Comparison

SpeakShift vs Rakkan

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Rakkan

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Rakkan is a chat app for couples who don't share a first language. You type in your language, your partner reads it in theirs, and it actually sounds like you. Not a robotic word swap. Rakkan learns the context of your relationship, your nicknames, the way you talk to each other, the people and places you mention, and it keeps that context in every message. Every message shows you how it reads back in your own language, so you always know exactly what your partner sees. And when a phrase would land wrong in their language, Rakkan warns you before you send, or simply asks which meaning you meant. What you can do: - Chat in real time, each of you in your own language - See the "reads back as" check on every message - Video call with live translated captions, so you can talk face to face even when the words don't match - Send voice and video messages that arrive with a translated transcript - Put one phone on the table between you and let it interpret out loud when you are finally together - Schedule a good morning for their sunrise, not yours - Share photos, albums, GIFs and stickers made from your own photos - Hear their messages read aloud in a voice that sounds like them - React, reply, edit, star and search your whole history - Rakkan quietly remembers the things that matter, birthdays, anniversaries, names, so you don't have to - Make the app yours with themes, wallpapers and your own bubble style - At the end of the year, see your story: every message, call and photo, counted Built for long-distance and cross-language couples who are tired of copy-pasting into a translator and losing the meaning every time. Plans and prices are shown in the app. Languages The app itself speaks 23 languages, including English, Thai, Khmer, Lao, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Italian and Slovak, and it translates between almost any language pair automatically. Private by design Rakkan is made for two people. Conversations are private, between adults who have accepted each other's request. You must be 18 or older to use it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rakkan.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://rakkan.app/privacy

Screenshots

SpeakShift4 screens
Rakkan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rakkan at none against SpeakShift's shown. 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. SpeakShift sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Rakkan sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SpeakShift versus Rakkan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakShiftRakkan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB63 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSpeakShiftPROWERK s.r.o.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

SpeakShift

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time3
  • Voice Credit Pack$9.99
  • Mind Credit Pack$19.99
  • Soul Credit Pack$49.99
14 purchases

Rakkan

Subscriptions9
  • Monthly Rakkan Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Standard Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • Premium Partner Plan$29.991 Month
  • Yearly Rakkan Subscription3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Yearly Standard Subscription3 Days trial$99.901 Year
  • Standard Partner Plan (Yearly)$199.001 Year
  • Yearly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$199.991 Year
  • Premium Partner Plan (Yearly)$299.001 Year
One-time5
  • Bubble Studio$2.99
  • 5 min record cap unlock - Premium$2.99
  • Caption Minutes: 1 Hour$3.99
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  • 5 min record cap unlock - Standard$3.99
  • Caption Minutes: 5 Hours$19.99

Questions

Is SpeakShift free?
SpeakShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rakkan free?
Rakkan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpeakShift or Rakkan have ads?
SpeakShift shows ads; Rakkan does not.
Which is updated more often, SpeakShift or Rakkan?
SpeakShift ships an update every 2 days, and Rakkan every 2 days. Most recently, SpeakShift was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rakkan on October 24, 2026.

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