Comparison

Google Translate vs Dialog

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 draw characters. Save phrases for quick access.

Highlights
  • Text translation
  • Offline translation
  • Instant camera translation
  • Photo translation
  • Speech translation
  • Conversation translation
  • Handwriting translation
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

Dialog

This app offers instant voice, text, and camera translations in over 175 languages. It features a translation keyboard for messaging, AI tools for refining translations, and an offline mode for use without internet. It also includes an Apple Watch app and home screen widget for quick access.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-voice translations
  • Text translation
  • Camera translation
  • Translation keyboard
  • Offline mode
  • Apple Watch app
  • AI translation tools
Features
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Enjoy the quickest & easiest speech and text translator app on the App Store! Translating has never been so easy. Simply select languages > tap the button > get the translation - all on one screen. TRANSLATOR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO: • Communicate in over 175 languages with voice-to-voice translations • Read & write with easy-to-use text translations • Learn words & phrases in over 175 different languages • Communicate via text & email with translation keyboard • Use your camera to translate text in images or physical objects around you • Make accurate speech & text translations in real time FEATURES: CAMERA TRANSLATOR Use your camera to instantly translate text on signs, menus, or any other printed text. KEYBOARD FOR MESSAGING Chat with friends via messenger or email using a keyboard with built-in translator. ADVANCED AI TOOLS Translate text, then use AI tools to adjust the tone, check grammar, and change the length of your translations. AR TRANSLATOR Use your camera to translate the names of physical objects around you APPLE WATCH APP Instantly translate over 175 languages, straight from your wrist. Subscribe to Dialog Plus to unlock unlimited voice & text translations for Apple Watch. OFFLINE MODE In offline mode you can translate texts without Internet connection. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Quickly access Dialog in a single tap, right from your home screen. SIMPLE & EASY Tap the button and speak. Just stop speaking to hear back the translation. ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION Works well in noisy environments such as streets, stations and other crowded places. LANGUAGE DETECTION The language is automatically translated as you speak between the selected languages. LIGHTNING-FAST Translations delivered in real time. EXCELLENT ACCURACY Uses the best translation engine available today. 175+ LANGUAGES Translates speech and text instantly between more than 175 languages. Get the app and start one-tap translations right away! Supported languages and dialects: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Afrikaans (South Africa), Amharic (Ethiopia), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali (Bangladesh, India), Basque (Spain), Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (The Netherlands), English (Australian, Canada, India, UK, US), Finnish, Filipino (Philippines), French, French (Canada), Galician, German, Greek, Georgian, Gujarati (India), Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese (Indonesia), Korean, Khmer (Cambodia), Malay, Moldavian, Norwegian, Nepali (Nepal), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Lao (Laos), Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Swahili (Kenya), Serbian, Swedish, Sinhala (Sri Lanka), Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu (Pakistan), Vietnamese, Zulu (South Africa). Google Translate is utilized to power Dialog’s translations. The app contains the following subscription options: Weekly subscription Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of renewal is equal to the value that “Apple’s App Store Matrix” determines as the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.heavyplumbapps.com/privacy-policy-apps.html Terms of Use: https://www.heavyplumbapps.com/Service_Terms.html

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Dialog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Translate at none against Dialog's 10. Google Translate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Dialog's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 42%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price and ratings volume 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. Dialog sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dialog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84K and 33K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 75% of Dialog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Dialog every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Google Translate versus Dialog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateDialog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.6 (33K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews74.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better33K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better#130
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB332 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleHeavy Plumb Apps, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Customer experience

Google Translate

All ratings84,057 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews3,297 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative45.7%

Dialog

All ratings32,731 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews1,253 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative21.0%

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

Dialog

From 33K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for communication
  • 🚀 Accurate translations
  • 👍 Useful for travel
  • 👍 Supports many languages

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🐛 Glitchy performance
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 🐛 Inaccurate translations

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

Dialog

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Translation issues with non-Latin scripts
  • Subscription cancellation problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more language support
  • Improve translation accuracy
  • Offer a free version with limited features
  • Provide offline translation capabilities

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Dialog

Subscriptions9
  • Best Voice & Text Translator7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Best Voice & Text Translator7 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Dialog Plus3 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Best Voice & Text Translator14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Dialog Plus Translator3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Best Voice & Text Translator7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Dialog Plus3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Dialog Plus1 Month trial$29.991 Month

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dialog free?
Dialog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Dialog?
Dialog is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Dialog averages 4.6 from 33K ratings.
Do Google Translate or Dialog have ads?
Dialog shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Dialog?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Dialog every 5 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on November 4, 2026 and Dialog on November 4, 2026.
Which is more popular, Google Translate or Dialog?
Google Translate currently peaks at #2 in the App Store charts, and Dialog at #130. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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