Comparison

LingoKit vs VoiceTra

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LingoKit

This app provides a comprehensive phrasebook for travelers, offering over 600 essential phrases in 17 languages. It includes native speaker audio, text translation, and offline access, making communication abroad easy and enjoyable.

Highlights
  • 17 languages included
  • Over 600 essential phrases per language
  • Native speaker audio pronunciation
  • Offline access for travel
  • Phrase categorization
  • Favorite phrases
  • Search and copy text
Features
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Learn any language with confidence using LingoKit. Whether you’re traveling, working abroad, studying, or simply exploring a new culture, LingoKit helps you communicate with practical words and phrases for everyday situations. Choose the language you want to learn and your preferred learning language. Practice with native speaker audio, organized lessons, and offline access—anytime, anywhere. FEATURES • Learn 50+ languages from your preferred language • 300+ essential words and phrases for FREE • Unlock 2,000+ phrases across everyday categories • Native speaker audio with slow playback mode • Search instantly for words and phrases • Save your favorite lessons and expressions • No ads or distractions • One-time upgrade to unlock all premium content Perfect for: • Travelers • Beginners • Students • Business professionals • Expats • Anyone learning a new language Download LingoKit today and start speaking with confidence—wherever your next journey takes you. Privacy Policy: https://www.webronsoftware.co.uk/mobile-apps/learn-language/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.webronsoftware.co.uk/mobile-apps/learn-language/terms-of-use

About

VoiceTra

This app translates spoken words into multiple languages, offering both voice and text input. It's designed to facilitate communication for travelers and visitors, with features like instant translation direction switching and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Speech-to-speech translation
  • Supports 33 languages
  • Text input option
  • Instant translation direction switch
  • High-precision speech recognition
  • User-friendly interface
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VoiceTra is a speech translation app that translates your speech into different languages. VoiceTra supports 33 languages and can be downloaded and used for free. With an easy-to-use interface, you can also check if the translation results are correct. VoiceTra, whether to enhance your travel experience or to welcome visitors to Japan, will definitely come in handy as your personal speech translator. ■Features: VoiceTra utilizes high-precision speech recognition, translation, and speech synthesis technologies developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). It translates your spoken words into different languages and outputs the results in a synthesized voice. The translation direction can be instantly switched, allowing 2 people that speak different languages to communicate using a single device. Text input is available for languages that do not support speech input. VoiceTra is best suited for travel-related conversations and is recommended for situations and places such as below: ・Transportation: Bus, train, rent-a-car, taxi, airport, transit ・Shopping: Restaurant, shopping, payment ・Hotel: Check-in, check out, cancellation ・Sightseeing: Overseas travel, serving and supporting foreign customers *VoiceTra has also been introduced as a disaster-prevention, disaster-related app. While VoiceTra can be used as a dictionary to look up words, it is recommended to input sentences as it interprets the meaning from the context to output the translation results. ■Supported languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Thai, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Myanmar, Arabic, Italian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Dutch, Khmer, Sinhala, Tamil, Danish, German, Turkish, Nepali, Hungarian, Hindi, Filipino, Bengali, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Malay, Mongolian, Lao, and Russian ■Restrictions, etc.: Internet connection is required. It may take a while to display the translation results depending on the network connectivity. Languages available for text input are those that the OS keyboard supports. The characters may not be displayed properly if the appropriate font is not installed on your device. Please note that some of the functions or the application itself may be disabled when the server is down. Users are responsible for the communication fees incurred to use the application. Please be aware that international data roaming charges can be expensive. This application was developed for research purposes; targeting individuals to test it out when traveling, and uses servers that are also setup for research purposes. The data recorded on the server will be utilized to make improvements in speech translation technologies. You may test out the app for businesses, etc., but please consider using private services that we have licensed our technology to for continuous use. Please refer to our "Terms of Use" for further details → https://voicetra.nict.go.jp/en/attention.html

Screenshots

LingoKit4 screens
VoiceTra3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VoiceTra at 4.5 against LingoKit's 3.9. VoiceTra also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (200 vs 23). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. LingoKit sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. VoiceTra asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VoiceTra holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VoiceTra has 200 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 79% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingoKit ships an update every 2 months, VoiceTra every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LingoKit versus VoiceTra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingoKitVoiceTra
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (23 ratings)4.5 (200 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better78.9% of reviews
Number of ratings23200 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWebron Software LTDNICT

Customer experience

LingoKit

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral9.8%
Negative10.4%

VoiceTra

All ratings200 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral7.2%
Negative13.9%

Bugs and requests

LingoKit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Errors when purchasing upgrades
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent language quality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more languages
  • Improve language accuracy
  • Allow offline use
  • Customize voice settings

VoiceTra

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

LingoKit

One-time10
  • Speak Thai for Travel in Thailand$2.99
  • Speak Korean for Travel in Korea$2.99
  • Speak Chinese Mandarin for Travel in China$2.99
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  • Speak Japanese for travel in Japan$2.99
  • Speak Vietnamese for Travel in Vietnam$2.99
  • Speak Italian for Travel in Italy$2.99
  • Speak Spanish for Travel in Spain$2.99
  • Speak French for Travel in France$2.99
  • Speak German for Travel in Germany$2.99
  • All languages pack$24.99
None

VoiceTra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LingoKit free?
LingoKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VoiceTra free?
VoiceTra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LingoKit or VoiceTra?
VoiceTra is rated higher. LingoKit averages 3.9 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while VoiceTra averages 4.5 from 200 ratings.
Do LingoKit or VoiceTra have ads?
Neither LingoKit nor VoiceTra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingoKit or VoiceTra?
LingoKit ships an update every 2 months, and VoiceTra every 4 months. Most recently, LingoKit was updated on October 13, 2026 and VoiceTra on October 17, 2026.

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