# Microsoft Translator — user reviews > 570 indexed App Store user reviews of Microsoft Translator by Microsoft Corporation, rated 4.80/5 from 158,207 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/microsoft-translator/id1018949559/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/microsoft-translator/id1018949559.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 133,556 · 4★ 16,120 · 3★ 4,695 · 2★ 1,414 · 1★ 2,422 ## What do users think of Microsoft Translator? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent translation accuracy - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🔒 Secure and private - 💡 Offline translation capability - 🗣️ Accurate voice translation - 📚 Extensive language support **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent performance with certain language pairs - 🔍 Lack of detailed translation options (e.g. Pinyin for Chinese) - 🗑️ Difficult to clear translation history - 🔌 Requires internet connection for some features - 💻 Suboptimal experience on tablets and larger screens **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when translating certain types of content - Issues with camera-based translation feature - Problems with text-to-speech functionality **Most requested features** - Add more language options, including less common ones - Improve translation accuracy for specialized vocabulary and idioms - Provide more customization options (e.g. translation speed, font size) - Integrate with more third-party apps and services - Enhance offline capabilities for all supported languages ## Newest reviews (14 of 570) ### 2/5 — Won’t play through headphones anymore? *2026-07-07, version 26.7.1* The audio only wants to play through my phone speaker which is really annoying for studying, wonder if anyone else is having this issue ### 2/5 — Conversation feature *2026-07-04, version 26.7.1* Ok, with the update that has taken out the multiple device conversation, where has the single device conversation gone to? For deaf or hard of hearing, this is a necessary app as unfortunately the teams or browser, unlike that of the non iOS op system ### 2/5 — Chinese character translation *2026-06-06, version 26.2.1* If you are in China this is not the translation app. If the characters go down the page, the app will translate the words, with the printing space being as wide as the characters. The translation is printed from left to right and not top down. This leads to the app trying to print a potentially long translation in one really small space (the whole phrase in one horizontal line) shrinking the words to try and fit it, making it unreadable or blurry. ### 3/5 — :( *2026-05-15, version 26.2.1* On the iPhone 15 Pro Max it doesn't support it at all, but on Android it read every sneeze and it was amazing. What need to do? ### 1/5 — Issue detecting Spanish in Conversation Mode *2026-05-12, version 26.2.1* Having issues since the last update of not working as it used to the spanish detection for different language and keep the conversation going. ### 1/5 — Terrible la actualízacion *2026-05-12, version 26.2.1* Antes funcionaba bien , ahora no lee nada y no sirve , usen mejor el Google translate ! Tiene las mismas funciones ### 4/5 — No speech feature *2026-05-11, version 26.2.1* Today it can’t hear me. It says it’s listening for English or Spanish. It translates when I speak Spanish, but it just won’t hear me if I speak English. This is a new problem. It used to work. ### 2/5 — Won’t auto play the translated text *2026-05-06, version 26.2.1* When translating a big sentence I have to click the play button every time and if I begin to speak again or if there is any other sound in the room it will overwrite it if I don’t hit the play button fast enough, have the auto play setting on too it’s just unusable until that’s working. Google translate has the same problem. ### 2/5 — bug *2026-05-05* The translation between Chinese and British English is not working properly. It only works correctly when selecting American English; it fails to translate English from other languages. ### 1/5 — The text exceeded the maximum length of 1000 characters. Please use shorter text OK *2026-05-02, version 25.10.2* The text exceeded the maximum length of 1000 characters. Please use shorter text OK ### 2/5 — gelişsin *2026-04-18, version 25.10.2* Neredeyse hiçbir kelimeyi bilemiyor sadece A2, B1 tarz basit kelimeleri çeviriyor acil durumlarda mesela çok yabancı ortamdayım sizi zor durumda bırakiyor tavsiye ETMEM ### 3/5 — Speed of Spoken Phrases *2026-04-15, version 25.10.2* I am seriously frustrated. I have tried and tried to find where to slow down the speed of the spoken words (to better learn them) and I can not find anywhere to do this. I was advised to poke the arrow next to a phrase after