Franca vs SofiLingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Franca
Facilitate seamless conversations across language barriers with real-time voice translation. This app listens and speaks aloud in over 70 languages, offering hands-free operation and optional subtitles. It also includes a camera-based text translator for menus and signs.
- Real-time voice translation
- Hands-free operation
- Supports 70+ languages
- Camera-based text translation
- Conversation transcripts
- Private by design
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Franca is a live interpreter in your pocket. Put your phone on the table, talk like you always do, and she speaks each side out loud in the other language. No buttons, no taking turns, no passing the phone around. REAL CONVERSATIONS, OUT LOUD • Both sides spoken aloud in a natural voice, within moments • Franca hears who is talking and knows which way to translate, completely hands free • Subtitles for everything, with the original words if you want them • Works in 70+ languages MADE FOR REAL LIFE • Travel: markets, taxis, pharmacies, hotel check-ins • Family: real conversations with relatives who speak another language • Work: meetings, job sites, customers PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Audio is processed live and never stored • Conversations stay on your iPhone, and only if you choose to keep them • No account, no sign-up. Open the app and talk. ALSO INCLUDED • Lens: point your camera at menus and signs for instant translation on your device • Full transcripts of every conversation, saved on your phone • Adjustable voice speed and microphone sensitivity • Beautiful themes with matching app icons Put Franca on your phone before your next trip. The first conversation feels like magic. MEMBERSHIP Franca works with a membership. Pick a weekly or a yearly plan, each with a generous allowance of live conversation time. Only active talking counts toward your time. Listening and pauses are always free. Current prices and what each plan includes are shown in the app before you pay anything. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms: https://meetfranca.com/terms Privacy: https://meetfranca.com/privacy
SofiLingo
Translate signs, conversations, and typed text in 58 languages, with or without an internet connection. Ideal for travel, this app offers offline capabilities and prioritizes user privacy by not requiring an account.
- Camera-based text translation
- Live conversation translation
- Speech translation
- Typed text translation
- Offline language support
- 58 languages supported
- Privacy-focused, no account needed
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: SofiLingo at free with in-app purchases against Franca's subscription. SofiLingo also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). Franca's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Franca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days and SofiLingo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Franca ships an update every 2 days, SofiLingo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Franca | SofiLingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | NET GAMI K.K. | JOHN PIERRE SHEEHY |
Customer experience
Franca
SofiLingo
In-app purchases
Franca
- Weekly$12.997 Days
- Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
SofiLingo
- One-time Holiday pass$4.99









