VTrans vs Ear Dance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VTrans
This app transforms Bluetooth earphones and sticks into a real-time translation device. It supports over 100 languages for various scenarios like travel, business, and study abroad, offering both touch and automatic recognition modes.
- Bluetooth earphone translation
- Real-time voice translation
- Over 100 languages supported
- Speech recognition and synthesis
- Touch and automatic recognition modes
- AI-powered translation
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The VTrans app can turn your Bluetooth earphones and Bluetooth sticks into a translation machine with just one click, which can be used for real-time translation of overseas travel voice, overseas shopping conversations, overseas online voice friendship, study abroad life conversations, overseas work communication, cross-border business cooperation, diplomatic conversations, and more scenarios. AI translation We support multi-mode translation such as headphone touch and automatic recognition. Touch mode, can click or double-click on the headphones to speak, real-time translation; Free speaking mode, capable of automatic language recognition and real-time translation. Multilingual: We provide speech recognition, text translation, and speech synthesis services in over 100 languages, covering the majority of the global population.
Ear Dance
Easily manage Bluetooth earphone connections and access a translation function. Discover a variety of healing music and meditation sounds, including nature, lullabies, and ambient noises, to enhance your daily experience.
- Bluetooth earphone connection management
- Translation function
- Healing music library
- Meditation sounds
- Nature soundscapes
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Ear Dance is a convenient and practical Bluetooth earphone assistive application. It can quickly manage the connection of Bluetooth earphones and provide translation function to enhance the usability of applications, providing convenience for users. In addition, Ear Dance offers healing music and new ways of meditation. Provides music such as natural sounds, lullabies, ocean sounds, thunder sounds, flowing water sounds, wind sounds, rain sounds, insect and bird calls, etc
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ear Dance at 2.7 against VTrans's 2.2. Ear Dance also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 19) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. VTrans sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Ear Dance asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ear Dance holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 149 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of VTrans's written reviews are positive against 14% of Ear Dance's.
VTrans ships an update every 5 weeks, Ear Dance fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VTrans | Ear Dance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (37 ratings) | 2.7 (149 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 13.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 149 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Beibo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | 深圳沃奇互娱科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
VTrans
Ear Dance
Bugs and requests
VTrans
Reported bugs
27 issues- Translation stops after 50 seconds
- Pauses during use
- Doesn't support continuous translation
- Voice detection and translation results are poor
- Slow Japanese speaking speed
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- Translation stops with 'correct usage' dialog
- Cannot translate back and forth between two languages
- Talks over user
- Gets translation wrong 60% of the time
- Cannot register for app membership
- Unsupported languages listed
- Offline translation not downloadable
- Low volume in speaker mode
- Cannot connect to app
- App rejects passwords
- Cannot translate two languages simultaneously
- Device not authorized error
- Translation takes too long
- Paid translations not included
- AI doesn't connect
- No Tagalog support
- Instructions unclear
- App not working correctly
- Disconnects frequently
- Paid membership doesn't provide promised features
- Subscription not visible in Apple subscriptions
- Translation delayed by over 40 seconds
Requested features
6 requests- Allow continuous translation
- Adjustable speaking speed
- Background translation mode
- Add Persian to conversation mode
- Improve translation accuracy
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- Add more languages (Vietnamese, Nepali, Tagalog)
Ear Dance
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VTrans
- 视频通话时长1分钟$0.99
- Offline package 7 days$0.99
- 蓝牙棒(7天)$0.99
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- 蓝牙耳机(7天)$0.99
- AI transfer for 120 minutes$3.99
- Offline package 1 year$5.99
- Video call duration 1 hour$6.99
- Offline translation for 2years$7.99
- Translation Stick (1 years)$11.99
- AI member for 1 month$12.90
- AI transfer for 600 minutes$12.99
- Translation Stick (2 years)$19.99
- Bluetooth earphones (1 years)$19.99
- Bluetooth earphones (2 years)$29.99
- Video call duration 1 month$49.99
- AI membership for 6 months$58.90
- Video call duration 10 hours$59.99
- AI member for 1 year$98.90
- AI membership permanent$169.00
Ear Dance
No in-app purchases
