Comparison

Snap vs Snake Identifier

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

Head to head
About

Snap

Instantly translate text from your camera, photos, documents, and speech across over 130 languages. Understand contracts, communicate with locals, and even create online listings with AI assistance. Works offline for many translation tasks.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera translation
  • Photo and screenshot translation
  • PDF translation and export
  • AI-powered document explanation
  • Two-way voice translation
  • Custom keyboard for translation and grammar
  • Offline translation capabilities
Features
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Read a menu, sign or contract in your own language: point the camera and the translation appears over the real text. Snap is a translator app for iPhone and iPad that translates camera text, photos, screenshots, PDFs, typing and speech between more than 130 languages. Read it • You see the translation drawn over the real text while you move the camera. • You pick a photo or screenshot from your library and translate the text in it. • You translate a PDF and export the result as a PDF. Understand a document • You photograph or import a rental contract, official letter or form and get a plain-language explanation in your language. • You let the AI read the fields of a PDF form, check the answers it drafts, and export the finished PDF. Talk with someone • You use two-way voice mode to translate what each person says and hear the translation read aloud. • You type with Snap Keyboard in any app that allows custom keyboards to translate, correct grammar, change tone and draft replies. Full Access must be turned on. Sell something • You photograph an item and get a title and description sized for Vinted, OLX or Facebook Marketplace. • You paste the text yourself. Snap never posts anything. Keep your translations • Snap saves every translation on your phone together with its photo. Good for • Travelers reading menus, street signs and train timetables. • Anyone who needs to understand a contract, official letter or form in a language they do not read. • Talking with someone at a hotel desk, a pharmacy counter or in a taxi. • Selling used things online without writing the listing by hand. Works offline • You can translate typed text, camera text and photo text with no internet connection after you download the language pair in the language picker. • Offline translation uses Apple's on-device language packs, so the offline languages are the ones Apple supports on your device. • For offline use, choose the source language yourself. Automatic language detection needs a connection. • Text is read from the camera on the phone for Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Devanagari scripts. Other scripts need a connection. • Voice mode, document explanation, PDF form filling, the listing writer, keyboard AI actions and any language pair you have not downloaded need internet. Privacy • No account or sign-in is needed. Snap works as soon as the app opens. • History and your saved form details stay on your phone. • Text is read on the device when possible. Some features send a photo or text to a cloud service to read, translate or explain it. The data travels over an encrypted connection and is not stored on Snap servers. • Usage statistics are collected without translated content. What Snap is not • Snap is not a certified translator. Translations and explanations can contain mistakes. • Snap is not legal advice. Document explanations help you understand a text, and a lawyer checks a contract. • Snap does not post listings or send forms for you. Requires iOS 18 or later. Point Snap at the next menu or letter you cannot read. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://snap.hopin.it/documents/privacy_policy.html

About

Snake Identifier

Instantly identify snakes from photos, determining species, venomous status, and danger level. Provides safety steps and detailed information on habitat and behavior. Tracks your identification history.

Highlights
  • Identify snakes from photos
  • Determine venomous status and danger level
  • Receive safety instructions
  • View species description and habitat
  • Save identification history
Features
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Identify a snake from a photo. Take a picture or choose one from your library, and Snake Identifier tells you the likely species, whether it is venomous and how dangerous it is, with steps to stay safe. Made for hikers, gardeners, homeowners, pet owners and anyone who meets a snake and wants to know what it is. What each identification gives you: - The likely species, with its common and scientific name - Venomous: yes, no or unknown, and a danger level - Staying-safe steps on every result - Description and size - Habitat, range and behavior - A history of every snake you have identified, saved on your phone Safety first AI identification can be wrong. Never touch or handle a snake based on a result. Keep your distance and leave it alone. If someone is bitten, call emergency services right away. For a definite identification, contact your local wildlife authority. Premium Identifying snakes needs Premium, a weekly or yearly subscription. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://apps.bountyscan.app/hebiscan/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Snap4 screens
Snake Identifier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Snap at free with in-app purchases against Snake Identifier's subscription. Snap also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 27%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Snap sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Snake Identifier sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Snap against 4.4 for Snake Identifier. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 44 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Snap's written reviews are positive against 27% of Snake Identifier's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snap ships an update every 6 days, Snake Identifier every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Snap versus Snake Identifier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnapSnake Identifier
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (45 ratings) — better4.4 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better27.3% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better44
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperViktor SavchikNikolay Strikhar

Customer experience

Snap

All ratings45 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Snake Identifier

All ratings44 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative63.6%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Snap

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly with keyboard3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • Immediate Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
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  • Traductor Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$7.491 Month
  • Quarterly with keyboard3 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Quarterly with keyboard3 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Quarter Subscription3 Days trial$15.493 Months
  • Traductor Annual Subscription7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • Traductor Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Traductor Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Snake Identifier

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Snap free?
Snap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snake Identifier free?
Snake Identifier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Snap or Snake Identifier?
Snap is rated higher. Snap averages 4.4 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Snake Identifier averages 4.4 from 44 ratings.
Do Snap or Snake Identifier have ads?
Neither Snap nor Snake Identifier shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Snap or Snake Identifier?
Snap ships an update every 6 days, and Snake Identifier every 2 months. Most recently, Snap was updated on November 3, 2026 and Snake Identifier on November 4, 2026.

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