Binko Chat User Reviews

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Translate doesn’t work?

Love the idea of this app, but when I try to use the translate feature into traditional Chinese it won’t even allow me to change the language. App is glitchy and can’t do its basic task, but great idea!

Once Incredible

This app had an update a few months back that now doesn’t allow you to select the language you want to translate to (Korean in my case).

Once upon a time, the app would not only translate text, but generate a description elaborating in your desired language to fully explain slang, pop culture, and other nuances. If the explanation wasn’t perfect, you could try again it would generate a better explanation.

Now the app doesn’t work at all. Which is a bummer, considering it was the best way to share foreign references and ideas with my partner, and vice versa.

Please fix this!
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Doesn’t work

I emailed the developer and no response, I think this is a dead app. It no longer works and gets stuck on the loading phase :(

Could have been better than Google Translate But……

I was impressed by how well it translated slang phrases. The english translation made much more sense than Google Translate! The only downside was that it started to become buggy and lag. Even with the update, it did not improve. I have ultimately decided to uninstall the app due to no improvement with the loading and failure to translate.
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Worked great depended on it a lot but doesn’t work anymore

Worked great depended on it a lot but doesn’t work anymore, messages fail to send

App stopped working

In the beginning it was working wonders with talk to my mom. Now when I open the app I don’t see any message history. Everything is wiped. I tried to add her back on but nothing was populating.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I see the list of contacts now but my message isn’t going through. I was trying to send a message then the translation queue is stuck on the “…” action.

Please fix.. it’s the only way I can communicate with my mom fairly well than going back and forth on Google translate :(
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Not working

Doesn’t work anymore. Have tried all month and it doesn’t connect and translate anymore. Disappointing because it was great before.

not working

it was ok while it lasted. it hasn’t worked since august and i guess no one cares about this app anymore.

Looking forward to this app

I downloaded this app after seeing it in CBC News. The app is currently not working but I look forward to using this once it’s fixed. As a child of Chinese immigrants, this could be a game changer!

It's no longer working since August.

It's no longer working since August.
Need to fix.

It’s not working

I really liked it when it first came out but now it won’t connect

network error

And lost everything after updated

Good so far

Update August 8: It’s buggy and unstable. Now it just stopped working.

This translation app seems to pick up nuances. It would be very helpful if we could translate screenshots and use the camera function. It will make the translation faster if we have the option to choose the app when we are in a photo folder, so we won't have to switch between apps all the time. I'm sure it will translate faster since it's continuing in development. Overall, I like it. It's a promising start, thank you.
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Good so far

This translation app seems to pick up nuances. It would be very helpful if we could translate screenshots and use the camera function. It will make the translation faster if we have the option to choose the app when we are in a photo folder, so we won't have to switch between apps all the time. I'm sure it will translate faster since it's continuing in development. Overall, I like it. It's a promising start, thank you.

Update August 8:
It’s buggy and stable. It hasn’t been able to translate for a few days. Please update the app. Thank you.
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filters

remove the filters for translation. makes the app useless

Good app, but…

I wish it had an option for Taiwanese Mandarin. The traditional characters worked alright until it was decided it would be strictly Cantonese.

Taiwanese Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien would be nice additions.

Best chat app tbh

Really helpful with learning for me & the boyfie. We have different languages and had always wanted to learn each other’s language.

More improvements, features & languages to come!! Kudos to the team and who started this app. 🙏🏼 May you be blessed.

Loved

The best translation app

We don’t have cellphone..

..we only have a landline, which does not receive the access code and we can’t login..that’s bad..this app would been very useful for our families..

Good so far

This translation app seems to pick up nuances. It would be very helpful if we could translate screenshots and use the camera function. It will make the translation faster if we have the option to choose the app when we are in a photo folder, so we won't have to switch between apps all the time. I'm sure it will translate faster since it's continuing in development. Overall, I like it. It's a promising start, thank you.
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