Comparison

Cereal Translator vs Neko Translator

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

Head to head
About

Cereal Translator

Instantly translate foreign text on your screen, from games and manga to websites and videos. Enjoy seamless reading with embedded translations and floating windows. Supports over 100 languages for entertainment, study, and communication.

Highlights
  • Real-time screen translation
  • Inline manga translation
  • Floating window translation
  • Full-screen overlay display
  • Built-in browser for web pages
  • Supports 100+ languages
  • Customizable shortcuts
Features
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Translate screens, games, manga, comics, short dramas, videos, webpages, messages, and more. Cereal Translator: Screen Scan helps you translate foreign-language content on your screen in real time. Whether you are reading manga, playing games, watching short dramas, browsing websites, or checking messages, Cereal Translator scans and displays translated text clearly for easier reading. Key Features Built-in Browser for Manga & Webpage Translation Read foreign-language manga, comics, manhwa, web novels, articles, forums, and other webpages directly inside the app. Translated text can be embedded into the original webpage, making manga and web reading smoother without constantly copying text, taking screenshots, or switching between apps. Inline Manga Translation Translate dialogue, speech bubbles, captions, page text, and other on-screen content while keeping the original page layout easy to follow. Real-Time Floating Window Translation Select an area of the screen and view instant translations in a picture-in-picture floating window. Useful for games, comics, videos, short dramas, social apps, browser pages, and messages. Full-Screen Translation with Overlay Display Translate the entire screen with one tap using shortcut commands. Results can be displayed over the original text area, helping you read foreign-language content more easily. Short Drama & Video Translation Understand subtitles, captions, comments, and on-screen text while watching short dramas, mini dramas, vertical videos, tutorials, and other video content. Game Translation Translate menus, mission text, dialogue, item descriptions, story content, and other text in foreign-language games. Multi-Language Translation Translate between 100+ languages for entertainment, study, travel, work, and daily communication. Custom Shortcuts Create shortcuts for faster access to screen translation and improve your workflow across different apps. Useful for: * Manga, comics, manhwa, and web novels * Built-in browser webpage translation * Foreign-language games * Short dramas and vertical videos * Browser pages and online articles * Chat messages and SMS * Social media content * Study materials * Travel and daily translation Automatic Subscription Service 1. Subscription Types a) Junior Subscription: 1 month b) Medium Subscription: 1 month c) Premium Subscription: 1 month 2. Subscription Prices a) Junior Subscription: $0.99/month b) Medium Subscription: $2.99/month c) Premium Subscription: $7.99/month 3. Subscription Benefits a) Different plans provide different monthly translation quotas. The validity period of the quota is the same as the subscription period. b) Custom shortcuts. c) Subscription badge on the My Page. 4. Payment Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account after you confirm the purchase. 5. Auto-Renewal The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your Apple ID account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. 6. Manage or Cancel Subscription Open iOS Settings > tap your name > Subscriptions > select the subscription > Cancel Subscription. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mpfanyi.net/mpysios.html Auto-Renewal Agreement: https://mpfanyi.net/mpzdxfios.html Feedback If you have any suggestions or questions, please contact us through “About Us” in the app, submit feedback, or email us at [215496344@qq.com](mailto:215496344@qq.com).

About

Neko Translator

Features
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Neko Translator - A professional AI-powered tool for automatically translating manga/comic images — from extracting dialogue, to summarizing each page's context with a multimodal model, to fine-grained translation by a large language model. Run the whole pipeline automatically in batches, or refine it box by box manually, then export or read with a single tap. Automated translation pipeline: Text-box detection → text recognition (OCR) → scene-context parsing → translation. All four steps are independently controllable, and each can be skipped or re-run as needed. Text-box detection / OCR: Automatically outlines dialogue and text regions in the image, with support for manually adding boxes, running OCR individually, reordering, and more. Fine-grained LLM translation: Translates with scene context taken into account, and supports a proofreading workflow for easy human refinement. Bring your own AI provider: Compatible with the OpenAI API, so you can connect a local Ollama, OpenRouter, and more. Model, concurrency, rate limits, and retries are all customizable, and your API key is stored only in your device's secure local storage. Glossary support: Keep character names and proper nouns translated consistently, with "do not translate" and "banned terms" options to ensure consistent wording throughout the book. Scene-context analysis: Parses the image content and uses the source text and summaries of adjacent pages as context, so the AI keeps dialogue coherent from page to page. Batch processing: Select multiple pages and chapters at once for automatic queued processing, with real-time progress and automatic retries on failure. Built-in reader: Horizontal / vertical layouts, paged / continuous scrolling — the reading direction is fully customizable. One-tap export: Export to LabelPlus TXT, or package everything together with the original images as a ZIP, making the follow-up typesetting work easy.

Screenshots

Cereal Translator3 screens
Neko Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neko Translator at none against Cereal Translator's 10. Neko Translator also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Cereal Translator's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads 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. Cereal Translator sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Neko Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cereal Translator ships an update every 5 days, Neko Translator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cereal Translator versus Neko Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCereal TranslatorNeko Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (422 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings422 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB68 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Cereal Network Technology Co., Ltd禹 梁

Bugs and requests

Cereal Translator

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent translation quality, sometimes missing parts of text

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add more sign-in options besides Apple ID
  • Improve translation accuracy and completeness

Neko Translator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cereal Translator

Subscriptions4
  • Junior Membership$0.991 Month
  • Medium Membership$2.991 Month
  • Premium Membership$7.991 Month
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  • Annual Subscription$17.991 Year
One-time6
  • First Charge 720 times$0.99
  • 360 times Screen translation$0.99
  • 800 times Screen translation$1.99
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  • 4000 times Screen translation$4.99
  • 永久移除App广告$6.99
  • Lifetime Membership$39.99
None

Neko Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cereal Translator free?
Cereal Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Neko Translator free?
Neko Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cereal Translator or Neko Translator have ads?
Neither Cereal Translator nor Neko Translator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cereal Translator or Neko Translator?
Cereal Translator ships an update every 5 days, and Neko Translator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cereal Translator was updated on November 3, 2026 and Neko Translator on October 31, 2026.

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