Google Translate vs Flitto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Flitto
Break down language barriers with instant text, voice, and image translation. Access multiple translation tools in one place and connect with native speakers for expert proofreading. Earn points through fun language missions.
- AI translation (text, image, voice)
- All translation tools in one place
- Crowdsourced translation and proofreading
- Language missions with point rewards
- Supports 25 languages
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“All you need is the Flitto translator to go beyond language barriers!” Tap open Flitto whenever you need help from a language expert while traveling, at work, or during your language studies! ※ Don’t miss out on the benefits you can get in Arcade, where you can collect points by participating in various language missions! ◆ Flitto’s key features ◆ 1) AI Translation - Provides all translations (text / image / voice). 2) See All Translation Tools - No need to search everywhere. You can access all the famous translation tools in one page. 3) Flitto Crowdsourced Translation/Proofreading - A translation & proofreading service where native speakers and language specialists take on the job. 4) Arcade - Take part in fun language missions such as speaking, listening, talking, and chat missions, and earn points. ◆ Translation services in 25 languages: Korean, English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Thai, Turkish, Tagalog, Dutch, Swedish, Malay, Polish, Czech, Swahili, Finnish If you are experiencing any issues while using the app, please contact us below. Flitto Support: help@flitto.com, +82-2-512-0142 Flitto is also available on the PC / mobile web. https://www.flitto.com/ ▶ Optional access authority (You can still use the Flitto app even if you do not consent to the access authority.) • Microphone: You may use voice translation. • Photos: You may translate images stored in your device. • Camera: You may translate images. • Notifications: You will be notified of essential information for using services such as translation notifications. • Location: You may be given more accurate translations based on user location data. Flitto® is a trademark of Flitto Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Translate at none against Flitto's 3. Google Translate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (84K vs 48). Flitto's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Flitto sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google Translate holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Google Translate's written reviews are positive against 61% of Flitto's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Google Translate ships an update weekly, Flitto every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Translate | Flitto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (84K ratings) — better | 4.1 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84K — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Google LLC | FLITTO Inc. |
Customer experience
Google Translate
Flitto
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
Flitto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Translate
No in-app purchases
Flitto
- 800 Points$0.99
- 11000 Points$11.99
- 52000 Points$54.99







