Comparison

Translate vs CamTranslate App

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

CamTranslate App

Features
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Cam Translator App is a smart and accurate way to translate text using mobile camera. This photo translator app is a perfect for all language translation. Translate picture simply by tacking a picture of it. Picture translator app converts the text contained into the captured photo into the selected language. I.G this can translate app can convert a photo displaying a written text in Spanish into your desired language. - OCR scanner and OCR translator Cam translator app provide a feature of OCR scanner which allows you to scan text by capture photos and translate into all languages. This best OCR translator for translate all language can read, scan and translate images, PDF and sign of different languages and translate into desire language with camera translator. With OCR reader and OCR translation app you can read text on photos and extracts text from images for any language translation. OCR scanner and photo translation can translate photo, scan PDF documents and convert image to text, you can scanned text for translation. Top Features:- 1) 100+ languages supported for translation 2) Translate text from unlimited photos 3) Advanced and powerful OCR technology 4) Translate photo by Photo translation app 5) Best photo translator for all language translation 6) Efficient and AI translation with camera translator 7) Photo click and translate it with one tap 8) Read and scan PDF document easily and translate This Cam Translator app supported following languages:- English, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, French, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Persian, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Polish, Tamil, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Catalan, Croatian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Norwegian, Romanian, Hungarian, Czech, Estonian, Bengali, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Khmer, Myanmar, Sinhala, Uzbek, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malay, Malayalam, Macedonian, Telugu, Sindhi, Nepali, Mongolian, Georgian, Finnish, Filipino, Azerbaijani and more.

Screenshots

Translate4 screens
CamTranslate App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CamTranslate App at none against Translate's shown. Translate's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 32 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Translate ships an update every 6 months, CamTranslate App every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Translate versus CamTranslate App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranslateCamTranslate App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 32 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperUniCom TechnologyYogesh Rathod

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)

CamTranslate App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Translate

No in-app purchases

None

CamTranslate App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Translate free?
Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CamTranslate App free?
CamTranslate App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Translate or CamTranslate App have ads?
Translate shows ads; CamTranslate App does not.
Which is updated more often, Translate or CamTranslate App?
Translate ships an update every 6 months, and CamTranslate App every 32 months. Most recently, Translate was updated on October 27, 2026 and CamTranslate App on October 30, 2026.

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