Kelivo vs PoliLingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kelivo
A privacy-focused AI assistant for your phone, offering web search capabilities, custom assistants, and multimodal input. It supports rich Markdown formatting and local storage with optional cloud backup, all without ads or tracking.
- Privacy-first AI assistant
- Multiple web search engines
- Customizable AI assistants
- Multimodal input (images, documents)
- Markdown with code highlighting and LaTeX
- Local storage with WebDAV backup
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Kelivo is a modern, privacy-first AI assistant for your phone. Highlights: - Web search: Exa, Tavily, Zhipu, LinkUp, Brave, Bing (local), Metaso, SearXNG - Custom assistants with prompts and variables - Multimodal: images, documents (PDF, Word), and more - Beautiful Markdown with code highlighting and LaTeX - System TTS (Text‑to‑Speech) - Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools - Local storage with optional WebDAV backup - No ads. No tracking. Your keys stay on device
PoliLingo
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PoliLingo turns your iPhone into a real-time voice translator. Tap a microphone, speak naturally, and hear what you said in another language a moment later. Tap the other mic when they reply, and PoliLingo translates back. Two halves of the screen, two languages, one conversation. PoliLingo runs entirely on your device. The first time you pair two languages, iOS downloads the language pack — after that, no internet connection is needed. Your audio is never uploaded, never recorded to a server, never shared with anyone. — TRANSLATE BETWEEN 9 LANGUAGES — • English • Spanish • French • German • Italian • Portuguese • Japanese • Chinese (Simplified) • Russian — BUILT FOR REAL CONVERSATIONS — • Big push-to-talk mics — one per language, never tap-and-hold • See what you said and what was translated, side by side • Hear the translation read aloud in the target language • Swap languages with a single tap • Conversation history stays on your device; swipe to delete — PRIVACY-FIRST — • 100% on-device speech recognition (Apple Speech framework) • 100% on-device translation (Apple Translation framework) • 100% on-device text-to-speech (Apple AVSpeech) • No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads — PERFECT FOR — • Travelers ordering food, asking for directions, checking in to hotels • Multilingual families talking to in-laws or grandparents • Quick conversations with neighbors, drivers, customer-service staff • Anyone learning a language who wants to compare what they said to a reference translation PoliLingo is free, with no in-app purchases. We hope you carry it everywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Kelivo at 3 against PoliLingo's 1. Kelivo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
| Parameter | Kelivo | PoliLingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文熠 曹 | Alberto Montagnese |
In-app purchases
Kelivo
No in-app purchases
PoliLingo
No in-app purchases
