Comparison

HelpPic vs Apptek Speech Translate

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

Head to head
About

HelpPic

This app helps travelers communicate in foreign countries by displaying relevant images. Users can build a custom library of pictures and favorite frequently used ones for quick access.

Highlights
  • Visual communication aid
  • Customizable picture library
  • Favorite frequently used images
  • Offline functionality (implied by travel use case)
  • Supports multiple devices
Features
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If you are visiting a foreign country, and you don't speak the local language, instead of using mimics and gestures to communicate, you can just show the picture in the app HelpPic of what you want. If the pictures bundled are not enough, you can add your own pictures to a custom library. Moreover, if there are too many pictures, you can favorite the ones you use the most, so it is easier to find them. Produced in BEPiD PUCPR.

About

Apptek Speech Translate

Communicate in real-time with native speakers abroad or at home. This app provides speech-to-speech translation in multiple languages, offering offline phrases for common travel situations. You can also type text for translation and customize voice output.

Highlights
  • Real-time speech-to-speech translation
  • Offline phrasebook for travel emergencies
  • Text-to-speech and text-to-text translation
  • Save and access favorite phrases offline
  • Edit translations and customize voice gender
Features
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AppTek Speech Translate is a real-time two-way speech communication application that enables you to speak a local language while traveling abroad or with native foreign-language speakers at home. The app offers complete speech-to-speech translation using the latest in automatic speech recognition, neural machine translation, and text-to-speech technologies. For a limited time, AppTek’s Speech Translate application is available at no cost. Using AppTek Speech Translate, users can: • Speak directly into their device and translate into Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Mandarin, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish. • Access 100 FREE pre-loaded offline phrases to help you in Emergency, Medical, Transportation, and Dining situations. • Record phrases before traveling and save them as favorites to later access offline when you want to avoid cellular network usage charges. • Type words or phrases into the tool for the text-to-speech or text-to-text translations in multiple languages. • Edit translations easily by changing the text in your native language. • Alter the gender of the speaking voice for a more natural-sounding response. No matter your need, directions, local amenities, restaurants, and especially in case of an emergency, AppTek Speech Translate is the ideal travel companion.

Screenshots

HelpPic3 screens
Apptek Speech Translate2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apptek Speech Translate at none against HelpPic's 1. Apptek Speech Translate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). HelpPic's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating 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. HelpPic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Apptek Speech Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HelpPic against 5.0 for Apptek Speech Translate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apptek Speech Translate has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HelpPic ships an update every 38 months, Apptek Speech Translate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HelpPic versus Apptek Speech Translate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelpPicApptek Speech Translate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvelyn KlassenAppTek.com

Customer experience

HelpPic

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Apptek Speech Translate

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HelpPic

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Apptek Speech Translate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HelpPic free?
HelpPic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apptek Speech Translate free?
Apptek Speech Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HelpPic or Apptek Speech Translate?
HelpPic and Apptek Speech Translate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do HelpPic or Apptek Speech Translate have ads?
HelpPic shows ads; Apptek Speech Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, HelpPic or Apptek Speech Translate?
HelpPic ships an update every 38 months, and Apptek Speech Translate every 2 months. Most recently, HelpPic was updated on October 12, 2026 and Apptek Speech Translate on October 11, 2026.

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