DeepL Translate vs AI Translation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeepL Translate
Instantly translate text from your camera, photos, speech, or files. Explore alternative translations, save favorites, and hear translations read aloud. Offers advanced features like glossary and tone selection with a paid plan.
- Real-time camera translation
- Photo translation
- Speech dictation and text-to-speech
- File translation
- Alternative translations
- Saved favorites and history
- Glossary and tone selection (paid)
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- Real-time camera translation: point your camera at text to instantly translate what you see - Photo translation: translate text in taken or imported photos - Dictation: translate what you speak out loud - Text to speech: hear your translated text read out loud - File translation: translate text from files - Quick detection: translations begin as you type - Alternative translations: explore different options for single words and short phrases - Favorites: save words and phrases for future reference - History: easily find, edit, and reuse past translations - Transliteration: read translations of non-Latin languages, such as Japanese or Russian, in the Latin alphabet - Glossary: translate key words and phrases as defined by you or your organization (available with a paid plan) - Tone: choose a formal or informal tone (available with a paid plan) - Handwriting: draw text characters instead of typing (available on iPad) - DeepL Write: get intelligent writing suggestions to help you create clear, error-free, and impactful texts with ease Feature support varies by language. Currently available: Acehnese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Aragonese, Armenian, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese (simplified)*, Chinese (traditional)*, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, English (American)*, English (British)*, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French*, Galician, Georgian, German*, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian*, Japanese*, Javanese, Kapampangan, Kazakh, Konkani, Korean*, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Lombard, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maithili, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian (bokmål), Occitan, Pangasinan, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese*, Portuguese (Brazilian)*, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish*, Spanish (Latin American), Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa *Also available for DeepL Write Free to download - access core features without cost! - Enjoy more translation features with a DeepL account - Log in to your organization's team account via SSO - To unlock all features, you may need a DeepL paid plan Terms & Conditions: https://www.deepl.com/app-terms Privacy Policy: https://www.deepl.com/privacy DeepL Support: https://www.deepl.com/support
AI Translation
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You can translate texts in 11 languages at the same time. You can listen to the voice, so you can understand the pronunciation. You can copy and paste a foreign language to use it right away. Translates in Italian, Spanish, German, French, Hindu (Indian), Russian, English (US), English (UK), Korean, Chinese (Simplified), and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Translation at none against DeepL Translate's 8. AI Translation also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). DeepL Translate's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#74 vs unranked). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. DeepL Translate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $10.49 per month. AI Translation asks for nothing beyond the download.
DeepL Translate ships an update weekly, AI Translation monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeepL Translate | AI Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeepL SE | Hikaru Mizuno |
Bugs and requests
DeepL Translate
Reported bugs
5 issues- Camera translation not working
- Disappearing buttons and features
- Frequent app crashes
- Connectivity issues
- Autocorrect interfering with foreign language input
Requested features
6 requests- Add more languages, especially less common ones
- Improve translation quality for certain languages
- Allow offline translation
- Implement a way to report poor translations
- Add text-to-speech with adjustable speed
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- Integrate with other apps for seamless translation
AI Translation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DeepL Translate
- Monthly3 Days trial$10.491 Month
- Monthly14 Days trial$13.001 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$23.991 Month
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- Monthly$38.001 Month
- Annual3 Days trial$104.991 Year
- Annual14 Days trial$131.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$209.991 Year
- Annual$384.991 Year
AI Translation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DeepL Translate free?
Is AI Translation free?
Do DeepL Translate or AI Translation have ads?
Which is updated more often, DeepL Translate or AI Translation?
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