Bibbit vs TagMyRun
Both read bib numbers off race photos so runners can find themselves. They differ in where the photos live, what happens when a bib is hidden, and what gets written back. Here is the honest version, including the row TagMyRun wins today.
TagMyRun details are from tagmyrun.com as of November 2026. Tell us if something has changed.
| Feature | Bibbit | TagMyRun |
|---|---|---|
| SmugMug and Zenfolio native sync | Connects to your account, reads each album and writes the bib numbers back as keywords, so the host's own search box finds them. | Not offered. Tags are embedded in local files; getting them into a gallery is a re-upload and depends on the host reading embedded IPTC. |
| Auto-sync | Optional per gallery: results go to the host as soon as a scan finishes, and corrections sync again after review. | Not offered. |
| Face grouping (finds hidden bibs) | Groups photos of the same runner by face, so resolving one group tags every photo they are in, including the ones where the bib is folded, covered or out of frame. Opt-in per event; face data is deleted with the scan. | Not offered. TagMyRun presents having no face recognition as a privacy choice; photos with a hidden bib stay untagged. |
| Roster names | Upload a bib,name CSV and runner names are written alongside the numbers, so a gallery is searchable by name too. | Not offered as far as its public site states. |
| Local folder support | In development: scan JPEGs from any folder and get them back with IPTC keywords plus CSV, JSON and XMP sidecars. Not yet available. | Yes. Works on any local folder, embeds IPTC keywords in the JPEGs and exports CSV, JSON and XMP. |
| Pricing | Pay as you go, 1¢ per scan: $10 per 1,000 photos for bibs, the same again if face grouping is on. No subscription. | Pay as you go, £10 per 1,000 photos. |
| Free trial | 500 free scans on sign-up, plus a no-signup demo on the home page: drop up to ten photos and see bibs and face groups. | 500 free credits, plus a no-signup demo of up to ten photos. |
| Photo storage | Never stores your photos: each one is read from your gallery, processed in memory and discarded. Only the results are kept. | Photos are uploaded for processing; see its site for how long they are kept. |
| Photographer directory | A public directory of photographers whose galleries are searchable by bib, with a badge for your site. | Not offered. |
Which one fits
If your photos never go near SmugMug or Zenfolio and you want tagged files on disk today, TagMyRun does that now and Bibbit does not yet.
If your galleries are on SmugMug or Zenfolio, Bibbit tags them in place with no re-upload, finds the photos where the bib is hidden, and adds runner names from your roster. The results land where your runners already search.
See it on your own photos
The demo takes ten photos and no account. The full scan takes an album and a few minutes.