Comparison

Translate vs Camera

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

Head to head
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

About

Camera

Capture text from images and translate it instantly. Make calls, visit websites, or send notes directly from recognized text. Offers a premium subscription for enhanced translation features.

Highlights
  • Capture text from camera images
  • Translate recognized text
  • Directly call phone numbers
  • Visit recognized web pages
  • Send notes from captured text
  • Premium translation subscription
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Camera Note & Translate it is an application for taking and translating notes based on the camera image The application allows you to immediately make a call to a recognized phone number, visit the page or send a note. Premium version - auto-renewable subscription - length period 1 month. Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. If you have never subscribed before this subscription you will have the option of getting 3-day trial period. Cancelling trial period will immediately disable your subscription. Subscription automatically renews monthly unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24h before the end of current period. Billing occurs within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings.

Screenshots

Translate4 screens
Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Translate at none against Camera's 1. Translate also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 6). Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Camera sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Translate against 4.3 for Camera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Translate has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Translate ships an update every 6 months, Camera every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Translate versus Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranslateCamera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings)4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB24 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperUniCom TechnologyPawel Mitek

Customer experience

Translate

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

Camera

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and 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)

Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Translate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Camera

Subscriptions1
  • Translations Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Translate free?
Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Camera free?
Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Translate or Camera?
Camera is rated higher. Translate averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Camera averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Translate or Camera have ads?
Translate shows ads; Camera does not.
Which is updated more often, Translate or Camera?
Translate ships an update every 6 months, and Camera every 4 days. Most recently, Translate was updated on October 13, 2026 and Camera on October 11, 2026.

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