Comparison

Babelfish Translator vs Plotlines

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 offers real-time speech transcription and translation across multiple languages. It features live captions for external audio, a conversation mode for face-to-face communication, and a personal phrasebook for saving common expressions. Your history and phrases sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live transcription with real-time translation
  • Live Captions mode for external audio
  • Two-way Conversation Mode
  • Personal Phrasebook with categories and favorites
  • Transcription and conversation history saving
  • 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

Plotlines

This app helps you manage large goals by breaking them into smaller, actionable steps. Track tasks, notes, and progress within dedicated goal sections. It provides an overview of active tasks and past accomplishments, keeping your long-term projects organized.

Highlights
  • Goal-centric organization
  • Break goals into subplots
  • Task and note integration
  • Active task overview
  • Progress history tracking
  • Status indicators (Active, Paused, etc.)
  • Collaborative planning (Pro)
Features
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Most productivity apps are built for tasks. Plotlines is built for goals. Create a plotline for anything you're working toward—a career move, a wedding, a thesis, a launch—and give it room to breathe. Break big goals into subplots. Add the tasks and notes that belong to each one. Let what's active right now surface on its own, so nothing slips between Monday and Friday. WHY PLOTLINES • Goals, not just to-dos: Each plotline holds its tasks, notes, and history in one place • Subplots: Break big, messy goals into focused, manageable pieces • Active: Today's tasks and upcoming due dates across every plotline, in one view so deadlines never sneak up • History: See your completed items laid out, and see what you've accomplished. • Status at a glance: Active, Waiting, Paused, Completed • Notes that stay put: Context lives inside the goal, not scattered across apps and tagging chaos. PLOTLINES PRO Upgrade for the full picture: • Unlimited active plotlines • Nested subplots • Shared plotlines: Invite collaborators and plan together, in sync • Protected plotlines: Lock sensitive goals behind Face ID Free to start. Pro is $4.99/month or $39.99/year (and the annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial). Some goals take months. Plotlines keeps them alive. — SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Plotlines Pro is an auto-renewable subscription ($4.99/month or $39.99/year). The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial that automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://plotlines.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact: https://www.hebumedia.com/contact or info@hebumedia.com

Screenshots

Babelfish Translator4 screens
Plotlines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plotlines at 5.0 against Babelfish Translator's 3.4. Plotlines also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Babelfish Translator's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Babelfish Translator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Plotlines sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plotlines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Babelfish Translator has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, Plotlines every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Babelfish Translator versus Plotlines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBabelfish TranslatorPlotlines
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwilder.devHebu Media LLC

Customer experience

Babelfish Translator

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

Plotlines

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Babelfish Translator

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

Plotlines

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Babelfish Translator free?
Babelfish Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plotlines free?
Plotlines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Babelfish Translator or Plotlines?
Plotlines is rated higher. Babelfish Translator averages 3.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Plotlines averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Babelfish Translator or Plotlines have ads?
Babelfish Translator shows ads; Plotlines does not.
Which is updated more often, Babelfish Translator or Plotlines?
Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, and Plotlines every 4 days. Most recently, Babelfish Translator was updated on October 7, 2026 and Plotlines on October 1, 2026.

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