Comparison

3PO vs EarPal Translator

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

Head to head
About

3PO

This app offers real-time, one-touch speech-to-speech translation across numerous languages using advanced LLM technology. It automatically identifies spoken languages and translates them aloud, facilitating seamless conversations with people worldwide.

Highlights
  • Automatic language identification
  • Speech-to-speech translation
  • LLM technology powered
  • Supports over 100 languages
  • One-touch operation
  • Offline translation for select languages
Features
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3PO is a first-of-a-kind app that can auto-identify the language being spoken and translate to another spoken language in one step using LLM technology. This one-touch speech-to-speech translator enables you to converse with almost anyone with little friction. Language supported include: Asia - Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, SiChuan, Shandong), Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian*, Filipino*, Lao*, Mongolian*, Malay*, Burmese*, Nepali*, Sri Lankan* Middle East & Africa - Arabic, Persian*, Afghanistan*, Hebrew*, Kenyan*, Somali*, Tanzanian*, Zulu* Europe - Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh Albanian*, Armenian*, Bosnian*, Icelandic*, Georgian*, Kazakh*, Macedonian*, Maltese*, Serbian*, Uzbekistan* (*) Language auto-identification not supported yet. Speech recognition and translation do work if you pick that language specifically on the bottom left. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

EarPal Translator

This app offers private, on-device translation for spoken conversations and text. It identifies speakers, provides live or polished translations, and translates signs and menus via camera. All processing happens locally on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device speech and text translation
  • Live and accurate translation modes
  • Multi-speaker identification with color-coding
  • Camera translation for signs and menus
  • Privacy-focused, no cloud processing
  • Supports over 30 languages
Features
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EarPal is the private interpreter for the world around you. Just tap Listen and EarPal hears the conversation, identifies each voice, and shows you a live translation in your language. Open the camera and EarPal reads any text it sees and translates it in place — menus, signs, packaging, screenshots from your library. No buttons to push, no turn-taking, no recording — just understanding. EVERYTHING ON-DEVICE Audio, photos, and recognised text never leave your iPhone. EarPal uses Apple's on-device speech, vision, and translation models, plus a state-of-the-art on-device speaker recognition engine. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. MULTI-SPEAKER, COLOR-CODED EarPal can follow several people at once. Each voice gets its own color in text mode — or its own distinct synthetic voice when you're listening through AirPods. Finally, you can sit at a dinner table with locals and follow the actual conversation. CAMERA TRANSLATION Point your camera at any text and watch translations land over each block in real time. Snap a still photo or pick from your library to translate menus, signs, screenshots, forwarded messages — all on-device. TWO LISTENING MODES - ACCURATE: waits for the speaker to finish their sentence, then shows a polished translation - LIVE: streams a rolling translation as words arrive, like live subtitles 30+ LANGUAGES Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Arabic, Hindi, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English (multiple variants). ACCESSIBILITY Live captions of conversations, color-coded by speaker, in your own language. Built for travelers, language learners, mixed-language families, and deaf or hard-of-hearing users. PRICING THAT MAKES SENSE - Free: 60 minutes of listening per month, all features, 2 voices, photo + gallery translation included - Pro Monthly: €1.99 - Pro Yearly: €14.99 (best value, 7-day free trial) - Pro Lifetime: €39.99 — pay once, never again Subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each period (monthly or yearly) at the price shown above unless cancelled at least 24 hours before. Manage anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. PRIVACY PROMISE EarPal does not collect or upload your audio, photos, or transcripts. Speech recognition, speaker identification, OCR, and translation all happen on your iPhone. Built by a solo iOS developer who got tired of translation apps that either spy on you, lock everything behind a $9.99/week subscription, or both. Privacy Policy: https://frostdev.eu/privacy Terms of Service: https://frostdev.eu/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

3PO3 screens
EarPal Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3PO at 85% against EarPal Translator's 43%. 3PO also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 12) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). EarPal Translator's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. 3PO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EarPal Translator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EarPal Translator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of 3PO's written reviews are positive against 43% of EarPal Translator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3PO ships an update every 6 days, EarPal Translator weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
3PO versus EarPal Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3POEarPal Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (36 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvergreen LabsAlvaro Escarcha Esteban

Customer experience

3PO

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

EarPal Translator

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative52.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

3PO

One-time1
  • 3PO Pro$6.99
3 purchases

EarPal Translator

Subscriptions2
  • EarPal Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • EarPal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • EarPal Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is 3PO free?
3PO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EarPal Translator free?
EarPal Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 3PO or EarPal Translator?
EarPal Translator is rated higher. 3PO averages 4.7 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while EarPal Translator averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do 3PO or EarPal Translator have ads?
Neither 3PO nor EarPal Translator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3PO or EarPal Translator?
3PO ships an update every 6 days, and EarPal Translator weekly. Most recently, 3PO was updated on November 5, 2026 and EarPal Translator on October 31, 2026.

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