Comparison

DeepL Translate vs Altitude explorer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Altitude explorer

Features
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Altitude Explorer Explore the terrain beneath your routes with precise elevation data powered by the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 — a global Digital Elevation Model derived from TanDEM-X radar imagery, operated by DLR and Airbus Defence and Space under the European Union's Copernicus Programme. Global coverage of all land areas (approximately 90S to 84N latitude, 180W to 180E longitude). What you can do • Point query — tap anywhere on the map to get the exact elevation at that location • Line profile — place two markers and instantly generate a cross-section of the terrain between them • Road profile — follow a real driving or walking route and see how elevation changes along the way • Track import — load GPX, KML, KMZ, or GeoJSON files and visualise the elevation of your own tracks • Interactive chart — drag a scrubber along the profile chart to read elevation and distance at any point • Saved profiles — store your profiles in a personal library and revisit them anytime • PDF export — export any profile as a PDF with map snapshot, chart, stats and full data table Data & accuracy The dataset is hosted on proprietary servers for fast, direct access across all supported regions. Accuracy varies with terrain complexity — dense vegetation, steep slopes, and urban areas may introduce artefacts. Full attribution and the Copernicus Data Policy are available directly within the app under Settings → About. Customisation Choose your units (km/miles, m/ft), map style, interpolation algorithm, chart colour and line weight. Available in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

Screenshots

DeepL Translate4 screens
Altitude explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DeepL Translate at Free against Altitude explorer's $3.99. DeepL Translate also leads on chart position (#80 vs unranked). Altitude explorer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

DeepL Translate is free to download; Altitude explorer costs $3.99 up front. DeepL Translate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $10.49 per month. Altitude explorer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
DeepL Translate versus Altitude explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepL TranslateAltitude explorer
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (13K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeepL SEStefano Rampazzo

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

Altitude explorer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

DeepL Translate

Subscriptions8
  • 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
None

Altitude explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeepL Translate free?
DeepL Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Altitude explorer free?
Altitude explorer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeepL Translate or Altitude explorer have ads?
Neither DeepL Translate nor Altitude explorer shows ads.

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