Comparison

Kagi Translate vs Bzan

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Voice translation
  • Visual translation
  • Dictionary depth
  • Smart proofreading
  • Contextual control
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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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. 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.

About

Bzan

This AI assistant helps you chat, create presentations and documents, and transcribe audio. It supports multiple languages and remembers your preferences for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • AI chat with web search
  • Image and chart creation
  • Automated presentation generation
  • AI-powered document editing
  • Audio transcription and summarization
  • Dictation support
  • Project organization
Features
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Bzan is an AI assistant for chat, slides, docs and transcription. It works in any language. Features: • AI chat: ask questions, search the web and get answers about your files, photos and PDFs • Pictures and charts: create images and charts right in the chat • Slides: make a full presentation from a short description, edit it and export to PowerPoint • Docs: write and edit documents with AI, with tables and math, and export to Word • Transcription: turn recordings and voice notes into text, then summarize or export them • Dictation: speak instead of typing anywhere in the app • Projects: keep the chats and files for one subject together • Memory: Bzan remembers your preferences across chats • Search: find anything you've made, in every mode • Sync: continue your work on bzan.chat

Screenshots

Kagi Translate4 screens
Bzan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bzan at 5.0 against Kagi Translate's 4.2. Bzan also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Kagi Translate's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bzan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kagi Translate has 56 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kagi Translate ships an update weekly, Bzan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kagi Translate versus Bzan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKagi TranslateBzan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (56 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB86 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKagi Inc.Hoshang Ismail

Customer experience

Kagi Translate

All ratings55 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative30.0%

Bzan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kagi Translate

No in-app purchases

None

Bzan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kagi Translate free?
Kagi Translate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bzan free?
Bzan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kagi Translate or Bzan?
Bzan is rated higher. Kagi Translate averages 4.2 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Bzan averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Kagi Translate or Bzan have ads?
Neither Kagi Translate nor Bzan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kagi Translate or Bzan?
Kagi Translate ships an update weekly, and Bzan every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kagi Translate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bzan on October 30, 2026.

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