Comparison

Google Translate vs Flitto

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

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.

Highlights
  • AI translation (text, image, voice)
  • All translation tools in one place
  • Crowdsourced translation and proofreading
  • Language missions with point rewards
  • Supports 25 languages
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Flitto4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flitto sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 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 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Flitto every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Google Translate versus Flitto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateFlitto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings) — better4.1 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better48
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB123 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGoogle LLCFLITTO Inc.

Customer experience

Google Translate

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

Flitto

All ratings48 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative30.3%

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

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Flitto

One-time3
  • 800 Points$0.99
  • 11000 Points$11.99
  • 52000 Points$54.99

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flitto free?
Flitto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Flitto?
Google Translate is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Flitto averages 4.1 from 48 ratings.
Do Google Translate or Flitto have ads?
Flitto shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Flitto?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Flitto every 3 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Flitto on October 30, 2026.

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