Comparison

BelliedMonkey Translator vs Hey Asistan

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

Head to head
About

BelliedMonkey Translator

Translate text and speech in real-time across multiple apps and platforms. Learn new languages by turning your reading into review cards. Supports bilingual subtitles, document translation, and web page viewing.

Highlights
  • Live bilingual subtitles for videos and apps
  • Real-time speech interpreter
  • System-wide text translation
  • Side-by-side web page translation
  • Document translation (PDF, Word, images)
  • Review cards for language learning
  • Bring your own AI translation engine
Features
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Meetings, videos, documents — translated as you listen, processed only on your device; the sentences you actually read come back as review cards. LIVE SUBTITLES (APP) Bilingual subtitles for whatever your device is playing. On Mac, the app listens to system audio and shows a floating subtitle bar that stays on top of any app, even full-screen video (macOS 26 or later). On iPhone, play a video or podcast out loud in any app, and a picture-in-picture window scrolls the original and the translation, sentence by sentence. Recognition happens on the device; Live Subtitles need iOS 26 / macOS 26. CONVERSATION · LIVE INTERPRETER (APP) Talk across a language gap. Both sides speak freely; each sentence is transcribed, translated and can be read aloud. Speech is recognised on the device, so the audio never leaves it. Requires iOS 26 / macOS 26. SYSTEM TRANSLATION (IPHONE) Select text in any app and tap Translate — BelliedMonkey answers with the engine you configured, in a small sheet, without leaving the app. Choose BelliedMonkey once in Settings › Apps › Translate › Default Translate App. Sentences you translate this way can go straight into your review deck. Requires iOS 18.4 or later. WEB PAGES, SIDE BY SIDE The Safari extension (also on Chrome and Firefox) keeps every paragraph's original text with the translation right below it. No switching tabs, no losing your place. VIDEO DUAL SUBTITLES YouTube, podcasts and web video get sentence-matched dual subtitles. No captions? Turn on AI transcript subtitles. DOCUMENT TRANSLATION Open a PDF, Word file or image and read it page by page, original and translation side by side. LEARN AS YOU READ Sentences you actually read can become review cards on a forgetting curve — read, listen and write practice, sentence notes and read-aloud. Optional sync lets your phone review what you read on your computer. YOUR ENGINE, YOUR CHOICE Bring your own AI service key, or any compatible endpoint. PRIVACY, SPELLED OUT Your keys and settings stay on your device. With your own key, text goes straight to the provider you chose and is not stored. Live Subtitles and on-device transcription never record audio. We send anonymous usage events (which features are used, never page content), and you can turn them off in Settings. No ads. The whole app is open source and free to download.

About

Hey Asistan

Features
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Hey Asistan is a smart voice-note app that helps you capture thoughts quickly by speaking. Say a note and Hey Asistan organizes it, creates summaries and tags, and can suggest tasks or calendar events when relevant. Search your note history, track tasks, and see a concise daily brief. Highlights: • Quick note-taking by voice • Add a note by typing, or from your camera (on-device OCR) • Edit the text of a saved note • On-device speech-to-text • Note history and basic search • Automatic category, summary, and tag suggestions • Task extraction from notes and Google Calendar actions • Daily brief, MCP access, Siri, and a Home Screen widget Taking notes is free. Hey Asistan Pro offers advanced analysis, task, and calendar actions with higher AI and MCP quotas. The subscription renews monthly and can be managed in the App Store Subscriptions section. Privacy: Speech-to-text and reading text from the camera happen on your device; the raw audio and the photos you take never leave your device. You can delete your account and data from the app settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BelliedMonkey Translator4 screens
Hey Asistan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BelliedMonkey Translator at none against Hey Asistan's 1. BelliedMonkey Translator also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hey Asistan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. BelliedMonkey Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BelliedMonkey Translator ships an update daily, Hey Asistan every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BelliedMonkey Translator versus Hey Asistan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBelliedMonkey TranslatorHey Asistan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZHAO ZHANGBahri CANLI

In-app purchases

None

BelliedMonkey Translator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hey Asistan

Subscriptions1
  • Hey Asistan Pro$0.991 Month

Questions

Is BelliedMonkey Translator free?
BelliedMonkey Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hey Asistan free?
Hey Asistan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BelliedMonkey Translator or Hey Asistan have ads?
Hey Asistan shows ads; BelliedMonkey Translator does not.
Which is updated more often, BelliedMonkey Translator or Hey Asistan?
BelliedMonkey Translator ships an update daily, and Hey Asistan every 2 days. Most recently, BelliedMonkey Translator was updated on October 25, 2026 and Hey Asistan on October 24, 2026.

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