Navi vs Open Spoken
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Navi
This app provides real-time subtitles and live translation for conversations. It overlays captions onto your view of the world and can translate spoken language into your own, even speaking it aloud. It's free for basic use and offers unlimited translation via subscription.
- Real-time subtitles
- Live conversation translation
- Spoken translation output
- Direct device connection
- Supports many languages
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Navi adds subtitles and live translation to your conversations! Talk with the people around you, and see exactly what they're saying overlaid on top of the real world. Connect directly to other devices running Navi around you and your captions will appear on their devices instantly. Live translation Navi can translate incoming subtitles from a different language into your own and even speak out the translation in your own language, so you can have an easier conversation with people who speak a different language. Both devices will need an active subscription to use the translation feature. It is free to use without translation, and you can enable unlimited translation with a monthly subscription. The app is especially useful for people who are Hard-of-Hearing or deaf, and it can hopefully make conversations easier for you in your life. If you have any feedback, please let us know at jordi@goodnooze.com. Supported languages for live translation: Bulgarian Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and will be charged to your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew/manage subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use & Privacy policy can be viewed at https://impresskit.net/p/5bd7a8b6-dc8e-4ba7-a0f8-c96a074c3234
Open Spoken
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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Apple’s speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Apple’s Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Spoken at none against Navi's 2. Open Spoken also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Navi's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 14 months). 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. Navi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Open Spoken asks for nothing beyond the download.
Navi ships an update every 2 days, Open Spoken every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and February 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Navi | Open Spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (108 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good Snooze | Tal Aviram |
In-app purchases
Navi
- Week Subscription$3.997 Days
- Month Subscription$8.991 Month
Open Spoken
No in-app purchases









