Comparison

Language Translator vs Translator with Speech

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

Head to head
About

Language Translator

Translate words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs between numerous languages using a powerful translation service. Quickly switch between languages and easily share translated text via email. Ideal for language learning, travel, or general curiosity.

Highlights
  • Translate words, phrases, and paragraphs
  • Supports numerous languages
  • Automatic source language detection
  • Quick language switching
  • Email translated text
Features
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Translates words, phrases, sentences and whole paragraphs of text between different languages using Googles language translation service. It can even detect your source language (except Chinese). Whether you want to learn a foreign language, fresh up your skills, travel abroad or just curious this iPhone web application will help. Use the switch button to quickly flip source and destination texts. It's easy to create a new email with the translated text. Supported Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (no auto detection), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Islandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish

About

Translator with Speech

Instantly translate text into 88 languages with spoken pronunciations. Features optional speech-to-text for 23 languages, allowing spoken input. Offline playback of saved translations is also available.

Highlights
  • Translate 88 languages
  • Speech to text input
  • Pronounces translations
  • Offline translation playback
  • Transliteration support
  • Sleek user interface
Features
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Use this cool talking translator to instantly translate any text into any of 88 languages! It also pronounces the translation for you. The new optional SPEECH TO TEXT feature allows you to translate your English SPOKEN text into any of many languages supported by this app. Stop typing, start speaking! In this update, you can translate text spoken in 23 major languages (optional). Now in the app store for 4 years, with almost 3 million downloads, and an average user rating of 4.5! Thank you all! Unlike other translation apps, this one does not solely depend on one web translator. It produces superior spoken translations! This translator also stores previous translations in its database and allows you to prepare a set of translations in advance and play them back later without the need for internet and expensive data roaming. The application features: -Translation into any of 88 languages -Optional speech to text allows you to record your text in 23 languages and convert it into any of the many listed languages. -Remembers earlier translations, providing playback without internet -Just click to playback. Very useful when trying to tell that taxi driver where you want to go. -Localization for 10 major languages -Transliteration support for non-latin character sets -Sleek user interface Supported languages: -Afrikaans -Albanian -Arabic -Armenian -Azerbaijani -Basque -Belarusian -Bengali -Bosnian -Bulgarian -Catalan -Cebuano -Chichewa -Chinese -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 -Korean -Lao -Latin -Latvian -Lithuanian -Macedonian -Malagasy -Malay -Malayalam -Maltese -Maori -Marathi -Mongolian -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 Speech translation is provided for the following languages: - Afrikaans - Albanian - Arabic - Armenian - Bosnian - Catalan - Chinese - Croatian - Czech - Danish - Dutch - English - Esperanto - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Haitian Creole - Hindi - Hungarian - Icelandic - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Latin - Latvian - Macedonian - Norwegian - Polish - Portugese - Romanian - Russian - Serbian - Slovak - Spanish - Swahili - Swedish - Tamil - Thai - Turkish - Vietnamese - Welsh This application requires access to the internet to create a new translation. For the voice to text feature, the app has to be given access to use the microphone.

Screenshots

Language Translator4 screens
Translator with Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Translator with Speech at 4.7 against Language Translator's 2.6. Translator with Speech also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 47%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months). Language Translator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Translator with Speech sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Language Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Translator with Speech holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Translator with Speech has 15K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Language Translator's written reviews are positive against 79% of Translator with Speech's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Language Translator ships an update every 13 months, Translator with Speech every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Language Translator versus Translator with Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguage TranslatorTranslator with Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews79.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings515K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasSparkling Design and Infotech Private Limited

Customer experience

Language Translator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.0%
Negative42.7%

Translator with Speech

All ratings14,741 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative13.5%

User reviews

Language Translator

From 5 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick translations
  • 💡 Useful for learning languages
  • 🌍 Supports many languages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate translations
  • 🔌 Requires internet connection
  • 📢 Cluttered with ads
  • 🔍 Limited functionality

Translator with Speech

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 🚀 Fast and accurate translations
  • 🔊 Helpful voice pronunciation
  • 💡 Useful for learning languages
  • 🌍 Great for travel and communication

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔇 Voice translation not available for all languages
  • 💸 Paid features required for some functionality
  • 📢 Intrusive ads
  • 🔍 Limited language options

Bugs and requests

Language Translator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or disappears after download
  • Translations default to incorrect languages
  • Ads prevent access to main translation features

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more languages (e.g. Pashto, Telugu, Turkish, etc.)
  • Provide offline mode
  • Include pronunciation guides
  • Allow copying/pasting of translations

Translator with Speech

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Translations not always accurate, especially for complex sentences
  • Voice recognition issues, especially for non-English languages
  • Crashes or freezes when switching between languages

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more language options, especially less common ones
  • Improve voice recognition and pronunciation features
  • Allow disabling of voice output for privacy
  • Provide offline translation capabilities
  • Add ability to save/export translations

In-app purchases

None

Language Translator

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Translator with Speech

One-time10
  • English Language Speech Input$0.99
  • Spanish Speech Input$0.99
  • French Speech Input$0.99
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  • Italian Speech Input$0.99
  • Japanese Speech Input$0.99
  • Russian Speech Input$0.99
  • Remove the ads$0.99
  • Chinese Language Speech Input$0.99
  • Translate text from your Camera$0.99
  • Speech input for all languages$2.99

Questions

Is Language Translator free?
Language Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Translator with Speech free?
Translator with Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Language Translator or Translator with Speech?
Translator with Speech is rated higher. Language Translator averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Translator with Speech averages 4.7 from 15K ratings.
Do Language Translator or Translator with Speech have ads?
Both Language Translator and Translator with Speech show ads.
Which is updated more often, Language Translator or Translator with Speech?
Language Translator ships an update every 13 months, and Translator with Speech every 5 weeks. Most recently, Language Translator was updated on August 26, 2026 and Translator with Speech on September 25, 2026.

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