Comparison

EarPal Translator vs SofiLingo

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

SofiLingo

Translate text from images, speech, or typed input instantly, even without an internet connection. Supports 58 languages for seamless communication and understanding in any travel scenario. Your translations are private and stored only on your device.

Highlights
  • Camera text translation
  • Offline translation capabilities
  • Speech-to-text and text-to-speech
  • Supports 58 languages
  • Private and no account required
  • Saved scan history
Features
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SofiLingo is a translation app for iPhone, made for travel. Point your camera at a sign, talk with someone, or type a phrase, and read it in your language — with or without a signal. KEY FEATURES • Scan menus, signs and shop labels, and translate them instantly • Translate live conversations as they happen • Translate your speech and theirs • Translate typed text • 58 common languages supported • The app itself is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) • Offline translation • No account needed, to protect your privacy WHO IT HELPS • Travellers — read a menu, a train timetable or a pharmacy label without hunting for wifi or paying roaming charges. • Newcomers to a country — understand letters, forms and signs, and follow what is said at the doctor's, the school or the council office. • Volunteers, carers and front-desk staff — talk face to face with people who don't share your language. • Anyone with a trip ahead — download your languages before you go and translate with no signal. THE FEATURES IN BRIEF SCAN — Point the camera at a menu, sign or label and tap the text to translate it. Every scan is saved, so you can find it again later. LIVE CONVERSATIONS — Put the phone on the table and read what the other person says in your language, a moment after they say it. Nothing is recorded. SPEECH — Say a phrase and hear it spoken in their language, and they can reply the same way. Your iPhone can listen in about half of the 58 languages, and SofiLingo tells you before you start. TEXT — Type a phrase and show your screen to the person you're talking to. 58 LANGUAGES — Translate between any two of them. sofilingo.com/languages shows what works in each one. OFFLINE — Download languages over wifi and typed translation works with no signal in all 58. The camera reads 25 languages offline; in the others, the photo is kept and translated when you're back online. PRICING — Your first 15 translations are free. Watch a short video for 15 more, or buy a 14-day Holiday pass: one payment, no ads, nothing to cancel. PRIVACY • No account, sign-up or email address — we never ask who you are. • Your typed text, translations and scans stay on your phone. We don't collect, read or sell them. • A photo leaves your iPhone only to read a language it can't read itself, and only when you're online. • The free version shows ads; the Holiday pass removes them. LINKS Website: https://sofilingo.com Languages and offline support: https://sofilingo.com/languages Privacy policy: https://sofilingo.com/privacy Terms of use: https://sofilingo.com/terms Support: support@sofilingo.com

Screenshots

EarPal Translator4 screens
SofiLingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EarPal Translator at none against SofiLingo's shown. EarPal Translator also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). SofiLingo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. EarPal Translator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SofiLingo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 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 — 4.9 for EarPal Translator against 5.0 for SofiLingo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EarPal Translator has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarPal Translator ships an update weekly, SofiLingo every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EarPal Translator versus SofiLingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarPal TranslatorSofiLingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB129 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlvaro Escarcha EstebanJOHN PIERRE SHEEHY

Customer experience

EarPal Translator

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative52.4%

SofiLingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
3 purchases

SofiLingo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time Holiday pass$4.99

Questions

Is EarPal Translator free?
EarPal Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SofiLingo free?
SofiLingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EarPal Translator or SofiLingo?
SofiLingo is rated higher. EarPal Translator averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while SofiLingo averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do EarPal Translator or SofiLingo have ads?
SofiLingo shows ads; EarPal Translator does not.
Which is updated more often, EarPal Translator or SofiLingo?
EarPal Translator ships an update weekly, and SofiLingo every 2 days. Most recently, EarPal Translator was updated on October 24, 2026 and SofiLingo on October 24, 2026.

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