Comparison

LectMate vs MultiTranslate

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

Head to head
About

LectMate

This app provides real-time voice-to-text transcription and simultaneous translation with advanced noise reduction. It's designed to help students and professionals understand lectures, meetings, and conversations, even with accents or background noise. Features include AI-powered summarization, note-taking, and multi-language support.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice-to-text transcription
  • Simultaneous translation
  • Audio noise reduction
  • AI keyword summarization
  • Bilingual transcript export
  • Search and replay recordings
  • Supports 71 languages
Features
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LectMate: A must-have for students. Professional recording, real-time voice-to-text transcription, and high-precision simultaneous translation; improve learning efficiency, and top students are using it. [Application scenarios] * Real-time translation for Zoom online classes and video conferences. No need to worry about accents from teachers or classmates, the transcription will still be accurate. * Offline classes can also be translated, with real-time Chinese subtitles to easily understand every sentence. * Take notes easily and export bilingual transcripts at any time to save time on reviewing and not miss any important knowledge. * Record phone calls and no longer fear to communicate with customer service. * Switch to conversation translation mode when going out to avoid social awkwardness and understand the other party's thoughts. * Collect inspirations at any time and improve your oral expression ability. [Core features] * Audio noise reduction: Even in noisy environments or when recording distant sources, high-quality voice-to-text transcription results can be obtained. * Intelligent transcription: The world's leading AI technology, #1 in the 2021 international automatic speech recognition challenge, provides high-precision, accurate, and fast transcription with high recognition rates. * Affordable price: 180 minutes of free transcription time per month, and only 0.27 yuan per hour for VIP members, which is only 1/2 the price of similar services. * Comprehensive functionality: Recording audio, taking notes, viewing translations, and exporting in multiple formats. All functions are available. We will continue to update more useful features to help you easily tackle all learning problems and improve efficiency. [Main features] * Real-time transcription: Record audio and take notes in real-time with high accuracy. Automatically save text and voice records after the session. * Keywords: Automatically extract key content and generate keyword summaries. * Import and export: Import audio files from other applications with one click and automatically generate text notes for efficient processing of audio content. * AI intelligent engine: Recognizes mixed Chinese and English speech, automatically distinguishes uppercase letters, adds punctuation, and corrects mistakes intelligently. * Search and replay: Quickly search for any word or sentence in the whole recording. Replay audio at your preferred speed for efficient review. * Multiple scenarios: Suitable for all classes, meetings, phone calls, interviews, lectures, and daily voice conversations. AI saves you time and effort. [71 supported languages] We stand with users from all over the world, continuously providing the most advanced services, making it easier for you to record every important moment in your daily life. Currently supported languages include: English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Filipino, Galician, Gujarati, Armenian, Icelandic, Javanese, Georgian, Khmer, Kannada, Lao, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Marathi, Malay, Burmese, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Albanian, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Uzbek, Cantonese, Zulu. [Information confidentiality] We take your privacy and data security seriously. Your data is confidential and will not be transferred to third parties for any reason. You have full control over your data and can delete it from your account at any time. Privacy Policy: https://d1e0dtlz2jooy2.cloudfront.net/inter-web/lect-mate/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://d1e0dtlz2jooy2.cloudfront.net/inter-web/lect-mate/terms.html

About

MultiTranslate

Features
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MultiTranslate is an AI translation app that turns one sentence into translations for many languages at once. ■ One input, up to 36 languages Tap the languages you need, type your sentence, and every translation appears side by side. English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese and more – 36 languages in total. ■ Foreign text is translated into your language automatically Paste a message you received from abroad. The language is detected automatically and translated into your native language. No switching required. ■ Natural AI translations Translations that keep the meaning, tone and level of politeness of the original, ready to use in business email or travel conversations. Choose between Fast and Quality modes. ■ Spoken audio Hear each translation read aloud with native pronunciation – check how it sounds, or play it to the person in front of you. ■ Keep the translations you need Bookmark phrases you use often. Search, copy and replay them anytime. ■ The app speaks your language Choose your native language once and the whole app – buttons, messages and language names – switches to it. All 36 languages are supported, including right-to-left layouts for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu. ■ Great for • Email and chat with overseas partners • Serving international customers and writing multilingual signs • Asking questions and making requests while traveling • Posting in several languages on social media • Comparing example sentences while learning a language * An internet connection is required for AI translation. * If the AI service is unavailable, the app automatically falls back to a backup AI, and then to Apple's on-device translation (iOS 18 or later).

Screenshots

LectMate4 screens
MultiTranslate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MultiTranslate at none against LectMate's 14. LectMate's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. LectMate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. MultiTranslate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LectMate ships an update every 3 weeks, MultiTranslate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LectMate versus MultiTranslate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLectMateMultiTranslate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (690 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings690 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoudao (Hong Kong) LimitedJunpei Okumura

Bugs and requests

LectMate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sudden loss of membership status
  • Automatic pause during recordings
  • Inability to find account login on different devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Batch export/import functionality
  • Customizable recording duration
  • Improved handling of accented/regional speech

MultiTranslate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

LectMate

Subscriptions8
  • LectMate 会员3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
  • LectMate 会员3 Days trial2 variants$6.997 Days
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  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • LectMate Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • LectMate 会员$49.991 Year
  • LectMate Pro4 variants$49.991 Year
  • LectMate 会员$59.991 Year
None

MultiTranslate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LectMate free?
LectMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MultiTranslate free?
MultiTranslate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LectMate or MultiTranslate have ads?
Neither LectMate nor MultiTranslate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LectMate or MultiTranslate?
LectMate ships an update every 3 weeks, and MultiTranslate every 2 months. Most recently, LectMate was updated on October 16, 2026 and MultiTranslate on October 2, 2026.

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