Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, Flux, and other major generators.
Faux Spy is the most direct alternative for users who want browser-based detection without uploading images. It works as a Chrome extension on any website, eliminating the download/upload workflow entirely.
No — Faux Spy shows a verdict and confidence score. Illuminarty's heatmap that highlights AI artifacts in the image is a unique feature. If heatmap analysis is specifically what you need, Illuminarty has an advantage there. For routine profile checking, a confidence score is what most users need.
There's no independent head-to-head test of the two, so we won't claim one. Faux Spy runs Hive Moderation's commercial engine alongside Sightengine, and its practical edge is convenience: it checks images where you find them instead of making you download and upload.
Yes — 3 checks per day with no account required. Illuminarty offers 5 free scans per day but requires an account. Faux Spy Pro is $9.99/month for 200 checks a month and deepfake detection.
Right-click any image in Chrome. No downloading, no uploading, no new tabs.
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