Comparison

EarPal Translator vs ChatterFish

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

ChatterFish

Features
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ChatterFish is your real-time conversation translation companion, designed to help people understand each other across different languages. Whether you are travelling, meeting new people, working with international colleagues, or helping friends and family communicate, ChatterFish listens to spoken conversations and translates them so everyone can follow along. With ChatterFish, you can make multilingual conversations feel more natural, simple, and accessible. Supports the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese Key Features: - Real-Time Conversation Translation Listen to spoken conversations and translate them into different languages as they happen and presents them in a conversational display highlighting language changes so you can follow the conversation. - Designed for Natural Conversations ChatterFish is built for everyday speech, helping you follow conversations without constantly stopping and typing. - Great for Travel Understand people around you when travelling, asking for directions, ordering food, checking into hotels, or exploring new places. - Useful for Work and Meetings Communicate easily with colleagues, customers, and partners who speak different languages. ChatterFish is also great for translating video conference calls, helping you follow multilingual conversations during online meetings. - Simple and Easy to Use Open the app, choose your languages, and start translating conversations quickly. - Friendly Multilingual Communication Help reduce language barriers and make conversations easier for everyone involved. Who ChatterFish Is For: - Travellers - International teams - Students - Language learners - Families and friends - Customer-facing professionals - Anyone who needs live conversation translation ChatterFish helps turn spoken conversation into understanding. Download ChatterFish and start communicating across languages today.

Screenshots

EarPal Translator4 screens
ChatterFish4 screens

Verdict

The call

EarPal Translator and ChatterFish are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. EarPal Translator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ChatterFish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
EarPal Translator versus ChatterFish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarPal TranslatorChatterFish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvaro Escarcha EstebanIan Stephenson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EarPal Translator

Subscriptions2
  • EarPal Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • EarPal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • EarPal Pro Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

ChatterFish

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99

Questions

Is EarPal Translator free?
EarPal Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChatterFish free?
ChatterFish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EarPal Translator or ChatterFish have ads?
Neither EarPal Translator nor ChatterFish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarPal Translator or ChatterFish?
EarPal Translator ships an update weekly, and ChatterFish weekly. Most recently, EarPal Translator was updated on October 31, 2026 and ChatterFish on October 31, 2026.

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