Comparison

Google Translate vs Latin Dictionary

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

Latin Dictionary

Translate between Latin and over 20 languages with instant results as you type. Access offline and online dictionaries, hear pronunciations, and view related images. Supports a wide range of languages for comprehensive translation needs.

Highlights
  • Offline and online dictionaries
  • Instant translations while typing
  • Pronunciation audio
  • Image association with words
  • Supports 20+ languages
Features
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Easily translate between Latin and 20 other languages with offline and online dictionaries. See translations instantly while typing. Listen to pronunciation. Quickly check images associated with the word or its translations. Supported languages: • Bulgarian • German • Greek • English • Finnish • French • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Latin • Lithuanian • Malagasy • Dutch • Norwegian • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Serbo-Croatian • Spanish • Swedish • Turkish Sources: - Wiktionary: www.wikdict.com, MIT license - Omegawiki and Wikipedia: www.dicts.info, GNU FDL license - Online dictionaries and examples: www.glosbe.com

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Latin Dictionary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Latin Dictionary at 4.9 against Google Translate's 4.3. Latin Dictionary also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Google Translate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (84K vs 12). On price, ads, 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. Latin Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Latin Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 12, 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 80% of Latin Dictionary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Latin Dictionary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Google Translate versus Latin Dictionary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateLatin Dictionary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better12
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGoogleAndrei Sadovnicov

Customer experience

Google Translate

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

Latin Dictionary

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Latin Dictionary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Latin Dictionary

One-time1
  • Premium version without ads$1.99

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latin Dictionary free?
Latin Dictionary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Latin Dictionary?
Latin Dictionary is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Latin Dictionary averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Google Translate or Latin Dictionary have ads?
Neither Google Translate nor Latin Dictionary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Latin Dictionary?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Latin Dictionary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on October 29, 2026 and Latin Dictionary on October 27, 2026.

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