Comparison

Google Translate vs Translator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Text translation
  • Offline translation
  • Instant camera translation
  • Photo translation
  • Voice translation
  • Conversation translation
  • Phrasebook
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Translate photos
  • Translate voice
  • Translate text
  • Multiple translation engines
  • Ad-free premium option
  • Unlimited text length
Features
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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

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Translator3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Translator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Google Translate versus Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateTranslator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.6 (8.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better8.5K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleXung Le

Customer experience

Google Translate

All ratings84,002 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews3,297 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative45.7%

Translator

All ratings8,446 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative22.6%

User reviews

Google Translate

From 84K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Translator

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Version Monthly$4.491 Month
  • Premium Version Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Version$19.99

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Translator free?
Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Translator?
Translator is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Translator averages 4.6 from 8.5K ratings.
Do Google Translate or Translator have ads?
Translator shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Translator?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Translator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on October 30, 2026 and Translator on October 28, 2026.

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