Mishmar vs EarPal Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mishmar
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Join the Mishmar network and become an active part of our community safety. - Stay alert with custom location-based notifications, ensuring you're always in the loop. - Spot an issue? Report it instantly with just a tap. - Keep abreast of the latest information, and receive real-time instructions and guidance when it matters most. Your privacy is our priority. Rest easy knowing your personal information is protected as you contribute and help secure your community.
EarPal Translator
This app offers private, on-device translation for spoken conversations and text. It identifies speakers, provides live or polished translations, and translates signs and menus via camera. All processing happens locally on your device for enhanced privacy.
- On-device speech and text translation
- Live and accurate translation modes
- Multi-speaker identification with color-coding
- Camera translation for signs and menus
- Privacy-focused, no cloud processing
- Supports over 30 languages
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EarPal is the private interpreter for the world around you. Just tap Listen and EarPal hears the conversation, identifies each voice, and shows you a live translation in your language. Open the camera and EarPal reads any text it sees and translates it in place — menus, signs, packaging, screenshots from your library. No buttons to push, no turn-taking, no recording — just understanding. EVERYTHING ON-DEVICE Audio, photos, and recognised text never leave your iPhone. EarPal uses Apple's on-device speech, vision, and translation models, plus a state-of-the-art on-device speaker recognition engine. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. MULTI-SPEAKER, COLOR-CODED EarPal can follow several people at once. Each voice gets its own color in text mode — or its own distinct synthetic voice when you're listening through AirPods. Finally, you can sit at a dinner table with locals and follow the actual conversation. CAMERA TRANSLATION Point your camera at any text and watch translations land over each block in real time. Snap a still photo or pick from your library to translate menus, signs, screenshots, forwarded messages — all on-device. TWO LISTENING MODES - ACCURATE: waits for the speaker to finish their sentence, then shows a polished translation - LIVE: streams a rolling translation as words arrive, like live subtitles 30+ LANGUAGES Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Arabic, Hindi, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English (multiple variants). ACCESSIBILITY Live captions of conversations, color-coded by speaker, in your own language. Built for travelers, language learners, mixed-language families, and deaf or hard-of-hearing users. PRICING THAT MAKES SENSE - Free: 60 minutes of listening per month, all features, 2 voices, photo + gallery translation included - Pro Monthly: €1.99 - Pro Yearly: €14.99 (best value, 7-day free trial) - Pro Lifetime: €39.99 — pay once, never again Subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each period (monthly or yearly) at the price shown above unless cancelled at least 24 hours before. Manage anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. PRIVACY PROMISE EarPal does not collect or upload your audio, photos, or transcripts. Speech recognition, speaker identification, OCR, and translation all happen on your iPhone. Built by a solo iOS developer who got tired of translation apps that either spy on you, lock everything behind a $9.99/week subscription, or both. Privacy Policy: https://frostdev.eu/privacy Terms of Service: https://frostdev.eu/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mishmar at none against EarPal Translator's 3. Mishmar also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. EarPal Translator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mishmar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mishmar ships an update every 11 days, EarPal Translator weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Mishmar | EarPal Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balcony Labs, Inc. | Alvaro Escarcha Esteban |
In-app purchases
Mishmar
No in-app purchases
EarPal Translator
- EarPal Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- EarPal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- EarPal Pro Lifetime$39.99
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