Comparison

iTranslate Translator vs Copy Text On Screen

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

Head to head
About

iTranslate Translator

Break language barriers with this comprehensive translation app. Translate text, voice, websites, and even objects using your camera. Offers offline mode and a custom phrasebook for personalized learning and travel.

Highlights
  • Text translation in over 100 languages
  • Voice-to-voice conversations
  • Camera translation (Lens & AR Mode)
  • Offline translation mode
  • Custom Phrasebook
  • Website translation
  • Dictionary with synonyms
Features
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iTranslate is one of the leading translation and dictionary apps designed to help you break language barriers with ease. Seamlessly translate text, websites, objects, or start voice-to-voice conversations in over 100 languages. Our unique Custom Phrasebook feature allows you to learn new languages and create personalized collections of phrases for various life situations. And if you need to use iTranslate abroad, our Offline Mode allows you to forget about paying expensive roaming charges. FEATURES: • Text translations in over 100 languages. • Phrasebook - with over 250 predefined phrases. • Different dialects available. • Dictionaries with synonyms and different meanings. • Widgets & Flashcards: Learn a new phrase or word each day, directly from your home screen! • Pronunciation in male or female voices. • Transliteration, Sharing, Favorites, History, and much more. • Custom Phrasebook - to create your own collection of phrases. • Keyboard Extension. • Lens: Use your camera to instantly translate menus or signs and more. • AR Mode for Real-time Object Translation • Offline translation mode. • Voice-to-Voice conversations. • Website translation • Verb conjugations in different tenses. LOVED AND TRUSTED BY MILLIONS • 200 million downloads and over 1 million App Store reviews! • Featured many times in Apple TV ads and on the App Store SUPPORT Visit https://www.itranslate.com/support/ or contact us at help@itranslate.com Supported languages & dialects for translation: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sesotho, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu --- Auto Renewable Subscription Terms: * Your free trial subscription will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. * Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. * You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Terms of Service: https://www.itranslate.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.itranslate.com/privacy-policy California Privacy Rights: https://www.itranslate.com/privacy-policy#InformationCaliforniaPrivacyRights An internet connection is required to use the app. To use the offline mode, you need to download language packs.

About

Copy Text On Screen

Easily extract text from screenshots and images with advanced OCR technology. Copy, translate, or read aloud any text, even from social media apps. Supports over 100 languages for translation and 92 for recognition.

Highlights
  • Extract text from screenshots
  • Extract text from images
  • OCR text recognition
  • Translate text in 100+ languages
  • Read text aloud
  • Extract phone numbers, emails, URLs
  • Scan history
Features
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The default long press to copy text on a mobile screen or image does not always work. This app helps you extract text/words from a mobile screen by sharing your screenshot with the app or by selecting text from an image. With its advanced OCR technology, this app allows you to extract text and words from your mobile screen and images. The OCR recognition accuracy is between 99% and 100%, ensuring that you get the exact text you need. You can also scan and translate screenshot or image text on your device in over 100 languages. Main Features: • Copy any text on the mobile screen to your clipboard by sharing screenshot with this app. • Extract text from any image. • Extract text easily from any application including social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and more by just share screenshot. • Extract text on image and read it aloud with text to speech. • Extracts phone number, email, URL . • Recent scans history. • Supports 92 languages for text recognition and translations in over 100 languages. • Options to automatically copy extracted text to the clipboard or save it as a .txt file for a faster workflow. How to use this app to extract Text from screen: Step 1: Take a screenshot. Step 2: Open that screenshot and share with this app. Step 3: Select the text by touch and drag on screeenshot and choose the language for OCR recognition. Step 4: Please wait while the app performs OCR (Optical Character Recognition) operation to extract the text. Step 5: Now you may copy to clipboard, share or translate the extracted text. Never struggle to copy text from your mobile screen and Image again. Get Copy Text app now and enjoy the ease of extracting text and words from your mobile screen and Images! You can take screenshots by pressing and holding the 'POWER BUTTON' and 'VOLUME UP BUTTON' at the same time for a second. Subscription Plans Unlimited Scans Monthly ------------------------- Unlimited scans No ads upto 50 scans per day. for one month period. monthly 5.99 $ Unlimited Scans Yearly ---------------------- Unlimited scans No ads upto 50 scans per day. for one year period. yearly 60.99 $. ----------------- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal as per existing plan rate within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. ----------------- Privacy Policy: https://appzys.com/ios/copytext/privacypolicy Terms of Service: https://appzys.com/ios/copytext/termsofuse

Screenshots

iTranslate Translator4 screens
Copy Text On Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iTranslate Translator at none against Copy Text On Screen's shown. iTranslate Translator also leads on ratings volume (527K vs 4.8K) and chart position (#28 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. iTranslate Translator sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Copy Text On Screen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for iTranslate Translator against 4.6 for Copy Text On Screen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iTranslate Translator has 527K ratings behind it against 4.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of iTranslate Translator's written reviews are positive against 69% of Copy Text On Screen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTranslate Translator ships an update weekly, Copy Text On Screen every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
iTranslate Translator versus Copy Text On Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTranslate TranslatorCopy Text On Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (527K ratings) — better4.6 (4.8K ratings)
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews69.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings527K — better4.8K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#28 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Govarthani Rajesh

Customer experience

iTranslate Translator

All ratings527,214 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews2,535 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative26.9%

Copy Text On Screen

All ratings4,769 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative25.4%

User reviews

iTranslate Translator

From 527K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Smooth translations
  • 💡 Helpful for language learning
  • 🌐 Supports many languages

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🐛 Inaccurate translations
  • 🔍 Limited free features
  • 🔇 Annoying ads and popups

Copy Text On Screen

From 4.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient text extraction
  • 💡 Useful for various tasks like copying text, translating, etc.
  • 🔒 Reliable and accurate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with handwritten text recognition
  • 💰 Limited free scans per day, requires subscription
  • 📢 Intrusive ads in free version
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features or customization options

Bugs and requests

iTranslate Translator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when typing too fast
  • Keyboard issues on Apple Watch
  • Incorrect translations for certain languages

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline translation mode
  • Improved language detection
  • More customization options
  • Better integration with messaging apps

Copy Text On Screen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Text extraction not working correctly in certain scenarios
  • Compatibility issues with older iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more languages
  • Improve handwriting recognition accuracy
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Offer a premium version without ads

In-app purchases

12 purchases

iTranslate Translator

Subscriptions12
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 month$3.991 Month
  • Weekly with FT7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription$9.997 Days
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  • Weekly with free trial7 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 month7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 month$14.991 Month
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 Month$14.991 Month
  • iTranslate PRO - 2 months7 Days trial$14.992 Months
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 year$89.001 Year
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 year7 Days trial$89.001 Year
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 year7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • iTranslate PRO - 1 Year7 Days trial$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Copy Text On Screen

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Scans Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Unlimited Scans Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Extra Scans$0.99

Questions

Is iTranslate Translator free?
iTranslate Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Copy Text On Screen free?
Copy Text On Screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iTranslate Translator or Copy Text On Screen?
iTranslate Translator is rated higher. iTranslate Translator averages 4.7 out of 5 from 527K ratings, while Copy Text On Screen averages 4.6 from 4.8K ratings.
Do iTranslate Translator or Copy Text On Screen have ads?
Copy Text On Screen shows ads; iTranslate Translator does not.
Which is updated more often, iTranslate Translator or Copy Text On Screen?
iTranslate Translator ships an update weekly, and Copy Text On Screen every 2 weeks. Most recently, iTranslate Translator was updated on September 26, 2026 and Copy Text On Screen on September 23, 2026.

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