Comparison

Google Translate vs Translate Keyboard+ 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

Translate Keyboard+ Translator

Translate text instantly within any app without switching. Communicate seamlessly in over 100 languages, detect languages automatically, and save favorite translations for quick access. Ideal for chatting, shopping, and learning.

Highlights
  • Built-in keyboard translator
  • Translate without switching apps
  • Supports 100+ languages
  • Auto-detect language
  • Translation history
  • Favorite translations
Features
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New version!! Translate Keyboard+, Translate any text without switching apps. Use every day with your favorite chat apps. Chat fast like Native with auto switch languages. Translate Keyboard+ is the whole new way to translate any text without switching apps while you Chat, Comments, Post, Taking Note, Writing, selling stuff, shopping online and any text as long as you can launch the keyboard. We bundled the whole Translate app into your keyboard that you use every day with your favorite apps No more confusing switching to translate app to copy and paste so many times to finish your only short sentence. Chat with your foreigner friends? No problem surprising them with their native language. Taking notes with some other foreign language? So easy just copy the text. Don't know what language it is? No problem, our Translate Keyboard will auto-detect language and translate to your desired language. Whether you are traveling to find new experiences, new places, meet new people or learn new languages. Translate Keyboard will make the language no longer an obstacle to you. Just copy and translate. Translate Keyboard+ provides a flawless translation experience in every app you need. Unlike other translators which interrupt the flow by forcing you to switch to another app but Translate Keyboard, you can instantly translate the language you want without switching apps. Translate Keyboard+ designed for iOS 15 up to latest iOS and iPadOS version. With supporting most models including latest ones such as iPhone 13,14,15 and Pro/Promax, iPad Air 6 and iPad Pro M4 KEY FEATURES - Built-in translator app within keyboard - Copy or Type to translate in Chat, Shopping or Document never be this easy and fast. - Can use more than 100+ languages such as English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and many more. - Browse through translation history and stores translation records for later access. - Keep favorite translations for more convenient when your wanna use them again. HOW TO USE Open keyboard, tap and hold the Globe key to switch to Translate Keyboard. After that, select the destination language. Type the text you'd like to translate. Tap "Translate" and send your message Now! If you'd like to translate a message you received, tap and hold it until an option to "Copy" appears. Tap "Copy" and the translation will appear in the same place! Full access is needed to communicate with the translator, the keyboard cannot function otherwise. We do not get access to everything you write, only the last sentence of the text field in focus when you are using Translate Keyboard. We do not store or keep a record of anything you translate, please read our Privacy Policy for further information. Translate Keyboard+ PRO With a Translate Keyboard+ PRO subscription, you have unlimited access to all features - Advertisements will be removed automatically - Unlimited access to Unlimited translate - Unlimited access to Translate history - Unlimited access to music feature If you upgrade Translate Keyboard+ PRO subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. And your account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the endow the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Please read our Privacy Policy for further information. Privacy Policy: https://iappcreation.com/privacy-policy/tk Term of use: https://iappcreation.com/privacy-policy/tk#terms Report any suggestions/questions. Contact us at support@iappcreation.com.

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Translate Keyboard+ Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Google Translate at 4.3 against Translate Keyboard+ Translator's 3.8. Google Translate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Translate Keyboard+ Translator's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 42%). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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 Keyboard+ Translator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Google Translate holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 57% of Translate Keyboard+ Translator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Translate Keyboard+ Translator every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Google Translate versus Translate Keyboard+ Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateTranslate Keyboard+ Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings) — better3.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better13
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogle LLCi-App Creation Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Google Translate

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

Translate Keyboard+ Translator

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

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 Keyboard+ Translator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Translate Keyboard+ Translator

Subscriptions2
  • Translate Keyboard+ PRO(Month)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Translate Keyboard+ PRO(Year)$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Translate Keyboard+ Translator free?
Translate Keyboard+ Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Translate Keyboard+ Translator?
Google Translate is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Translate Keyboard+ Translator averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Google Translate or Translate Keyboard+ Translator have ads?
Translate Keyboard+ Translator shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Translate Keyboard+ Translator?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Translate Keyboard+ Translator every 5 months. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on November 1, 2026 and Translate Keyboard+ Translator on October 24, 2026.

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