Comparison

Translator with Speech vs Cultran

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

Head to head
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.

About

Cultran

This app provides culturally nuanced translations for travelers and digital nomads. It goes beyond literal meaning to capture tone, formality, and local context, offering translations via voice, camera, or text. Users can specify conversation rules to ensure accurate and polite communication.

Highlights
  • Context-aware translations
  • Voice, camera, and text input
  • Cultural notes and explanations
  • Pronounceable translations for practice
  • Alternate phrasing generation
  • Conversation history management
Features
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Cultran is a cultural translator for travelers, digital nomads, and anyone that wants accurate translations to another language. Speak, take a photo of a sign, or just type, and get translations that preserve meaning, tone, formality, and local context. Some languages have different words and meaning based on who you are, your age, your gender, and relationship to the person you’re speaking with. This is very hard to capture with common translators. With Cultran, you specify and set conversation rules for every conversation. We use state of the art AI and text to speech techniques to help you deliver exactly what you want to say in the context of the speaker, no more awkward, incorrect, or impolite translations. WHY CULTRAN Reads the room - Cultran considers who you are, who you are speaking to, and the situation so the same intent can sound casual, polite, formal, or honorific. Voice, camera, or text - Speak naturally, take a picture of visible text, or type when you cannot talk. Cultran translates each mode with the same tone and context. Cultural context - Get practical notes when wording might sound too direct, too casual, impolite, or easy to misunderstand. Say it yourself - Get easy to pronounce translations in your language so you can practice and say it yourself. Say it differently - Need another phrasing? Generate an alternate translation that keeps the same meaning and formality. Conversation history - Keep separate conversations for different trips, people, and language pairs. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Cultran supports 13 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Prices, billing periods, and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Cultran Terms: https://cultran.ai/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cultran.ai/privacy/

Screenshots

Translator with Speech4 screens
Cultran4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Translator with Speech at 15K against Cultran's 1. Translator with Speech also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Cultran's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Cultran sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cultran holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Translator with Speech has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Translator with Speech's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cultran's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Translator with Speech ships an update every 5 weeks, Cultran every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Translator with Speech versus Cultran: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranslator with SpeechCultran
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSparkling Design and Infotech Private LimitedEnrique Franco Scherer

Customer experience

Translator with Speech

All ratings14,741 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews444 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative13.5%

Cultran

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Cultran

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 7 more
  • 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
3 purchases

Cultran

Subscriptions3
  • Cultran Pro Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Cultran Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Cultran Pro 6 Months$59.996 Months

Questions

Is Translator with Speech free?
Translator with Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cultran free?
Cultran is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Translator with Speech or Cultran?
Cultran is rated higher. Translator with Speech averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Cultran averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Translator with Speech or Cultran have ads?
Both Translator with Speech and Cultran show ads.
Which is updated more often, Translator with Speech or Cultran?
Translator with Speech ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cultran every 3 weeks. Most recently, Translator with Speech was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cultran on October 31, 2026.

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