Google Translate vs Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Translate
Instantly translate text, voice, and images between hundreds of languages. Features include offline translation, real-time conversation translation, and the ability to save frequently used phrases.
- Text translation
- Offline translation
- Instant camera translation
- Photo translation
- Voice translation
- Conversation translation
- Phrasebook
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Translate between up to 249 languages. Feature support varies by language: • Text: Translate between languages by typing • Offline: Translate with no internet connection • Instant camera translation: Translate text in images instantly by just pointing your camera • Photos: Translate text in taken or imported photos • Dictation: Translate spoken words and phrases • Conversations: Translate bilingual conversations on the fly • Transcribe: Continuously translate someone speaking a different language in near real-time • Handwriting: Draw text characters instead of typing • Phrasebook: Star and save translated words and phrases for future reference Permissions notice: • Microphone for speech translation • Camera for translating text via the camera • Photos for importing photos from your library Translations between the following languages are supported: Abkhaz, Acehnese, Acholi, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alur, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Avar, Awadhi, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Balinese, Baluchi, Bambara, Baoulé, Bashkir, Basque, Batak Karo, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Belarusian, Bemba, Bengali, Betawi, Bhojpuri, Bikol, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Buryat, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chechen, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Chuukese, Chuvash, Corsican, Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic), Crimean Tatar (Latin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dhivehi, Dinka, Dogri, Dombe, Dutch, Dyula, Dzongkha, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Fon, French, French (Canada), Frisian, Friulian, Fulani, Ga, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hakha Chin, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Hunsrik, Iban, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Inuktut (Latin), Inuktut (Syllabics), Irish, Italian, Jamaican Patois, Japanese, Javanese, Jingpo, Kalaallisut, Kannada, Kanuri, Kapampangan, Kazakh, Khasi, Khmer, Kiga, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kituba, Kokborok, Komi, Konkani, Korean, Krio, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latgalian, Latin, Latvian, Ligurian, Limburgish, Lingala, Lithuanian, Lombard, Luganda, Luo, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Madurese, Maithili, Makassar, Malagasy, Malay, Malay (Jawi), Malayalam, Maltese, Mam, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Marshallese, Marwadi, Mauritian Creole, Meadow Mari, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Minang, Mizo, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nahuatl (Eastern Huasteca), Ndau, Ndebele (South), Nepalbhasa (Newari), Nepali, NKo, Norwegian, Nuer, Occitan, Odia (Oriya), Oromo, Ossetian, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua, Qʼeqchiʼ, Romani, Romanian, Rundi, Russian, Sami (North), Samoan, Sango, Sanskrit, Santali (Latin), Santali (Ol Chiki), Scots Gaelic, Sepedi, Serbian, Sesotho, Seychellois Creole, Shan, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Susu, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Tahitian, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamazight (Tifinagh), Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tetum, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tulu, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Twi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Venda, Venetian, Vietnamese, Waray, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yakut, Yiddish, Yoruba, Yucatec Maya, Zapotec, Zulu
Translator
Instantly translate text, voice, and photos using multiple leading translation engines. Enjoy an ad-free experience and unlimited translation length with a premium subscription.
- Translate photos
- Translate voice
- Translate text
- Multiple translation engines
- Ad-free premium option
- Unlimited text length
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Translate Box can: - Translate Photo - Translate Voice - Translate Text With five Translators at once: - Google Translate - Microsoft Translator - Yandex Translate - Baidu Translate - Naver Translate (Papago) This app requires an internet connection. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS √ Completely Ad-free √ No text length limit when translating * You can pay once or choose from 2 subscriptions options: - monthly subscription - yearly subscription – 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 within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – 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: https://xung.app/privacy-policy Terms: https://xung.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Translate at none against Translator's 3. Google Translate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Translator's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 42%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, monetization model 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 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Translator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 8.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 74% of Translator's.
Google Translate ships an update weekly, Translator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Translate | Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (84K ratings) | 4.6 (8.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 74.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84K — better | 8.5K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xung Le | |
Customer experience
Google Translate
Translator
User reviews
Google Translate
From 84K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Spoken Cantonese & Jyutping recently added
- 🚀 Fantastic for translating on the go
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Useful for learning languages
- 👍 Offline translation available
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate translations for some languages
- 🐛 Buggy camera/image translation
- 🐛 Inconsistent translation of formal/informal language
- 🐛 Slow performance, especially offline
- 🐛 Cluttered interface, poor UX design
Translator
From 8.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent translator
- 💡 Multiple translation sources
- 🚀 Fast and smooth translations
- 🔒 Robust security features
- 👍 Helpful for learning languages
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezing
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 💸 Too many ads even with paid subscription
- 🔇 Issues with audio/voice translation
- 🤔 Confusing interface and instructions
Bugs and requests
Google Translate
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera translation not working without internet connection
- Inability to select and translate specific text in images
- Inconsistent translation of words with multiple meanings
- Predictive text feature providing inaccurate suggestions
Requested features
5 requests- Add more language support, especially for minority languages
- Improve accuracy of translations, especially for Asian languages
- Allow manual selection of text in image translation
- Add option to toggle between formal and informal language
- Improve offline performance and functionality
Translator
Reported bugs
4 issues- Force closes after being open for a few seconds
- Translations not working properly for some languages
- Inconsistent performance across different devices
- Paid subscription not removing all ads
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve Tagalog and other language translations
- Provide offline translation capabilities
- Enhance text-to-speech quality
- Add more language options
In-app purchases
Google Translate
No in-app purchases
Translator
- Premium Version Monthly$4.491 Month
- Premium Version Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Version$19.99
Questions
Is Google Translate free?
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