Comparison

Google Translate vs German 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
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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

German Dictionary

Translate and learn German words and sentences with audio pronunciation. This app offers comprehensive German-English and German-Spanish dictionaries, ideal for students and travelers needing quick translations and accurate pronunciation guidance.

Highlights
  • Audio pronunciation of each word
  • German-English dictionary
  • English-German dictionary
  • German-Spanish dictionary
  • Spanish-German dictionary
  • Sentence translation and pronunciation
Features
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Learn the translation and pronunciation of words in German with the German Dictionary. It's perfect for students! Includes the following features: · Audio PRONUNCIATION of each word through Text to Speech technology · German-English and English-German dictionary · German-Spanish & Spanish-German dictionary · Translation and pronunciation of sentences (NEW FEATURE!) Internet connection required to use the translator and pronunciation tips. If you have any problems with the application please contact us at support@mobappeng.com

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
German Dictionary3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: German Dictionary at 82% against Google Translate's 41%. German Dictionary also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Google Translate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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. German Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

German Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 234, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 82% of German Dictionary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, German Dictionary every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Google Translate versus German Dictionary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateGerman Dictionary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.5 (234 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better234
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#1 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size295 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleSergio Padrino Recio

Customer experience

Google Translate

All ratings83,720 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews1,449 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral11.2%
Negative47.6%

German Dictionary

All ratings234 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative10.8%

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

German Dictionary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

German Dictionary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is German Dictionary free?
German Dictionary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or German Dictionary?
German Dictionary is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while German Dictionary averages 4.5 from 234 ratings.
Do Google Translate or German Dictionary have ads?
German Dictionary shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or German Dictionary?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and German Dictionary every 4 months. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on September 24, 2026 and German Dictionary on June 10, 2026.

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