Comparison

Image Translator vs Translate

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

Head to head
About

Image Translator

Instantly translate text from photos in over 40 languages. Supports translation to over 100 languages with natural voice playback. Offline access to past translations is available.

Highlights
  • Translate text from photos
  • Supports 40+ input languages
  • Translates to 100+ output languages
  • Natural voice playback
  • Offline translation history
  • AI text recognition
Features
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Take a photo of any text in any language, and translate it! - Supports over 40 languages. Any alphabet type, any font. - Translate to more than 100 different languages. - Speaks the translation out in a natural voice. - Remembers earlier translations, providing playback without internet. Image Translator uses advanced AI techniques to find the text in the image. Either translate directly using your camera, or use any images stored on your phone. Image translator also stores the previous translations in its database and allows you to prepare a set of translations in advance. You can then play them back later without the need for internet and data roaming costs.

About

Translate

Instantly translate text from images using advanced OCR technology. Automatically detect languages and overlay translations directly onto the original image. Supports object recognition and text-to-speech for audio playback.

Highlights
  • Advanced OCR technology
  • Automatic language detection (69 languages)
  • In-image text overlay
  • Object recognition and translation
  • Text-to-speech audio output
  • Gallery image support
Features
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This application uses the most advanced OCR technology to recognize and translate any object in any language. Camera Translator automatically detects 69 languages in the image, you don't have to specify input language when taking translation. Camera Translator displays the translated text right on the original one. It's very easy to understand the meaning of the text on the image. Select "object mode" to detect objects & translate them to other languages: Take a photo or choose from your gallery. The app will recognize the objects and translate them into any language. Take a photo of any object with text on it or select a photo from your gallery. The app will scan the text and translate it into any language. Automatically converts text to speech to listen audio. Select "Text Mode" to recognize text at camera image and share Translations between the following languages are supported: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu

Screenshots

Image Translator4 screens
Translate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Translate at none against Image Translator's 1. Translate also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 30%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 200). Image Translator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Image Translator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Image Translator holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Translate has 1.2K ratings behind it against 200, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Image Translator's written reviews are positive against 43% of Translate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image Translator ships an update every 2 days, Translate every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Image Translator versus Translate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage TranslatorTranslate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (200 ratings) — better4.2 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews43.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2001.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB14 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperSparkling Design and Infotech Private LimitedUniCom Technology

Customer experience

Image Translator

All ratings200 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

Translate

All ratings1,169 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative54.1%

Bugs and requests

Image Translator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Translate

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on some devices
  • Inconsistent performance across platforms

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust translation speed
  • More language options
  • Improved camera functionality for translation
  • Customizable settings (e.g., font, colors)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Image Translator

One-time1
  • Remove the ads$1.99
None

Translate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Image Translator free?
Image Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Translate free?
Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Image Translator or Translate?
Image Translator is rated higher. Image Translator averages 4.5 out of 5 from 200 ratings, while Translate averages 4.2 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Image Translator or Translate have ads?
Translate shows ads; Image Translator does not.
Which is updated more often, Image Translator or Translate?
Image Translator ships an update every 2 days, and Translate every 6 months. Most recently, Image Translator was updated on October 16, 2026 and Translate on October 13, 2026.

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