Translator with Speech vs LingoDuet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Translate 88 languages
- Speech to text input
- Pronounces translations
- Offline translation playback
- Transliteration support
- Sleek user interface
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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.
LingoDuet
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Your personal interpreter, right in your pocket Talk to anyone, in any language, using only your iPhone. LingoDuet turns your iPhone into a real-time, two-way personal interpreter, with everything running directly on your device. No internet connection. No account. No conversations leaving your phone. Simply place your iPhone between you and start talking. TWO EASY WAYS TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER Conversation Mode - Place your iPhone between you and the person you are speaking with. The screen splits into two sides, with the other person’s side automatically facing them. - Hold to speak, then release when you are finished. Within seconds, your words are translated and spoken aloud in their language. They can respond in exactly the same way. - Natural, face-to-face conversations without the language barrier. Listen Mode - When the other person needs to keep talking—such as a tour guide, lecturer, presenter, or shopkeeper—simply place your iPhone nearby and follow along. - Their speech and its translation appear on the screen in real time, with no buttons to press. Listen privately through your earphones, then hold to reply in your own language when it is your turn to speak. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your voice never leaves your iPhone. Speech recognition, translation, and voice playback all run locally on your device. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or tracked. With LingoDuet, privacy is not an optional setting. It is how the app is built. WORKS WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION After downloading the required language files once, LingoDuet continues working completely offline. Use your pocket interpreter on a plane, in the mountains, while travelling abroad, or anywhere without mobile coverage. No Wi-Fi. No mobile data. No communication barrier. BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD CONVERSATIONS - Works with your iPhone speaker, AirPods, or Bluetooth headphones - Hear translations privately through your earphones - Microphone Boost for quiet or distant voices - Fast, Medium, and Slow speech settings for different speaking styles - Volume Boost for noisy cafés, busy streets, and crowded places FREE AND PRO Free - Use every supported language pair, fully on-device. Conversation Mode runs in short sessions with an ad between them, while Listen Mode includes a 60-second preview. Pro - Get unlimited conversations, unrestricted Listen Mode, our most accurate translation model, and a completely ad-free experience. 18 LANGUAGES, TRANSLATED IN ANY DIRECTION English, Turkish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian. Translate between any supported languages in either direction. Two people. One phone. Your interpreter in your pocket. No language barrier. Privacy Policy: https://lingoduet.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LingoDuet at none against Translator with Speech's shown. LingoDuet also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Translator with Speech's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Translator with Speech sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and LingoDuet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Translator with Speech ships an update every 5 weeks, LingoDuet every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Translator with Speech | LingoDuet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sparkling Design and Infotech Private Limited | Taner Cetin |
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
LingoDuet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Translator with Speech
- 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
LingoDuet
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
Questions
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