Autoterm Control vs Babelfish Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autoterm Control
Remotely control your vehicle's engine preheater or air heater. Start, stop, adjust settings, and schedule delayed starts for optimal comfort and engine readiness.
- Remote start/stop
- Control unit settings
- View unit status
- Delayed start scheduling
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The application is made for remote control of the hydronic engine preheater BINAR-5, BINAR-5-Compact, 14TC and air heater PLANAR and their modifications. Key features of the application: - Start / Stop of the unit - Control settings of the unit - Current status of the unit - Delayed start
Babelfish Translator
This app offers real-time speech transcription and translation across multiple languages. It features live captions for external audio, a conversation mode for face-to-face communication, and a personal phrasebook for saving common expressions. Your history and phrases sync across Apple devices.
- Live transcription with real-time translation
- Live Captions mode for external audio
- Two-way Conversation Mode
- Personal Phrasebook with categories and favorites
- Transcription and conversation history saving
- Share Extension for translating text from other apps
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
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Babelfish helps you understand and be understood in real time. Transcribe speech, translate instantly, save useful phrases, and keep your language tools ready across iPhone, widgets, and Apple Watch. Babelfish includes live transcription with real-time translation, a Live Captions mode for external audio like TV and videos, and a two-way Conversation Mode for face-to-face communication in different languages. You can build a personal Phrasebook with categories, favorites, search, and one-tap common phrase generation. Your transcription history, conversation history, and live caption sessions are saved for quick review. Babelfish also includes a Share Extension to translate text from other apps and save it to your Phrasebook, plus support for Apple Translate and Google Translate with offline-aware fallback. When signed in, iCloud sync keeps your transcriptions, phrases, and history up to date across your Apple devices. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Autoterm Control at 5.0 against Babelfish Translator's 3.4. Autoterm Control also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Babelfish Translator's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Babelfish Translator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Autoterm Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Autoterm Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Babelfish Translator has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Autoterm Control's written reviews are positive against 0% of Babelfish Translator's.
Autoterm Control ships an update every 3 months, Babelfish Translator monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autoterm Control | Babelfish Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | autoterm.ru | wilder.dev |
Customer experience
Autoterm Control
Babelfish Translator
Bugs and requests
Autoterm Control
Reported bugs
58 issues- App does not work with BLE remotes
- Cannot check balance
- Number for checking is not set
- SMS commands do not work
- SMS commands are not received or acted upon
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- Only two commands from phone: start and stop
- App does not work with iOS 17
- Error when trying to enter phone number
- External exception error when entering phone number
- Keyboard does not appear when clicking on phone number or name fields
- App does not work with Comfort Control firmware V1.23
- SMS confirmation messages are unreadable
- App does not translate remote into connection mode
- Timer start does not work on iPhone 11
- Cannot change start time from 40 minutes
- No feedback from the heater, unclear status
- App does not show when the device starts working or what is happening with it
- App requires SMS confirmation for sending
- Modem sends cryptic characters for balance check with Yota
- App does not respond to SMS, only to calls
- App displays 'no connection with device' for SMS
- App does not work with Tele2 for balance check
- Cannot set 10 minutes of heating
- iPhone user cannot be an administrator for different devices
- App crashes or freezes
- App is slow to open
- App does not respond to any actions if SMS app is open
- Black bar instead of battery, clock, and operator icons after update
- Cannot remove heater mode once set
- App does not work with BLE remotes
- Cannot check balance
- Number for checking is not set
- SMS commands do not work
- SMS commands are not received or acted upon
- Only two commands from phone: start and stop
- App does not work with iOS 17
- Error when trying to enter phone number
- External exception error when entering phone number
- Keyboard does not appear when clicking on phone number or name fields
- App does not work with Comfort Control firmware V1.23
- SMS confirmation messages are unreadable
- App does not translate remote into connection mode
- Timer start does not work on iPhone 11
- Cannot change start time from 40 minutes
- No feedback from the heater, unclear status
- App does not show when the device starts working or what is happening with it
- App requires SMS confirmation for sending
- Modem sends cryptic characters for balance check with Yota
- App does not respond to SMS, only to calls
- App displays 'no connection with device' for SMS
- App does not work with Tele2 for balance check
- Cannot set 10 minutes of heating
- iPhone user cannot be an administrator for different devices
- App crashes or freezes
- App is slow to open
- App does not respond to any actions if SMS app is open
- Black bar instead of battery, clock, and operator icons after update
- Cannot remove heater mode once set
Requested features
21 requests- Update the app design
- Add real-time heater status and temperature
- Add a troubleshooting guide and error codes
- Add timer for heater operation
- Add weekday/weekend timers
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- Add GPRS control as a fallback to GSM
- Improve user interface for different iPhone resolutions
- Add ability to manage trusted numbers
- Add support for controlling the remote in conjunction with the modem
- Add ability to check battery status
- Add ability to check heater running status and faults
- Add ability to set longer heating times
- Add a quick instruction manual for program control
- Add expansion for hours
- Add ability to edit SMS commands
- Add ability to send SMS in the background
- Add ability to receive SMS within the app
- Add ability to control more than 1 preset start-stop at a time
- Add weekday only timer
- Add weekend only timer
- Add 3 On/Off presets
Babelfish Translator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Autoterm Control
No in-app purchases
Babelfish Translator
- Babelfish Premium$2.991 Month
- Babelfish Premium$29.991 Year
Questions
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