3PO vs EarPal Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic language identification
- Speech-to-speech translation
- LLM technology powered
- Supports over 100 languages
- One-touch operation
- Offline translation for select languages
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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/
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
3PO ships an update every 6 days, EarPal Translator weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3PO | EarPal Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evergreen Labs | Alvaro Escarcha Esteban |
Customer experience
3PO
EarPal Translator
In-app purchases
3PO
- 3PO Pro$6.99
EarPal Translator
- EarPal Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- EarPal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- EarPal Pro Lifetime$39.99
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