Comparison

Google Translate vs Reverso Context 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
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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

Reverso Context Translator

Translate and learn millions of words and expressions with context from real-life examples. This tool helps users master foreign languages by providing instant translations, pronunciation, and personalized vocabulary lists. It's designed for learners of all levels to improve reading, writing, and speaking skills.

Highlights
  • Instant text translation
  • Contextual examples from real texts
  • Flashcards and quizzes
  • Vocabulary lists
  • Pronunciation of example sentences
  • Conjugation assistance
  • Offline access to lists and history
Features
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Translate and learn millions of words and expressions and express yourself as if you were a native speaker. Reverso is the best tool for those who seek quality translation, looking to master a foreign language: reading, writing or speaking, and it's free. Students, teachers, business professionals or others, whether beginners or advanced, use Reverso to learn new words or expressions, and eliminate the risk of being mistaken. It provides you instant translations of the selected text when reading content on your browser, on Safari or any other app. Reverso Context is based on data gathered from millions of real-life texts (official documents, movie subtitles, product descriptions) in both languages. These texts are processed with powerful "big data" algorithms and machine learning to provide you the best results. What do we mean by context? The search results (translation) of a specific word or expression are weaved within real-life sentences, so you will be sure to understand and learn exactly how the word can be used, and make no embarrassing mistakes. Just type or say the word or expression you wish to translate and the results will appear instantly: relevant translations, presented with examples of how words are used in sentences. The app offers flashcards and quizzes based on your search history and favorites to help you memorize them and to improve your language skills. Unlike standard learning tools, it focuses on words and expressions that you really need and want to learn. The bits and bytes: * Instantly translate selected text when reading content on your browser, iBook or any other app, with no need to exit the app you are using. Click on the familiar "Share" option and select the Reverso option. * Translation in 17 languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Dutch, Arabic, Russian, Romanian, Japanese, Turkish, Hebrew and Chinese, Korean, Swedish, Ukrainian and we are working on more. * Advanced features include pronunciation, history, phrasebook of your favorites and more. * Create vocabulary lists based on your personal selection of examples and translations. Lists remain available even when you’re offline. * Enjoy natural pronunciation of complete example sentences. * One click to get translations, frequency details, and conjugation when applicable. * Search history, also available offline. * Suggestions: words and expressions will be suggested to you as you type. * Share your findings via email or social media. Auto-renewable subscription terms: Choose a subscription that fits your needs: - Monthly subscription (with a 7-day free trial) for €4.99 EUR; - Annual subscription for €39.99 EUR; These prices corresponds to the same price tier that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines in other currencies. Please note: -Your free trial subscription will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. -Any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when a premium subscription is purchased during the free trial period. The free trial or the subscription can be canceled anytime by turning off auto-renewal in the iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free version. Privacy policy: http://www.reverso.net/privacy_app.aspx?lang=EN Terms of use: http://www.reverso.net/disclaimer.aspx?lang=EN * Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reverso.net and follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.reverso.net/ReversoEN to discover new content, languages and features.

Screenshots

Google Translate4 screens
Reverso Context Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reverso Context Translator at 77% against Google Translate's 41%. Reverso Context Translator also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and device support (4 vs 2). Google Translate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price and monetization model 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. Reverso Context Translator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Google Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reverso Context Translator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Translate has 84K ratings behind it against 3.6K, 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 77% of Reverso Context Translator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Translate ships an update weekly, Reverso Context Translator every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Google Translate versus Reverso Context Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle TranslateReverso Context Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (84K ratings)4.7 (3.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews77.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84K — better3.6K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#1 — better#98
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size294 MB265 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleTheo Hoffenberg

Customer experience

Google Translate

All ratings83,776 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews1,466 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative47.7%

Reverso Context Translator

All ratings3,604 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews1,347 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.6%

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

Reverso Context Translator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Translate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Reverso Context Translator

Subscriptions3
  • Premium version 1 month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Version$19.991 Year
  • Premium version7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Google Translate free?
Google Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reverso Context Translator free?
Reverso Context Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Translate or Reverso Context Translator?
Reverso Context Translator is rated higher. Google Translate averages 4.3 out of 5 from 84K ratings, while Reverso Context Translator averages 4.7 from 3.6K ratings.
Do Google Translate or Reverso Context Translator have ads?
Reverso Context Translator shows ads; Google Translate does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Translate or Reverso Context Translator?
Google Translate ships an update weekly, and Reverso Context Translator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Google Translate was updated on September 29, 2026 and Reverso Context Translator on September 29, 2026.
Which is more popular, Google Translate or Reverso Context Translator?
Google Translate currently peaks at #1 in the App Store charts, and Reverso Context Translator at #98. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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