Parallel Texts Reader vs Translation Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parallel Texts Reader
Read books with instant, sentence-by-sentence translations in multiple languages. Listen to translations and tap words for more options like transcription and pronunciation. Features a growing library of over 370 books across various language pairs.
- Parallel text translation
- Listen to sentence translations
- Tap for word details
- Extensive book library
- Multiple language pairs
- Reverse translation mode
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Application for reading books with parallel translation. Allows you to listen and see the translation of any sentence while reading. Constantly updated library of books - we are adding books every month. Now the library has more then 370 books: - English - Russian - English - French - English - German - English - Italian - English - Spanish - English - Ukrainian - English - Polish - English - Chinese - Russian - English - Russian - French - French - Russian - French - English - French - Ukrainian - French - Polish - Spanish - Russian - Spanish - English - Spanish - Ukrainian - German - Russian - German - Ukrainian - German - English - Danish - English - Norwegian - English - Hebrew - Russian - Estonian - Russian Touch any part of the text to see the translation. To memorize, transcribe, translate or listen the word, tap and hold your finger on it. Reverse mode allows you to change the primary language into the translated language, that is, for example from English-Spanish to Spanish-English.
Translation Books
Read books in foreign languages with instant word and sentence translation. Hear pronunciations and discover meanings by simply tapping on text. Supports EPUB books and HTML pages.
- In-app word translation
- Sentence translation
- Audio pronunciation
- Supports EPUB format
- Supports HTML text
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You can easily read books in foreign languages. When you click on a word or a sentence, you hear their pronunciation and see the translation. You can choose yourself books and texts for reading. The app supports epub books and html pages (text only).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Translation Books at 5.0 against Parallel Texts Reader's 4.0. Translation Books also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Parallel Texts Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (54% vs 29%). On price, 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. Translation Books sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Parallel Texts Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Translation Books holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parallel Texts Reader has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Parallel Texts Reader's written reviews are positive against 29% of Translation Books's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Parallel Texts Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, Translation Books fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parallel Texts Reader | Translation Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Savchenko | Ivan Kramarchuk |
Customer experience
Parallel Texts Reader
Translation Books
In-app purchases
Parallel Texts Reader
No in-app purchases
Translation Books
- Buy 500 000 characters$23.99
- Buy 1 000 000 characters$46.99
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