Comparison

Google Translate vs Translate

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 frequently used phrases for quick access.

Highlights
  • Text translation
  • Offline translation
  • Instant camera translation
  • Photo translation
  • Voice 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

Translate

Break down language barriers with real-time voice, camera, and text translation. Supports over 100 languages for seamless communication during travel or daily interactions. Offers a zoom function for clearer display of translated text.

Highlights
  • Voice translation
  • Camera translation for photos
  • Keyboard text translation
  • Real-time conversation mode
  • Zoom function for enlarged text
  • Supports over 100 languages
Features
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Whether you're travelling to new places or trying to get started learning a new language, thanks to "Translate - Live Translator", the language is no longer a barrier to communication. Conversate comfortably on vacations, on business trips and with people around you. Translate wherever you are, anytime. When you use this app you will wonder why you didn't have it sooner. - VOICE TRANSLATION Translate voice easily. Speak to translate. Dictate what you want to translate - the app will spoke the translation. - CAMERA TRANSLATION Translate photos and translate any pictures or text using your camera. This is the easiest way, if you don't know the language. - KEYBOARD TRANSLATION Translate any text you write. Translation app supports over 100+ languages. - CONVERSATION MODE Translate conversations between a foreigner and yourself in real-time and faster than you ever thought possible. - ZOOM FUNCTION Tap with your finger on a translated text and enlarge the display. Show translated texts in an enlarged form to your conversation partner so that he can read them better. FUNCTIONS: - unlimited number of translations - no ads - Sound translating - Translation of photos and images - Translation of the voice - Translation of keyboard input - Over 100 languages are supported Use the 3-day free trial to independently evaluate all the benefits of the app. Subscriptions are available for weekly, monthly, and yearly use. Translates between following languages are supported: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Castilian, Catalan, Central Khmer, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, Flemish, French, Ga, Gaelic, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kirghiz, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Letzeburgesch, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Marāṭhī, Moldavian, Mongolian, Māori, Nepali, Norwegian, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sinhala, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Valencian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, and also automatically detect current language! Privacy Policy: https://pepperbit.online/evo-tec-labs/privacy-policy-ios-app-translate-live-translator/ Terms of use: https://pepperbit.online/evo-tec-labs/terms-of-use-ios-app-translate-live-translator/

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Translate3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Translate at none against Translate's 5. Google Translate also leads on ratings volume (84K vs 120) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Translate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Translate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Google Translate against 4.4 for Translate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 120, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 38% of Translate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Translate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Google Translate versus Translate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateTranslate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.4 (120 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews — better38.1% of reviews
Number of ratings84K — better120
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleEvo Tec Labs @ Pepperbit Online

Customer experience

Google Translate

All ratings84,110 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews3,297 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative45.7%

Translate

All ratings117 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative57.1%

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

Translate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Translate

Subscriptions5
  • Use all PRO features$4.997 Days
  • Use all PRO features3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Try PRO version$19.991 Month
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  • Year subscription$34.991 Year
  • Voice & Camera Translator PRO3 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Translate free?
Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Translate?
Translate is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Translate averages 4.4 from 120 ratings.
Do Google Translate or Translate have ads?
Neither Google Translate nor Translate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Translate?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Translate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on November 11, 2026 and Translate on November 7, 2026.

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