Adapt It Mobile vs Locu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Adapt It Mobile
This tool facilitates quick translation between related languages on mobile devices. It stores previous translations in a knowledge base for future suggestions and supports various file import/export formats.
- Related language translation
- Translation memory (Knowledge Base)
- Import/export USFM, USX, XML, TXT
- Clipboard text import/export
- Translation Memory Exchange (TMX) support
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Adapt It Mobile is a simple related language translation tool designed specifically for mobile devices. Using a tablet or smartphone, you can use Adapt It Mobile to quickly translate text from one language to another related language. Previous translations are stored in a translation memory called a Knowledge Base, and are suggested the next time that particular word or phrase is encountered. Adapt It Mobile is able to import and export .usfm, .usx, and Adapt It desktop (.xml) documents, as well as general-purpose text files such as those used for health and literacy projects. Text snippets can also be copied in for translating. Adapt It Mobile can import and export the following: - Clipboard text (all supported types, including translation memory files) - USFM markup files: .usfm, .sfm, .usx - Adapt It (desktop) documents: .xml - Plain-text files: .txt The translation memory itself can be imported and exported as needed. Adapt It Mobile supports the following translation memory file formats. - Adapt It (desktop) Knowledge Base file: .xml - Translation Memory Exchange file: .tmx
Locu
This app allows you to open your frequently used URLs quickly and efficiently by typing custom commands. It interprets your input to construct specific URLs on the go and opens them directly in the appropriate app, also keeping a history of your URL openings.
- Open URLs by typing
- Interpret arguments for URL construction
- Open URLs in handling app
- Record URL opening history
- Share commands via QR codes
- Use via share extension, spotlight, today widget, URL schemes
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Locu helps you open your daily URLs much faster and more flexibly. With your URLs added and configured, you open them just by typing. According to your input, Locu will: 1. filter thus retrieve the potential URLs quickly 2. interpret the arguments to construct specific URLs on the go 3. open the selected URL in its handling app directly 4. record the history of your URLs opening From now on, you: 1. don’t have to worry about which app could fulfill your goal 2. don’t have to remember or type those long but useful URL strings 3. will need less tapping or typing to get things done Moreover, you can share wonderful commands with your friends, through QR codes. Besides within the app, you can use Locu through other ways: 1. the share extension within other apps 2. the spotlight search 3. the today widget 4. the URL schemes Locu supports Deriving from the word “locution”, Locu is the app that helps you open URLs in your own way. For detailed help, please refer to the support link.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Adapt It Mobile at 5.0 against Locu's 4.5. Adapt It Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 18 months). Locu's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Adapt It Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Adapt It Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Locu every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Adapt It Mobile | Locu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Brommers | 文礼 周 |
Customer experience
Adapt It Mobile
Locu
In-app purchases
Adapt It Mobile
No in-app purchases
Locu
No in-app purchases









