# Universal Tourist > Universal Tourist (iPhone/iPad app by Universal Projects and Tools S.L..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universal-tourist/id1024543724 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Universal Projects and Tools S.L.](https://appshunter.io/developer/364794899) - Category: Travel, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 9 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2015-08-18 - Data updated: 2026-05-17 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universal-tourist/id1024543724/reviews.md ## What is Universal Tourist? Universal Tourist is a translation tool for tourists visiting foreign countries to facilitate multilingual interactions with local shops, hotels, restaurants, emergencies and more. Universal Tourist helps tourists communicate in places where they don’t speak the local language. ------------ - Why use Universal Tourist? - With the number of tourist destinations increasing every year, language barriers can be an obstacle to a great vacation. Universal Tourist is an app to help you communicate when you’re in a shop, hotel or restaurant and the staff don’t speak your language. Universal Tourist works completely offline and has an interactive interface. It helps you in various aspects: to find specific information, communicate your needs or requests,etc. The conversation is facilitated by suggested answers based on the phrase you select. So when you click a specific phrase, it proposes various possible answers to the person you are speaking with, making conversation easy and fun. LANGUAGES Spanish English French Russian German Chinese (Simplified) Japanese Catalan Italian Portuguese COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES - Offline: use it anywhere without internet connection. - Enables conversation: Made to start conversations and facilitate communication. - Never fails: Hundreds of phrases recorded by professional interpreters, avoiding the mistakes of mistranslations and misunderstandings. FEATURES * Hundreds of phrases with audio recorded by native speakers in 10 different languages * Unique design that makes multilingual conversations easy. * Topics include: hotels, transport, shopping, activities, restaurants, emergencies and more. The translation technology platform used by Universal Tourist has been implemented in the area of health and commerce services for several years (known as Universal Doctor Speaker and Universal Customer) and has proved to be very user-friendly, valuable and reliable. The design is therefore well tested and adaptable to various situations. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | U-Tourist French | $1.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist Russian | $2.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist German | $1.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist Chinese | $2.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist Spanish | $1.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist English | Free | one-time | | U-Tourist Portuguese | Free | one-time | | U-Tourist Catalan | Free | one-time | | U-Tourist Italian | $1.99 | one-time | | U-Tourist Japanese | $2.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.0.3 — 2016-12-06 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. + Arabic language + Better user experience ### 1.0.2 — 2016-03-22 + improvements ### 1.0.1 — 2015-10-14 New languages added: Japanese, Catalan, Italian and Portuguese! ### 1.0 — 2015-08-18 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Universal Tourist | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Traveler’s French Cheat Sheet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/travelers-french-cheat-sheet/id1631190304) | 3.5 (2) | Free | Travel | | [Unicall - Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicall-guide/id1658954331) | — | Free | Travel | | [Spain Visually - Travel Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spain-visually-travel-guide/id6737117436) | — | Free | Travel | | [Salt Lake City History Walk](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/salt-lake-city-history-walk/id6740020557) | — | Free | Travel | | [Berlin Visually - Travel Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/berlin-visually-travel-guide/id6738204325) | — | Free | Travel | | [Unicall - Travel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicall-travel/id1634117665) | — | Free | Travel | ## More apps by Universal Projects and Tools S.L. - [Universal Doctor Speaker: Medical Translator with Audios](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universal-doctor-speaker-medical-translator-with-audios/id389202856) - [UniversalNurse Speaker: Translator for Nurses with Audio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universalnurse-speaker-translator-for-nurses-with-audio/id850442309) - [WHO Zika App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/who-zika-app/id1090088404) - [Vaccine Consent Forms App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vaccine-consent-forms-app/id1186203634) - [Happy Baby, Healthy Mom](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/happy-baby-healthy-mom/id1268709750) All apps by Universal Projects and Tools S.L.: https://appshunter.io/developer/364794899 --- *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 2026-05-17.*