a spoken phrase. It didn’t work. I tried looking under the gear symbol, no where to alter speed of speech. I am frustrated!!!! ### 1/5 — Always dim the screen while translating *2026-04-07, version 25.10.2* Designed by brainless probably. Such a rubbish design. ### 3/5 — Stopped working *2026-03-31, version 25.10.2* The app used to work great!! It’s no longer utilizing the microphone accurately. Only hears a few words ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t turn on spanish speech recognition *2026-08-16, version 26.7.1* I’ve done a good bit of research but still can’t get spanish speach recognition to turn on. Another useless translation app from a mutli-trillion dollar company. ### 1/5 — Pronunciation recognition *2026-08-14, version 26.7.1* It can’t recognize the pronunciation word, world, words what. ### 1/5 — Killed the only distinctive feature *2026-08-11, version 26.7.1* Without the multi device translation feature there is no reason to use this app over any other. ### 1/5 — 有意识形态的误导翻译 *2026-07-28, version 26.7.1* 许多对比尔盖茨政治派别不利语言会故意误导翻译 ### 1/5 — App does not work well anymore *2026-07-12, version 26.7.1* Microsoft removed the ability to download languages for offline use. Microsoft did not adapt the app to be visually accessible, especially with an interface that does not allow resizing of fonts in the device’s Zoomed View. And it misses some gendered nuances, especially in Russian and Middle East languages. ### 1/5 — Not so good anymore *2026-06-07, version 26.2.1* It doesn’t realize when translating a convo between two people the mic and speaker for the other person needs to stay on the phone not the headphones. So worthless No pinyin so worthless for phonetic pronunciation Most times it just spins because of the mic and speaker oversite. ### 1/5 — Recent update broke translator *2026-05-25, version 26.2.1* All my devices are unable to translate live messages. Keeps stating unable to detect audio but when using other options it works sentence by sentence. Please restore translator using your previous build. Unable to use app. ### 1/5 — Voice translator doesn’t work *2026-05-20, version 26.2.1* It is not picking up on my voice at all. Useless ### 1/5 — UI not even functional *2026-05-17, version 26.2.1* Can’t change source language back to auto detect ### 1/5 — Worse app ever used *2026-05-16, version 26.2.1* Unable to use it at all. Keep telling me to check my network connection while I was on WiFi. Turn off the WiFi and try to use my phone cellular and still have same error. Unable to use but this is recommended app to use in China. Prepare for my trip but disappointed and frustrated that I can’t use this app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Essential for International Travel *2026-07-29, version 26.7.1* Microsoft Translator is a fantastic app and very easy to use. It made communicating in another language simple and stress-free. During my recent business trip to Spain, I used it to translate English to Spanish, and it was incredibly helpful. The translations were quick, accurate, and made everyday conversations much easier. I highly recommend this app to anyone traveling internationally or communicating in different languages. ### 5/5 — No *2026-06-10, version 26.2.1* Yesterday’s ### 5/5 — Why *2026-05-07, version 26.2.1* Since the update it has many error just translates from one language no 2 like it used to be before ### 5/5 — Translator *2026-04-15, version 25.10.2* A great function is a basic phrasebook included with pronunciation! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-10, version 25.10.2* Awesome free app. However they will discontinue it July 2026. ### 5/5 — This app is a Godsend *2026-03-06, version 25.10.2* I downloaded this app so I could use it in Hong Kong & to speak to my wife’s family in China as 98 % of them speak no English. I used this app many times while I was there & it worked an absolute treat both with or without WiFi. I’m definitely going to use this app again. ### 5/5 — Still essential *2025-12-05, version 25.10.2* Back in the ice age this app was simpler and more useable. They should fix it back. It’s still second only to the Google Translator. As far as Thai translation is concerned, It’s essential on occasion where Google gets it wrong, this will be correct and vice versa. Expect this might be the case for other complex languages. ### 5/5 — 아주 유용합니다 *2025-11-11* 번역이 매끄럽지 않을 때도 있으나 점점 좋아질거라 믿습니다. ### 5/5 — Excellent tiny app size! *2025-11-01, version 25.10.2* Thanks for keeping the app size ~20 megabytes. That’s awesome, and way better than that other company’s translator app. ### 5/5 — Haider *2025-10-29, version 25.3.1* تطبيق انصح بتنصيبه لأنه مجاني ودقيق الترجمة ويستحق 5 نجمات --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*