local.ch vs PONS Translate & Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
local.ch
Discover over 500,000 Swiss businesses, book restaurant tables, and schedule appointments online. Find contact details, locations, and even block spam calls.
- Find Swiss businesses and contact details
- Book restaurant tables online
- Schedule appointments with service providers
- Search for locations and addresses
- Caller ID and spam call blocking
- Filter by restaurant categories
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On local.ch, you will find over 500,000 businesses from every kind of sector, with all the contact details you need. You can also book tables and make appointments quickly and easily online. Are you looking for an available table on a specific day? And would you like to make the reservation immediately? • With a single search, you can find every restaurant with available tables on the desired date, at the desired time and in the desired location, and then book the table immediately online. • Vegan, family-friendly, with a terrace or wheelchair-accessible? Thanks to the broad range of categories, you can find the right restaurant and make a reservation quickly and easily. • Over 9,000 restaurants throughout Switzerland can be reserved directly online with the click of a mouse. Looking to book an appointment online with no hassle? • Book your appointment online quickly and easily – for example at hairdressers, garages, beauty institutes, physiotherapists and countless other services and businesses. • You can also make bookings outside of opening hours or around the clock if you so wish. • Providers in almost every kind of sector can be booked directly online with the click of a mouse. • The categories range from "Food, Dining & Gastronomy" to "Medicine, Aesthetics & Wellness" to "Crafts, Construction & Industry", "Leisure, Education & Sport", "Living, Home & Environment" and "Security, Business & IT”. Looking for something specific in your area? • Find useful locations in your area such as ATMs, petrol stations, car parks, public toilets or hotspots, including map listings. Are you looking for a telephone number or do you want to block irritating spam calls? • Find telephone numbers and addresses of private individuals and companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, including map listings. • Thanks to caller ID, you will always know who has contacted you, even if the number is not in your address book. • If desired, the app can also automatically block known and verified advertising callers. In line with the requirements of today’s users, local.ch has evolved from a digital phone directory to become the largest Swiss booking platform, with over 500,000 business profiles. And you can still search for home addresses and telephone numbers using the search field.
PONS Translate & Dictionary
Translate text and words between 40 languages with over 50 dictionaries. Features intelligent search, voice translation, and offline access to saved entries. Ideal for travelers and language learners.
- Text and word translation
- Over 50 dictionaries
- Intelligent search with suggestions
- Camera translation
- Voice translation and conversation mode
- Offline access to favorites
- Pronunciation audio
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The free translator app from PONS Get quick and reliable translations - with over 50 PONS Dictionaries and text translation for 40 languages. This tool gives you a translation for all of your search queries. The app includes PONS Dictionaries for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Turkish. In addition to dictionaries with German you will find dictionaries for combinations such as Spanish-English, French-Polish, or Portuguese-Spanish. You have access to over 50 dictionaries. The text translation system integrated into the app covers all the languages of the online dictionaries plus an additional 12 languages such as Hebrew or Korean. INTELLIGENT SEARCH Type in or say your search term and to make your search quicker and more convenient, the system provides suggestions for words and phrases. If the app can’t find a result in the PONS Dictionaries, the integrated text translation service kicks in to give you your desired result. Search without even typing: Use the camera on your phone to translate menus, signs etc. immediately. COMMUNICATION AID Listen to the correct pronunciation of your dictionary translation. Use the zoom function to magnify the translation and show it to someone else on your device. Especially handy on trips! Conversation mode: PONS Translate recognizes your voice and translates into your desired language. CONVENIENT REFERENCE Save your frequently searched or important entries in your favorites - you can use these offline, too. In your search history you can find your most recent searches. With the copy and paste function you can use your translations in other applications. EXAMPLE SENTENCES Language in context and information on language usage help you find the correct translation. AN IDEAL COMPLEMENT Copy your translations to the free PONS Vocabulary Trainer so that you can learn them. EDITORIALLY REVIEWED QUALITY Our dictionary content is editorially reviewed by our lexicographers and constantly growing. AVAILABLE ALSO OFFLINE AND AD-FREE Download selected dictionaries and use the app offline and online. You can choose from among various subscription periods* via in-app purchase. You will then receive your desired dictionary completely ad-free, even when you use the dictionary online. If you are interested in ad-free use, but do not wish to download a dictionary, additional subscriptions are available. PLEASE NOTE: You can use the Online Translator at all times and completely free of charge even without an in-app purchase. Visit our website at www.pons.com for more information about the free Online-Dictionary, the PONS Vocabulary Trainer and our apps. About PONS: PONS Publishing looks back on 40 years of experience in developing language-learning materials in the brand’s characteristic green color. The range covers traditional dictionaries and grammars, audio and electronic language courses, and free online services. * A variety of dictionaries can be subscribed to for 1 month or 1 year. Subscriptions are automatically renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription term. Your account will be debited within 24 hours of the end of the current subscription term. Payment will be billed to your Apple account. Subsequent to purchase, subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your user account settings. Any unused part of a free trial subscription that may have been offered, will expire if the user purchases a subscription for the current release. www.pons.com Terms of Use: https://en.pons.com/p/conditions-of-use Privacy Declaration: https://en.pons.com/p/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: local.ch at 92% against PONS Translate & Dictionary's 57%. local.ch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15). PONS Translate & Dictionary's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. PONS Translate & Dictionary sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. local.ch asks for nothing beyond the download.
PONS Translate & Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PONS Translate & Dictionary has 1.1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of local.ch's written reviews are positive against 57% of PONS Translate & Dictionary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
local.ch ships an update every 6 weeks, PONS Translate & Dictionary every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | local.ch | PONS Translate & Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swisscom Directories AG | PONS Langenscheidt GmbH |
Customer experience
local.ch
PONS Translate & Dictionary
Bugs and requests
local.ch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PONS Translate & Dictionary
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search function not working reliably
- Purchased ad-free version still showing ads
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- Improved text translation capabilities
- More language options
- Better handling of handwritten scripts
- Customizable font sizes
In-app purchases
local.ch
No in-app purchases
PONS Translate & Dictionary
- No ads for 1 month$1.991 Month
- 1 month English-Spanish3 Days trial$2.491 Month
- 1 month English-French3 Days trial$2.491 Month
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- 1 month English-German3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- 3 months English-German3 Days trial$7.493 Months
- 3 months Spanish-German3 Days trial$7.493 Months
- No ads for 1 year$8.991 Year
- Premium version 1 month3 Days trial$8.991 Month
- 1 year Spanish-German3 Days trial$18.491 Year
- 1 year English-Spanish3 Days trial$18.491 Year
- 1 year English-German3 Days trial$18.491 Year
- 1 year English-French3 Days trial$18.491 Year
- Premium version for 1 year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- This app without ads for 1 year$2.99
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