SpeakShift vs Calm.im
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpeakShift
Instantly translate conversations in over 133 languages in real-time. This app breaks down language barriers for chatting, traveling, dating, and collaboration, fostering global connections.
- Instant real-time translation
- Supports 133+ languages
- Facilitates chatting and dating
- Enables travel communication
- Supports collaboration
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SpeakShift is a voice and video calling app with real-time translation built in. Call your friends, family, and colleagues anywhere in the world, speak naturally in your own language, and be understood in theirs. Every call is translated live, both ways, as you talk. CALLS THAT TRANSLATE THEMSELVES - High quality voice calls over the internet - Video calls with live translated audio - Group calls with translation for every participant - Incoming calls ring on your lock screen with a full screen answer and decline, exactly like a phone call, so you never miss one - Start a normal call and turn translation on at any moment with the in-call toggle - Share your screen, with its sound, while you talk REACH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE APP Dial an ordinary phone number and talk through live translation, or send a text that arrives in the other person's language. They need no app and no account. SOUND LIKE YOURSELF IN EVERY LANGUAGE Record a short sample in Voice Studio and SpeakShift learns your voice. The other side then hears the translation in a voice that sounds like you, not a robot. TALK FACE TO FACE Put the phone between you and anyone and speak across languages in person. Live Voice reads each side out loud and shows a running transcript of both. MESSAGING THAT ARRIVES TRANSLATED - Chats translated automatically in 133+ languages - Voice notes translated and spoken back in your language - Photos, videos, documents, and locations - Voice reactions, stickers, GIFs, and AI stickers of you - One time photos and videos that vanish after a single view - Stories your contacts hear in their own language - A shared media hub holding everything sent in a chat AI STUDIO - AI Avatar: one selfie becomes a stylized portrait - AI Stickers: a personal sticker pack of you - Songs: turn what you want to say into an original song - Coach: a private AI language coach you can talk to out loud AND MORE - SpeakShift Live: broadcast to viewers who each hear you in their own language - Translate Hub: translate documents, images, and anything you paste or snap - AI Companion: an AI contact that chats, listens to your voice notes, and answers in voice - Discover people near you and the languages they speak, and join public groups - Sign in with Face ID or Touch ID using passkeys - Quiet hours, per chat mute, and a web app for your other devices WHY SPEAKSHIFT Whether you are calling family abroad, working with international teammates, traveling, or meeting someone new, SpeakShift takes the language barrier out of the most human thing there is. A real conversation, voice to voice, face to face. Download SpeakShift and call the world in your language.
Calm.im
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We're changing the rules. Calm is a messenger that brings together real security and the ease of the apps you already love. No compromises. — Sign up without a phone number or email — End-to-end encrypted chats and calls — Private conversations and voice calls — Zero ads, zero tracking ** For people. Forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calm.im at none against SpeakShift's 9. Calm.im also leads on ads (none vs shown). SpeakShift's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price 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
Both are free to download. SpeakShift sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Calm.im asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpeakShift ships an update every 3 days, Calm.im every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeakShift | Calm.im |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpeakShift | Viveris Belgium |
In-app purchases
SpeakShift
- App Subscription$1.991 Month
- Paid Tier$5.991 Month
- Voice$9.991 Month
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- Mind$19.991 Month
- Soul$49.991 Month
- Voice Annual$95.991 Year
- Voice Credit Pack$9.99
- Mind Credit Pack$19.99
- Soul Credit Pack$49.99
Calm.im
No in-app purchases









