Comparison

Language Translator by Mate vs ISM Security Handbook

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Language Translator by Mate

Translate text, speech, and entire web pages across 103 languages, both online and offline. Deeply integrated with iOS, it offers extensions for Safari, Mail, Notes, and iMessage, plus a handy widget. Advanced features include phonetic transcription, noun genders, and a phrasebook for language learners.

Highlights
  • Translate text, speech, and websites
  • 103 languages supported
  • Online and offline translation
  • Safari, Share, and iMessage extensions
  • Widget for clipboard translation
  • Noun genders, phonetic transcription
  • Phrasebook and speech translator
Features
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Mate translates 250+ languages — online and offline. Whether you're traveling, learning a language, or just need to understand something quickly, Mate is built to help. Translate text, speech, and websites. Works across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and all major browsers — with everything synced between devices. TRANSLATE WHAT YOU SEE Point Mate at a sign, menu, document, or screen — translation is drawn directly onto the image, following the perspective and rotation of the original text. Switch to table view for a clean side-by-side list. Pick from your photo library to translate screenshots. Works online for top quality, and offline for travel. TRANSLATE ANYWHERE ON iOS - Camera — point at any text and read it in your language. Works on signs, menus, documents, and screens, online or offline. - Default Translator (iOS 18.4+) — set Mate as your system translator and the iOS Translate action everywhere uses Mate. 250+ languages instead of Apple's 20, plus synonyms, definitions, phonetic transcription, reverse-translate, and noun genders, all inside the system popover. - Safari Extension — translate entire web pages or selected text without leaving the browser. - Share Extension — select any text, tap Share, then tap Mate to translate without leaving the app you're in. Works in Mail, Notes, PDFs, and anywhere else iOS shows the Share menu. OFFLINE TRANSLATION Download language packs for 55+ languages and translate without an internet connection. Manage your downloaded languages easily in Settings. BUILT FOR LANGUAGE LOVERS - Phrasebook — save translations you want to remember. Organize them into lists and review anytime. - Noun genders for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Dutch. - Phonetic transcription and transliteration. - Speech translation — speak and get instant results. ACCESSIBILITY Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and reduced motion throughout the app. AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE Mate works on iOS, macOS, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. One account keeps your history and phrasebook in sync across all of them. Mate requires a subscription. 7-day free trial available. Privacy Policy: https://matetranslate.com/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://matetranslate.com/en/eula

About

ISM Security Handbook

Features
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A working reference for information security managers. 478 topics - governance, risk management, program development and management, security operations, AI security - cross-linked, searchable, and readable with the network off. Part 1 - Information Security Governance, 41 topics - is free and complete. Every other part is browsable in full structure and summary, and unlocks with a one-time purchase that never renews. It exists to answer what you should be considering, before a decision, a review, or a difficult meeting. The structure follows the CISM and AAISM domains, because that is a good map of the field. WHAT IS INSIDE - Five parts: Information Security Governance; Information Security Risk Management; Information Security Program Development and Management; Security Operations Management; AI Security Management. - 478 topics, each a structured card - summary, core concepts, key terms, frameworks and lifecycles, memory anchors, easily-confused pairs, practice notes. - Coverage is audited against the source outlines: all 218 numbered CISM nodes across Domains 1-4, and all 182 AAISM sections and subsections, have a topic of their own. Part 4 also carries security-operations material beyond the CISM domains. - A 1,324-term glossary derived from the topics themselves, with an A-Z rail and, for every term, the topics that define it. - 1,372 typed cross-links - related, prerequisite, framework-for, example-of, contrasts-with, easily-confused-with, see-also - shown grouped on each topic and as a connection map you can follow hop by hop. - Seven threads that cut across the parts, for when the question is thematic rather than structural. HOW IT WORKS - Browse - one expandable map: part, sub-part, section, subsection, with a one-line essence at every level, and a viewed count as you go. - Search - full text across titles, summaries, key terms, tags and section numbers. A Definitions block answers what a term means, drawn from the glossary, above the results, and your own notes are searched alongside. - Connect - start from the most connected topics, or from where you left off, then follow the links outward. - Saved - bookmarks, notes, and the topic you stopped on. - Glossary - A-Z, with a definition preview on every row. - Spotlight - every topic is indexed, so you can jump straight in from the home screen. - iPad - a split view throughout: the map or the list in the sidebar, the topic in the detail column. Command-1 to Command-5 switch tabs, Command-F searches, Command-B bookmarks. - Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes, in light and dark. OFFLINE, AND PRIVATE The knowledge base ships inside the app. Every topic, link and glossary entry is readable with no network at all. Bookmarks, notes and reading history sync through your own iCloud account, in Apple's private database - a topic you flag on iPad is there on iPhone, and nobody else can read it, the developer included. No account to create, no tracking, no data collected. Sign out of iCloud and the app keeps working with what is already on the device. ORGANISED AROUND CISM and AAISM (ISACA) for structure; NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0; ISO 27001; COBIT; NIST SP 800-series; MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge; Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain; CVSS and EPSS; STIX and TAXII; SOC-CMM. These frameworks shape how the material is organised and what it covers; none of them is reproduced here. All content is original, written for information security professionals. An independent, unofficial professional reference. Not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or otherwise endorsed by ISACA, NIST, ISO, or any other standards body.

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Language Translator by Mate4 screens
ISM Security Handbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Language Translator by Mate at #165 against ISM Security Handbook's unranked. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Language Translator by Mate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and ISM Security Handbook sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Language Translator by Mate versus ISM Security Handbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguage Translator by MateISM Security Handbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#165 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwopeople SoftwareFeiquan AB

Bugs and requests

Language Translator by Mate

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Subscription issues (e.g., unable to log in, charges despite cancellation)
  • Microphone not working for speech translation
  • Safari extension not functioning properly
  • Incorrect language detection
  • Partial/incomplete translations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline translation mode
  • Camera/image translation support
  • Customizable voice options
  • Improved language dialect support
  • Better integration with other apps (e.g., iMessage, iBooks)

ISM Security Handbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Language Translator by Mate

Subscriptions6
  • Mate Monthly3 variants$5.991 Month
  • Mate Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Mate Pro Weekly7 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Mate Weekly7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Mate Annual$49.991 Year
  • Mate Annual7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
5 purchases

ISM Security Handbook

One-time5
  • Part 2 InfoSec Risk Management$1.99
  • Part 3 Security Program Development$1.99
  • Part4 Security Operation Management$1.99
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  • Part 5 AI Security Management$2.99
  • Every Part$5.99

Questions

Is Language Translator by Mate free?
Language Translator by Mate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ISM Security Handbook free?
ISM Security Handbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Language Translator by Mate or ISM Security Handbook have ads?
Neither Language Translator by Mate nor ISM Security Handbook shows ads.

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