LiveTL vs Holotaimu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveTL
This app provides real-time translations for live video streams, separating them from regular chat messages. It allows users to filter translations by language, select favorite translators, and block spammers for a cleaner viewing experience.
- Live translation filtering
- Language-specific filters
- Favorite translator selection
- Spammer blocking
- Archived stream support
- Custom user filters
- Dark mode
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Get live translations for YouTube streams, crowdsourced from bilingual viewers! Have you ever wanted live translations for HoloLive/Vtuber streams? Well, look no further than LiveTL! LiveTL (Live TransLate) is an app that separates translations from regular chat messages in YouTube streams. It includes the following features: * Filter translations for your language (messages tagged with [en], es -, etc.) * Select your favorite translators * Block spammers polluting translations * Clean interface * Archived stream (VOD) support * Custom user/mod filters * Dark mode * Plus much, much more!
Holotaimu
This app provides real-time live stream information for Hololive content creators. It allows users to select favorite channels, receive customizable notifications for stream starts, updates, and ends, and view past stream history. The schedule is displayed in local time for convenience.
- Live stream schedule updates
- Customizable start/end notifications
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable notification sounds
- 1-4 week stream history
- Local time display for schedules
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Holotaimu is an unofficial application for live stream information of HoloLive. (Please do not make inquiries or complaints to Cover Co., Ltd. as this application has nothing to do with Cover Co., Ltd.) You can select your favorite Hololive channels and check their schedule easily. - It is possible to quickly grasp the live stream schedule Live stream schedule is updated every few minutes to notify iPhone/iPad. Send notification of live start to iPhone/iPad at actual start time. Send notification of change in scheduled start time, title, thumbnail image of scheduled stream. Send notification of end and deletion of stream. Widget can be installed on the home screen to display the latest live stream status of each channel. - Customizable notification sound Notification sound can be set for each stream status (Live Now, Upcoming, Updated, End, Deleted) for the whole / each channel. - Display 1-4 week live stream history - Display live streams for chatting - Display various channel information - Scheduled live stream start time is displayed in your local time, so no need to convert them. - Completely free No in-app purchases, No Ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Holotaimu at 93% against LiveTL's 27%. Holotaimu also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Holotaimu holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of LiveTL's written reviews are positive against 93% of Holotaimu's.
LiveTL ships an update monthly, Holotaimu every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | LiveTL | Holotaimu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (28 ratings) | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mason Phillips | Masahiro Ikeda |
Customer experience
LiveTL
Holotaimu
In-app purchases
LiveTL
No in-app purchases
Holotaimu
No in-app purchases
