Comparison

VoiceTra vs Vokapp

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

Head to head
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

About

Vokapp

Features
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Vokapp is your voice powered travel assistant. Ask for flights, hotels, tours, transfers and more the way you would ask a friend, and get bookable options in one conversation. Your Whole Trip in One Conversation Flights, hotels, tours and activities, taxis and transfers, trains, buses, car rental, eSIMs, travel insurance and luggage storage. Ten kinds of search, one chat. No forms, no filters, no drop downs. Ask by Voice or by Typing Hold the microphone and speak, or type a sentence. The assistant replies in the language you asked in, as far as your phone's speech recognition supports it. Hands Free Travel Search Turn on read aloud and Vokapp speaks the answer, with the names and any prices found. Turn on hands free mode and the microphone opens as soon as it stops reading, so you can keep the conversation going without touching the screen. Tap anywhere on the conversation to stop reading or listening. Options You Can Book Every result is a card with the name and, where the partner publishes them, the route, the time and the price. Hotel rates and tour prices come live from the partner; flight fares are estimates from recent searches. Trains, coaches, transfers, car hire, eSIMs, insurance and luggage storage open as a partner search, without a price. Tap a card to open the partner site and book there. Saved Save a flight, a hotel, a tour as you go. They are grouped by type in the Saved tab. Tap a row to open the partner site, hold to remove it. Voice You Can Tune Pick the voice, the voice language, the speaking rate and the pitch. Interface in English and Italian. Free to Use Vokapp is free. 30 AI messages every day, renewed at midnight UTC. No subscription, no in app purchases. Privacy Focused Passwordless sign in with a code sent to your email. Your conversations stay on your device, not on our servers. Delete your account from inside the app at any time. Key Features • Travel search by voice or text across ten categories • Answers read out loud, with the names and any prices found • Hands free mode: speak, listen, speak again • Tap anywhere to stop the voice • Results with a direct link to the partner, and a price wherever the partner publishes one • Saved list for the options you liked • Adjustable voice, language, speech rate and pitch • Passwordless sign in • Free, 30 AI messages per day • No ads, no tracking Vokapp is an AI assistant and can make mistakes. Check prices, dates and conditions on the partner site before you book. Bookings are completed on partner websites, not inside the app. Vokapp earns a commission on some bookings made through its links, at no extra cost to you. Vokapp is for adults, 18 and over. Download Vokapp and plan your trip with your voice. Terms of Use: https://radostit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://radostit.com/privacy

Screenshots

VoiceTra3 screens
Vokapp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VoiceTra at none against Vokapp's 4. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Vokapp sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. VoiceTra asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VoiceTra ships an update every 4 months, Vokapp every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
VoiceTra versus Vokapp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoiceTraVokapp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (203 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings203 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNICTRADOST IT j.d.o.o.

In-app purchases

None

VoiceTra

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Vokapp

One-time4
  • SM Package$3.99
  • MD Package$12.99
  • LG Package$29.99
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  • XL Package$59.99

Questions

Is VoiceTra free?
VoiceTra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vokapp free?
Vokapp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VoiceTra or Vokapp have ads?
Neither VoiceTra nor Vokapp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VoiceTra or Vokapp?
VoiceTra ships an update every 4 months, and Vokapp every 8 months. Most recently, VoiceTra was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vokapp on October 28, 2026.

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