Kagi Translate vs Prime Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kagi Translate
This app offers advanced language translation with features like voice, visual, and dictionary translation. It allows users to fine-tune translations for accuracy, formality, and context. A free experience is provided, with premium features available for members.
- Voice translation
- Visual translation
- Dictionary depth
- Smart proofreading
- Contextual control
- Ad-free experience
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Language changes with context. Kagi Translate understands everything from casual slang to precise, formal writing. Fine-tune tone, adjust formality, or specify gender when it matters. These powerful features and controls help make your translations as accurate as possible. Note: Currently available to Kagi members. Subscribe on kagi.com to enjoy the app! Features include: • Voice translation: Speak and listen in another language with voice-to-voice translation. • Visual translation: Instantly translate images and documents, from hotel forms to street signs. • Dictionary depth: Explore a rich dictionary with audio pronunciations, etymology, and synonyms to deepen your vocabulary. • Smart proofreading: Polish your text with proofreading tools that help you learn from mistakes or apply suggested corrections. • Total control: Fine-tune translations to be formal or casual, literal or natural, gender-aware or set the specific context for better accuracy. Kagi members unlock advanced translation models for higher precision, plus premium features like Best mode for proofreading and translation, document translation, extended context length, and longer text-to-speech or voice input. As with all Kagi products, Kagi Translate is entirely ad-free with zero trackers.
Prime Timer
A minimalist and elegant timer designed for efficiency and focus. It offers haptic and acoustic feedback, supports dark mode, and integrates deeply with iOS features like widgets and Live Activities. Ideal for various activities requiring precise timing.
- Minimalist and elegant design
- Haptic and acoustic feedback
- iOS Home Screen Widgets
- Live Activity on Lock Screen
- Control Center integration
- System Alarm notification
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A timer you'll love. Minimalist. Satisfying. Beautiful. Optimized for efficiency. Completely free. Handcrafted specifically for iPhone & iPad. Ultimate simplicity. No clutter. Pure focus. With with haptic and acoustic feedback. And attention to the last detail. Supports dark mode. Deeply integrated into iOS. Comes with: • Widgets in different sizes for your Home Screen • a Live Activity with a progress bar on your Lock Screen • Control Buttons to start or stop your timer right from Control Center or with your iPhone's Action Button • a System Alarm when the time is up, just like the Apple timer Ideal for • working out • focusing • workshops • cooking • preparing a cup of tea or coffee • meditation • speaking on stage If you love fluid productivity apps with attention to every detail – this app is for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prime Timer at 5.0 against Kagi Translate's 4.2. Prime Timer also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Kagi Translate's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prime Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kagi Translate has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kagi Translate ships an update every 5 days, Prime Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kagi Translate | Prime Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (54 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kagi Inc. | Mischa Hildebrand |
Customer experience
Kagi Translate
Prime Timer
In-app purchases
Kagi Translate
No in-app purchases
Prime Timer
No in-app purchases
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