iTranscreen vs Loupe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iTranscreen
This app offers real-time screen translation for mobile games, manga, and videos. It supports eleven major languages and provides accurate, fluent translations to enhance your entertainment and travel experiences.
- Real-time screen translation
- Multilingual support (11 languages)
- Game dialogue translation
- Manga dialogue translation
- Video subtitle translation
- Image translation for travel
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See something you don’t understand in a game, manga, or video? Translate what’s on your screen in real time—without copying text or switching apps. iTranscreen supports floating translations, Shortcuts, full-screen recognition, and multiple translation engines. App features: 1. Multilingual Support - iTranscreen supports recognition and translation of eleven major languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Russian. 2. Real-time Translation - iTranscreen can capture and translate screen contents in real-time, optimized for games and manga. 3. Accurate Translation - We use advanced language processing technology to ensure accurate and fluent translation results, helping you understand various information accurately. App scenarios: 1. Game Translation - When you are playing a foreign language game, our app can translate dialogues and mission instructions in real-time, allowing you to better understand the game content. 2. Video Translation - When you are watching foreign language videos, our app can translate subtitles in real-time, making it easier to enjoy raw videos and dramas. 3. Manga Translation - When you are reading foreign language comics, our app can help you translate the dialogues in manga, allowing you to fully enjoy the reading experience. 4. Traveling Abroad - When traveling abroad, our app can provide immersive translation through image translation, enabling you to use local applications like Tabelog effortlessly. Membership: iTranscreen membership is an optional paid subscription feature that provides users with better translation services, including: Members can switch between Google Translate, Baidu Translate, AI Translate with just one click. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our software does not collect any information and respects user privacy.
Loupe
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Live subtitles for videos and conversations, and live translation for any app on your screen. Speech captions turn what's said in videos, live streams, online classes and podcasts, or by the people around you, into subtitles in your language. Screen translation shows the text of any app translated right where it is. On iPhone and iPad, entirely on your device. SPEECH CAPTIONS (NEW) • Switch to Speech at the top of Home and choose an Audio Source. Phone Audio captions what other apps play: pick the spoken language, tap Start Captions and go back to your video. It doesn't use the microphone or read the screen, so room noise stays out. • Nearby Speech uses the microphone to caption the people around you: conversations, talks, guided tours. No screen sharing needed. Tap Start Listening for large live captions; switch apps and they keep going in Picture in Picture. • Recognition runs on your device. Audio is never recorded, saved or uploaded. Each language's speech model is downloaded once by iOS, after you confirm. • Pick the window's shape and text size; show the translation, both lines, or the original only. • Change the spoken language mid-session. Transcripts are saved on your device to review, copy or export as TXT, SRT or Markdown. • Recognizes English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and more. You choose the spoken language; it isn't detected automatically. SCREEN TRANSLATION 1. Download a language pack once. Loupe detects the language on screen. 2. Tap Start Loupe, then Start Sharing. 3. Switch to any app. A Picture in Picture window shows that part of the screen, translated in place. Four reading scopes: Near the window, Whole screen, Fixed area (a region you mark, like a game's dialogue box), and LAN Live (the translated screen in a browser on another device on the same Wi-Fi). SCREEN SUBTITLES (LOUPE PRO) Instead of in place, screen translations can appear as numbered large-type cards in the original's colors, with the source text alongside, a corner guide to where each line is on screen, and right-to-left order for manga. ON IPAD With Windowed Apps or Stage Manager, the Loupe window itself becomes the lens: put it beside the app or video. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Recognition and translation happen on your device, using Apple's on-device frameworks. • Your screen and audio are never sent to us or saved. Caption transcripts stay only on your device, and you can delete them anytime. • LAN Live, only when you choose it, sends the translation just to devices on your local network that open your link. • No account, no ads, no tracking. Works offline once languages are downloaded. LANGUAGES Loupe comes in 14 languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tiếng Việt, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português (Brasil), Türkçe, Bahasa Indonesia, العربية and ไทย. It translates from Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and other languages supported by Apple's translation. FREE AND LOUPE PRO • Free: screen translation with all four scopes, and speech captions, for 5 minutes a day in total. • Loupe Pro: no daily time limit in either mode, plus Screen Subtitles. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. GOOD TO KNOW • Requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later. • Language packs come from Apple, about 140–440 MB each. Loupe asks before any download. • Content an app protects from screen recording can't be read, and some apps mute their audio while the screen is shared. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://loupe-translator.pages.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Loupe at every 3 days against iTranscreen's fortnightly. iTranscreen's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. iTranscreen sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Loupe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iTranscreen ships an update fortnightly, Loupe every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iTranscreen | Loupe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (252 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 启盛 罗 | 泽政 邱 |
Bugs and requests
iTranscreen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes or freezes when changing translation settings
- Inability to translate text in certain apps or games
- Inconsistent behavior when running out of free translation credits
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to select specific text areas for translation
- Expand free usage limits or offer one-time purchase option
- Improve translation quality and consistency
- Add more language options, especially for less common languages
Loupe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iTranscreen
- Monthly Lite$1.991 Month
- Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
- Monthly Plus$4.991 Month
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- Yearly Lite$8.991 Year
- Monthly Ultra$8.991 Month
- Yearly Pro$17.991 Year
- Yearly Plus$34.991 Year
- Yearly Ultra$69.991 Year
- 200,000 Coins$1.99
- Lifetime Pro$49.99
Loupe
- Loupe Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Loupe Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Loupe Pro Lifetime$19.99









