Comparison

TransPeek vs Onscreen Translate

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

Onscreen Translate

Instantly translate text from screenshots, photos, or your camera view. Overlay translations directly on the image, compare with the original, and easily copy or share the text. Offline translation is available after downloading language packs.

Highlights
  • Translate text in screenshots
  • Translate text in photos
  • Live camera translation
  • Overlay translations on images
  • Copy and share translated text
  • Offline translation support
  • Screenshot shortcut integration
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Translate text in screenshots, photos and your camera view. Read the translation on the image, compare it with the original, and copy or share the text. Add the screenshot shortcut and assign it to Back Tap or a supported Action Button. Video guides walk you through setup. Add the camera widget for quick access from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Text recognition and translation run on your iPhone. Apple may ask you to download language files before translating. Downloaded languages can be used offline. Background screenshot previews require iOS 26 or later; earlier supported versions open the app. Camera translation requires a supported iPhone. Language availability and translation quality depend on iOS. Small text, low light and movement can affect results. Try the free access shown in the app, then subscribe to keep translating. Monthly and annual plans include all translation features. Eligible new subscribers can try them free for seven days when offered by Apple. After the trial, your selected plan renews at the price shown before purchase unless canceled. Prices vary by region. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Privacy Policy: https://onscreentranslate.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://onscreentranslate.app/support

Screenshots

TransPeek4 screens
Onscreen Translate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Onscreen Translate at every 2 days against TransPeek's every 5 days. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. TransPeek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Onscreen Translate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TransPeek against 5.0 for Onscreen Translate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TransPeek ships an update every 5 days, Onscreen Translate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TransPeek versus Onscreen Translate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransPeekOnscreen Translate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海百隅信息科技有限公司OMAR FATTAHI

Customer experience

TransPeek

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Onscreen Translate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TransPeek

One-time1
  • TransPeek Pro$6.99
2 purchases

Onscreen Translate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is TransPeek free?
TransPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onscreen Translate free?
Onscreen Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TransPeek or Onscreen Translate?
TransPeek and Onscreen Translate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do TransPeek or Onscreen Translate have ads?
Neither TransPeek nor Onscreen Translate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TransPeek or Onscreen Translate?
TransPeek ships an update every 5 days, and Onscreen Translate every 2 days. Most recently, TransPeek was updated on October 6, 2026 and Onscreen Translate on October 8, 2026.

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