VoiceTra vs ecbo cloak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
ecbo cloak
This app connects travelers with local shops and facilities offering luggage storage. Easily find and reserve space for your bags, from small items to large equipment, for short or extended periods. Avoid the hassle of carrying your belongings while exploring or between check-in and check-out.
- Luggage storage booking
- Find nearby storage locations
- Store large items
- Multi-day storage options
- Credit card payment
- Available in major Japanese cities
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ecbo cloak is a sharing economy service app for luggage storage, which connects "people with luggage" and "shops with space to store luggage." There is no more need to look for a place to leave your luggage, or to carry them around with you. Simply search for a convenient location, make a reservation and store luggage in a variety of shops and facilities, such as cafes, hair salons, post offices and counters inside train stations! Available Locations: Major cities in all 47 prefecutures in Japan! When to Use: -traveling and exploring -events -business trips -before hotel check-in and after check-out Features: -able to store large size luggage that do not fit in a locker (strollers, sports equipment, instruments, etc.) -able to store for more than one day (availability differs per shops) Basic Price Plan: -Bag Size (longest side below 45cm): 400 yen per day / luggage -Suitcase Size (longest side 45cm and over): 700 yen per day / luggage Payment Method: Credit Card *Exception: "On-Site Payment avaialble in some shops. See shop details for info.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VoiceTra at 4.5 against ecbo cloak's 2.3. VoiceTra also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 39%) and ratings volume (200 vs 3). ecbo cloak's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VoiceTra holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VoiceTra has 200 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of VoiceTra's written reviews are positive against 39% of ecbo cloak's.
VoiceTra ships an update every 4 months, ecbo cloak every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VoiceTra | ecbo cloak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (200 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 38.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NICT | ecbo Inc. |
Customer experience
VoiceTra
ecbo cloak
In-app purchases
VoiceTra
No in-app purchases
ecbo cloak
No in-app purchases







