Smart talkie vs RoboShine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart talkie
Effortlessly convert your speech to text with this utility app. It also offers translation services for over 100 languages, facilitating barrier-free communication.
- Voice to text conversion
- Multilingual translation
- Speech recognition
- Text to speech synthesis
- Supports over 100 languages
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Convenient and effortless: Touch the area where you want to enter text, press the button, and then say what you want to say, we will automatically convert it into text for you, no need to manually enter it, which is convenient and labor-saving. Barrier-free communication: In addition to voice input, we also provide translation services that can be converted into any language you set. Multilingual support: We provide speech recognition, text translation and speech synthesis services in more than 100 languages, covering most people in the world.
RoboShine
Facilitate global communication with powerful translation tools. This app offers simultaneous interpretation, video call translation, text translation, and speech-to-text conversion for seamless language exchange in work, study, and travel.
- Simultaneous interpretation
- Video call translation
- Text translation
- Conversation translation
- Speech-to-text conversion
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This app is designed for multilingual communication, suitable for various scenarios such as work, study, and travel. It not only offers powerful simultaneous interpretation but also supports video call translation, allowing you to communicate effortlessly worldwide. Additionally, the app provides text translation and conversation translation to ensure seamless language transitions in all your interactions. It also features speech-to-text conversion, making it easy to record and organize your voice information, enhancing communication efficiency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RoboShine at 3.2 against Smart talkie's 2.3. RoboShine also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Smart talkie sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and RoboShine sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RoboShine holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoboShine has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Smart talkie ships an update monthly, RoboShine every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart talkie | RoboShine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.2 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou zhidou Technology Co., Ltd. | 乐彬 郭 |
Customer experience
Smart talkie
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In-app purchases
Smart talkie
- 视频通话时长1分钟$0.99
- Video call duration 1 hour$7.99
- Video call duration 10 hours$49.99
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- Video call duration 1 month$79.99
RoboShine
- Translation Permissions$0.99
- Video Calling$9.99
- Membership$19.99
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- Video Calling$59.99
- Video Calling$99.99
