Internet Translator Simple vs WordByWord
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Internet Translator Simple
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Quickly translate texts from the web pages you visit! Try the convenience of having a translator always available inside the safari application.
WordByWord
This app helps you read faster by displaying text one word at a time in a fixed position. It supports various text formats like PDFs, EPUBs, and web articles, allowing you to adjust reading speed up to 1200 WPM. All processing is done locally on your device for privacy.
- Reads text one word at a time (RSVP)
- Supports PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, and copied text
- Adjustable reading speed from 100 to 1200 WPM
- Punctuation and sentence endings are respected
- Progress is saved for each document
- Includes three classic books
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Read faster without moving your eyes. WordByWord uses RSVP to display text one word at a time in a fixed position, helping you move through books, PDFs and articles at up to 1,200 WPM. Completely free. No subscriptions, purchases, ads, accounts, analytics or tracking. BRING YOUR OWN TEXT • PDF and EPUB from Files, chapters kept intact • A printed page, photographed and recognised on the device • Anything you have copied • An article from the web, by address • Share text, a link or a document into the app from anywhere in iOS • Send the page you are reading in Safari straight to your library READING • 100 to 1200 words per minute, in steps of 25 • Long words and sentence ends hold a little longer, so punctuation is still felt rather than flattened • Each start eases in over the first sixteen words instead of beginning at full speed • Your place is kept in every document • Chapter list, rewind, and pause at any moment Nothing leaves your iPhone. No analytics, no tracking, no server. The only network request the app ever makes is fetching an article from an address you typed yourself. Three books are included to begin with: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Frankenstein, and Moby-Dick.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WordByWord at none against Internet Translator Simple's shown. WordByWord also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 10 months). Internet Translator Simple's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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.
Internet Translator Simple ships an update every 10 months, WordByWord every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Internet Translator Simple | WordByWord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | luca calciano | Tehran Hamidzada |
In-app purchases
Internet Translator Simple
No in-app purchases
WordByWord
No in-app purchases
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