Comparison

What Language Is This vs ASL Recognizer

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

Head to head
About

What Language Is This

Identify the language of any text instantly. This utility detects over 100 languages, making it easy to understand foreign content. Get quick language identification for your reading needs.

Highlights
  • Detects over 100 languages
  • Identifies language from text
  • Instant language recognition
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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You can use this app to determine the text that a language is written in, detecting more than 100 languages. Download it today to determine the language of different texts! ---------------- Terms of Use https://www.yolleg.com/terms/whatlanguageisthis Privacy Policy https://www.yolleg.com/privacy/whatlanguageisthis

About

ASL Recognizer

This app utilizes machine learning to accurately detect basic American Sign Language hand gestures. It allows users to combine recognized poses to form words and learn the ASL alphabet.

Highlights
  • Machine learning-based gesture detection
  • Identifies basic ASL hand gestures
  • Combines poses to form words
  • Learn ASL alphabet
  • Open source documentation
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SMART RECOGNITION ASL Recognizer uses machine learning based model that is trained for high accuracy detection in any environment. UNIVERSAL Identify world’s most recognizable sign language basic hand gestures. MAKE WORDS By recognizing each hand pose, you can combine whole words to understand what is being said in sign language. LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE BASICS Find all basic alphabet American Sign Language hand gestures in one place for easier identification and learning. FOR DEVELOPERS The project uses Combine, AVFoundation and Apple Vision frameworks, is wrapped around Clean Swift VIP architecture and is fully open source documented on GitHub. More information: https://github.com/liudasbar/ASL-Recognizer

Screenshots

What Language Is This1 screens
ASL Recognizer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: What Language Is This at 4.6 against ASL Recognizer's 1.0. What Language Is This also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1). ASL Recognizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. What Language Is This sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. ASL Recognizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Language Is This holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: What Language Is This has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Language Is This ships an update every 5 weeks, ASL Recognizer daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
What Language Is This versus ASL Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Language Is ThisASL Recognizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYolleg LtdLiudas Baronas

Customer experience

What Language Is This

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%

ASL Recognizer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

What Language Is This

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Month$5.991 Month
  • Premium Year1 Month trial$19.991 Year
None

ASL Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Language Is This free?
What Language Is This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASL Recognizer free?
ASL Recognizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, What Language Is This or ASL Recognizer?
What Language Is This is rated higher. What Language Is This averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while ASL Recognizer averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do What Language Is This or ASL Recognizer have ads?
What Language Is This shows ads; ASL Recognizer does not.
Which is updated more often, What Language Is This or ASL Recognizer?
What Language Is This ships an update every 5 weeks, and ASL Recognizer daily. Most recently, What Language Is This was updated on September 23, 2026 and ASL Recognizer on June 3, 2026.

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