Lingvanex Language Translator vs WIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lingvanex Language Translator
This app offers comprehensive language translation with support for text, voice, and image OCR. It includes offline capabilities, a dictionary, and phrasebooks for language learning. Seamlessly translate conversations, websites, and typed text across numerous languages.
- Text translation (110+ languages)
- Camera and OCR image translation
- Voice translation and speech output
- Offline translation capabilities
- Website translation
- Phrasebooks for language learning
- Dictionary with alternate translations
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Use the language translation app every day for business, travelling, education and fluent communication anywhere. Translate text, speech, images, files, and websites into 100+ languages. Translation app without internet enables use abroad without costly roaming fees. FUNCTIONS * Translation in +100 languages * Image translation * File translation * Website translation * Voice translation * Offline mode * Sync between devices with iCloud * Auto-detection of language. * Translation history. * Bookmarks for favorite translations * Transliteration (English/Russian only) * Face to face translation for dual language speaking * Conference mode for multilingual conversations * Apple Watch translation * Airpods translation Availability of certain features may vary depending on the language. The translator supports the following languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Egypt), Arabic (UAE), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa (Nyanja), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian , Czech, Danish, Dutch (Netherlands), English (Australia), English (UK), English (USA), Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, French (Canada), Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scottish, Serbian (Cyrillic), Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (USA), Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu. REQUIRED ACCESS * Microphone (for voice translation) * Camera (to translate text on images) * Photos (to import photos from your library) Internet connection required. Download language packs for offline mode. Automatic Renewable Subscription Terms: Monthly: $5.99 Annual with 3-day trial: $39.99 Price matches Apple App Store Matrix. * Auto-renewal unless canceled 24 hours before trial ends. * Unused trial portion cancels upon premium subscription purchase. * Cancel trial or subscription via iTunes settings 24 hours before subscription period end. The cancellation will take effect day after current subscription period and you will be switched to the free service. Lingvanex Translator is available across Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. Use one account to sync your data across your devices. Learn more on our website: https://lingvanex.com/products Terms of Use: https://lingvanex.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://lingvanex.com/privacy-policy/
WIS
Instantly translate text from images using your camera. Simply point, click, and get accurate translations. Save translated photos for later use or sharing.
- Camera translation
- Translate image text
- Save translated photos
- Point and click translation
- Share translated images
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No more fumbling around with bad translation apps, now you can just point, click and translate any text with your camera. You can even save the translated photo to your phone so you can use it later or send it to your friends! What it say? is the easiest camera translation app. Everyone gets 3 free translations per week, unlimited translations are available when you upgrade to the PRO subscription. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WIS at none against Lingvanex Language Translator's shown. WIS also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 36%). Lingvanex Language Translator's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Lingvanex Language Translator sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and WIS sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Lingvanex Language Translator against 4.5 for WIS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 173 and 277 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Lingvanex Language Translator's written reviews are positive against 59% of WIS's.
Lingvanex Language Translator ships an update fortnightly, WIS every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lingvanex Language Translator | WIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (173 ratings) | 4.5 (277 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.0% of reviews | 58.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 173 | 277 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NordicWise Limited | Bushman, LLC |
Customer experience
Lingvanex Language Translator
WIS
Bugs and requests
Lingvanex Language Translator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WIS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Does not recognize Japanese menu
- Rasterized text in shared images is too small
- Spanish text remains untranslated
- OCR output is a jumbled mess
- Misleading free trial/lifetime offers
Requested features
2 requests- Improve sharing of translated images
- Support tapping the back of the phone for instant translation
In-app purchases
Lingvanex Language Translator
- 1 Month subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- 1 Week Subscription7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- 1 Month Subscription$5.991 Month
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- 1 Month with Trial7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Full Access3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- PRO version$38.991 Year
- 1 Year subscription7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
- Full Access$69.991 Year
- All features$69.991 Year
- Full Access3 Days trial$69.991 Year
WIS
- What it say? PRO - All Access$4.991 Month
- What It Say - Club PRO$4.997 Days
- PRO - Unlimited Access3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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- PRO - Unlimited Access2 variants$4.991 Month
- Secret Discount - All Access$9.991 Year
- Secret Discount - All Access$19.991 Year
- PRO - Unlimited Access3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- What it Say? PRO - All Access3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- PRO - Unlimited Access$29.991 Year
- What it Say? PRO - All Access$39.991 Year
- 1 Month Pass - All Access$19.99
- PRO - Unlimited Access$99.99
Questions
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