Comparison

Babelfish Translator vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

Babelfish Translator

This app provides real-time speech transcription and translation, with features like live captions for external audio and a two-way conversation mode. Save useful phrases and access your translation history across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live transcription with real-time translation
  • Live Captions mode for external audio
  • Two-way Conversation Mode
  • Personal Phrasebook with categories
  • Transcription and conversation history
  • Share Extension for translating text from other apps
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
Features
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Babelfish helps you understand and be understood in real time. Transcribe speech, translate instantly, save useful phrases, and keep your language tools ready across iPhone, widgets, and Apple Watch. Babelfish includes live transcription with real-time translation, a Live Captions mode for external audio like TV and videos, and a two-way Conversation Mode for face-to-face communication in different languages. You can build a personal Phrasebook with categories, favorites, search, and one-tap common phrase generation. Your transcription history, conversation history, and live caption sessions are saved for quick review. Babelfish also includes a Share Extension to translate text from other apps and save it to your Phrasebook, plus support for Apple Translate and Google Translate with offline-aware fallback. When signed in, iCloud sync keeps your transcriptions, phrases, and history up to date across your Apple devices. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Echo

This app transcribes spoken conversations, extracts key insights, and organizes them into structured notes. It helps users stay focused during meetings and calls by ensuring all important information is captured and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Smart key points extraction
  • Ask Echo AI questions
  • Google Meet integration
  • Easy sharing of notes
  • Team access and Workspaces
Features
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Echo records your meetings and writes the notes for you. It works for online calls and in person conversations, transcribes in 100+ languages, and hands you a summary with the key points and action items when the meeting ends. Downloaded 360,000+ times by professionals, students, and teams.* Most note takers only handle online meetings. They send a bot into the call, it sits in the attendee list, and someone always asks what it is. Echo records from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead. Nothing to invite, nothing to set up. DOES ECHO WORK FOR IN PERSON MEETINGS? That is what it was built for. Client meetings, 1:1s, interviews, lectures, site visits. Phone on the table, one tap, and you can stop writing and start listening. CAN ECHO RECORD ZOOM, TEAMS, AND GOOGLE MEET CALLS? Yes, and any other call too. Echo records from your iPhone the same way it records a conversation in the room, so the platform does not matter and there is nothing to connect. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE MEETING ENDS? The full transcript, a summary of what was discussed, the key points, and the action items. Enough to write the follow up email without opening the recording again. And when you need one specific thing out of an old meeting, just ask. Echo AI searches the recording for you: what the client agreed to, when the deadline is, who owns what. FEATURES Summaries that give you the decisions and the next steps Key points, so you can jump to the part that mattered Ask Echo AI for answers about any recording Recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, so you can start from whatever is closest Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and calls on any other platform Upload audio you already have and get it transcribed Transcription in 100+ languages Sharing by message, email, or anywhere else you work Folders and search across everything you have recorded Workspaces that keep your whole team on the same notes WHAT USERS SAY From App Store reviews in the US: "One touch and my 90min zoom meeting was summarized in seconds afterwards. This is a career changing tool for me." "If you're in a meeting, this is a must have tool. Never miss anything important!" "Really an amazing tool and very accurate transcriptions with great AI built in features." WHO USES ECHO Salespeople and consultants who need a record of what the client actually said Managers running back to back 1:1s Students recording lectures and seminars Teams that keep losing decisions between meetings IS ECHO FREE? Free to download, and you can record your first meeting straight away. Echo Plus adds longer recordings, unlimited notes, audio file uploads, and sharper summaries, and it starts with a free trial. IS MY DATA PRIVATE? Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries are end to end encrypted, and Echo follows European data protection standards. Download Echo and stop taking notes in meetings. *Total downloads as of 2026. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/27023519 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/27023519 Questions or feedback? Reach out to us at echo.support@tappz.com

Screenshots

Babelfish Translator4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echo at 4.5 against Babelfish Translator's 3.4. Echo also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 0%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Babelfish Translator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Echo sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 3.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Babelfish Translator's written reviews are positive against 39% of Echo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, Echo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Babelfish Translator versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBabelfish TranslatorEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (10 ratings)4.5 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews38.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103.8K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#175 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwilder.devTappz Labs

Customer experience

Babelfish Translator

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Echo

All ratings3,609 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive38.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative54.6%

Bugs and requests

Babelfish Translator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Echo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes not saving properly
  • Transcription issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save and edit notes
  • Folder organization for notes
  • Better customer support options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Babelfish Translator

Subscriptions2
  • Babelfish Premium$2.991 Month
  • Babelfish Premium$29.991 Year
8 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions8
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly Trial)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Echo Plus$14.991 Month
  • plus3 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$59.991 Year
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$79.991 Year
  • Echo Plus Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Babelfish Translator free?
Babelfish Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Babelfish Translator or Echo?
Echo is rated higher. Babelfish Translator averages 3.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Echo averages 4.5 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Babelfish Translator or Echo have ads?
Babelfish Translator shows ads; Echo does not.
Which is updated more often, Babelfish Translator or Echo?
Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, and Echo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Babelfish Translator was updated on November 7, 2026 and Echo on November 8, 2026.

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