Comparison

TransPeek vs Linguist Pro

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

Head to head
About

TransPeek

Instantly translate any on-screen text in real-time with floating subtitles. Play games, watch videos, or browse websites in foreign languages without leaving the app. Also offers quick photo translation and saves your translation history.

Highlights
  • Real-time screen translation
  • Floating subtitle window
  • Quick photo translation
  • Works with games, videos, and websites
  • On-device text recognition
  • Translation history
Features
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Read any screen in your own language — games, videos, comics, chats and websites, without leaving the app you're in. TransPeek floats a small window over whatever you're doing, reads the text on screen and shows the translation right there. Text recognition and translation both run on your device. FLOATING WINDOW Drag the window over the text you want to read. It translates what sits just below it, sentence by sentence, with the original line above each translation, so you can read both at once. Move it and it follows along. RARE WORDS, MARKED FOR YOU Learning a language? TransPeek marks the less common words in each sentence and highlights the matching words in the translation, numbered so you can pair them up. Set your reader level for each language and it only marks what you're likely not to know yet. FIXED REGION For subtitles, game dialogue or speech bubbles that always appear in the same place: mark those areas once and TransPeek keeps translating them. The window takes the shape of what you marked — wide and short for a subtitle strip, tall for a column of bubbles. PHOTO TRANSLATION Take a photo or pick one from your library — menus, signs, letters, product labels — and translate the text in it. Photos never leave your device. SHORTCUTS, SIRI AND CONTROL CENTER Start the floating window or a fixed region from Control Center, Siri, Spotlight or the Shortcuts app. Pair "Take Screenshot" with "Translate Screenshot" to translate whatever is on screen with one tap; on iOS 26, with the language already downloaded, the result appears without leaving the app you're in. 20 LANGUAGES, ANY PAIR English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, Dutch, Hindi, Indonesian, Polish, Turkish and Ukrainian — translate between any two. Translation is powered by Apple's on-device engine; once a language is downloaded, it works offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no cloud and no tracking. Your screen is processed on your iPhone or iPad and is never uploaded. MAKE IT YOURS Choose the window's shape, border colour and text theme. Every translation is kept in your history on this device, with stats for the week. PRICING Try everything free for 3 days. The trial starts with your first screen translation, not when you install. After that, a one-time purchase unlocks TransPeek Pro for good — no subscription. Pro owners can gift a friend a code to unlock Pro at a gift price. How to start: pick your languages, tap Start Floating Window, then choose TransPeek in the system's screen broadcast sheet. Switch to any app and the window comes with you.

About

Linguist Pro

Features
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Linguist Pro – The Next-Generation AI Screen and Image Translator Break down language barriers instantly on your iPhone or iPad! Whether you're playing mobile games, reading digital comics, watching videos, or browsing social media, Linguist Pro delivers perfect, real-time translations right on your screen. THE AI REVOLUTION – THE SUPERIOR POWER OF TWO TECHNOLOGIES Why settle for stiff, literally machine translations? Linguist Pro is the leading screen translator powered by the most advanced AI language models to deliver highly accurate translations, recognizing context and seamlessly understanding local idioms, tones, and cultural nuances. KEY FEATURES: 1. Instant Screen and On-the-Spot Translation Translate text displayed on your screen across multiple apps, games, or videos with just one tap. 1. Use the intelligent "Select Area Translation" (On-the-spot) feature to overlay translations directly onto specific areas without interrupting your app flow. 2. Deep iOS Shortcut Integration Easily set up system-level shortcuts with our step-by-step guide. Activate full-screen translation or instant live translation from the system menu without opening the main app. 3. Live Camera Translation & Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Translate menus, street signs, and documents in real time using images from your live camera. Import any image from your Photos library to extract and translate text instantly. 4. Advanced Voice & Text Translator Natural two-way voice recognition for fluent, real-time conversations. Manual text input supports comprehensive translation of up to 5,000 characters. 5. Smart History & Favorites Management Organize your past translations with a visual, searchable history list. Mark important phrases or results in Favorites for quick offline reference. WHY UPGRADE TO LINGUIST PRO? No Ads: Focus entirely on a clean, ad-free interface. Offline Languages: Download language packs to translate text even without an internet connection. Customize Your UI: Personalize your translation overlay with custom fonts and themes. Join over 50,000 experts breaking down language barriers instantly. Download Linguist Pro today and experience the future of AI-powered translation! *Note: Screen translation features require appropriate system permissions. Content protected by secure screen-sharing policies (such as banking apps or copyrighted streaming media) may not be supported. Privacy Policy: https://linguistpro-qo6p.onrender.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://linguistpro-qo6p.onrender.com/terms

Screenshots

TransPeek4 screens
Linguist Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

TransPeek and Linguist Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. TransPeek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Linguist Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TransPeek versus Linguist Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransPeekLinguist Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海百隅信息科技有限公司Mai Quoc Huy

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TransPeek

One-time1
  • TransPeek Pro$6.99
3 purchases

Linguist Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium 1 Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium 1 Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Premium 1 Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is TransPeek free?
TransPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linguist Pro free?
Linguist Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TransPeek or Linguist Pro have ads?
Neither TransPeek nor Linguist Pro shows ads.

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