Comparison

Babelfish Translator vs Save This

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

Save This

Features
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What size is the furnace filter? Which paint color did you use? Where did you store the warranty? Save This is your private second memory for the small but important details you will need again. Type or speak an entry, add photos or videos, and let Save This organize everything into folders so it is easy to find later. SAVE IT YOUR WAY Capture household details, appliance information, Wi-Fi notes, warranties, appointments, travel information, gift ideas, storage locations, and more. Add text, an optional note, photos, videos, and reminders to any entry. AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZED Save This suggests useful folders as you type. One entry can appear in several folders, and you can adjust suggestions or create your own folders. Switch between the Categories view and a simple A-Z list whenever you prefer. FIND IT FAST Search your saved entries by text or voice. Mark important entries as Priority to keep them in a gold Priority folder at the top. REMINDERS Create one-time or repeating reminders. Choose daily, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, yearly, or selected weekdays. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Capture or import photos and videos, view media from an entry, save media to Photos, and include supported media in backups, sharing, and exports. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your information stays on your device unless you choose to share or export it. • No account or sign-in • No ads or analytics • Works offline for core features • App lock with Face ID, Touch ID, device authentication, or PIN • Apple Data Protection for stored app data • Photo location metadata removed during processing • Optional password-protected backups and exports BACK UP, RESTORE, AND EXPORT Create dated backups and restore selected entries or your full collection. Export individual entries or your complete collection as PDF, Microsoft Word, plain text, or a restore file. Organize full exports by folder or A-Z and include photos where supported. START FREE Save up to 15 items free. A single one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited items. There is no subscription or recurring charge. Restore Purchases is available for purchases associated with your Apple Account. Save This is designed to remember your information, not collect it.

Screenshots

Babelfish Translator4 screens
Save This4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Save This at none against Babelfish Translator's shown. Save This also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 Save This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, Save This every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Babelfish Translator versus Save This: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBabelfish TranslatorSave This
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwilder.devABC-Astro Media

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Babelfish Translator

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

Save This

One-time1
  • Unlimited Items Saved$2.99

Questions

Is Babelfish Translator free?
Babelfish Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Save This free?
Save This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Babelfish Translator or Save This have ads?
Babelfish Translator shows ads; Save This does not.
Which is updated more often, Babelfish Translator or Save This?
Babelfish Translator ships an update monthly, and Save This every 3 weeks. Most recently, Babelfish Translator was updated on October 7, 2026 and Save This on October 25, 2026.

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