Comparison

UA Library vs Untranslatable

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

Head to head
About

UA Library

Access your library account, search the catalog for books, movies, and music, and download digital content. Discover and register for events, use mobile printing, and book meeting spaces. Scan book ISBNs to check availability in the collection.

Highlights
  • Search library catalog
  • Manage account (holds, checkouts, renewals)
  • Download eBooks and audiobooks
  • Register for library events
  • Mobile printing
  • Book meeting spaces
  • Scan ISBN for availability
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The Upper Arlington Public Library app allows you to discover library content, manage your library account and find and register for events for any age group. These are some of the things you can do with our app: - Search our catalog for books, magazines, movies, music and more. - Read book summaries and reviews. - Check out our librarians’ latest reading recommendations. - Access your account to see what you have on hold, checked out, and renew items. - Download eBooks, audiobooks and magazines. - Find and register for UA Library events, classes and workshops. You can filter events by location, age and event type. - Use mobile printing from your device and pick prints up at your preferred library location. - Book a meeting space. - Use the Scan ISBN feature on any book, anywhere to see if it’s available to borrow from our collection. - Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About

Untranslatable

Discover words from other languages that capture unique feelings and concepts English lacks. Learn their meanings, origins, and pronunciation, and build a personal lexicon of your favorites. The app offers a calm, literary design with widgets and reminders to help you savor new vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Daily word discovery
  • Meaning and origin explanations
  • Native speaker pronunciation
  • Usage examples
  • Search by meaning
  • Browse by theme/mood/language
  • Personal lexicon
  • Spaced review
Features
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One word a day from another language that English never bothered to name. Japanese has a word for the dappled light that falls through leaves: komorebi. Portuguese has one for the ache of missing someone you may never see again: saudade. Danish has hygge, Tagalog has gigil, Inuktitut has iktsuarpok. English has… a whole sentence, and a shrug. Untranslatable brings you one of these words every morning — beautifully typeset, with everything you need to fall in love with it: • MEANING — what the word really captures, and why a whole culture needed to name it. • ORIGINS — where it comes from, root by root. • PRONUNCIATION — hear it spoken by a native speaker, in its own language. • A USAGE EXAMPLE — see it living in a real sentence. THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT Describe a feeling in your own words — "the ache of missing someone far away", "cozy and warm inside while it storms" — and Untranslatable finds the word that names it. It searches by meaning, not spelling. THE LIBRARY Browse every word by theme, mood, and language. Or tap Surprise me and let one find you. ADOPT THE ONES YOU LOVE Found a word you can't live without? Adopt it into your personal Lexicon and say it out loud any time. Gentle spaced review helps you keep the ones that matter. Your Passport quietly stamps every word you've met and every language you've visited, and a reading streak keeps you coming back. MADE FOR SAVOURING • A calm, literary design with a serif made for reading — in light or dark. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing today's word. Tap to open it. • Ask Siri for today's word. • A morning reminder, at a time you choose — one a day, never more. • Your week in words: a weekly look back, plus beautiful cards for the words worth passing on. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. Untranslatable asks for nothing and keeps nothing. Your streak and your lexicon live only on your device. Some feelings only exist once someone gives them a name. Come collect them.

Screenshots

UA Library4 screens
Untranslatable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Untranslatable at 5.0 against UA Library's 3.1. Untranslatable also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). UA Library's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Untranslatable holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UA Library has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UA Library ships an update every 3 months, Untranslatable every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
UA Library versus Untranslatable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUA LibraryUntranslatable
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpper Arlington Public LibraryYiwen Luo

In-app purchases

None

UA Library

No in-app purchases

None

Untranslatable

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UA Library free?
UA Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untranslatable free?
Untranslatable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UA Library or Untranslatable?
Untranslatable is rated higher. UA Library averages 3.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Untranslatable averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UA Library or Untranslatable have ads?
Neither UA Library nor Untranslatable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UA Library or Untranslatable?
UA Library ships an update every 3 months, and Untranslatable every 3 days. Most recently, UA Library was updated on October 24, 2026 and Untranslatable on October 21, 2026.

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