Comparison

Live Screen & Voice Translate vs Universal Reader Pro

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

Head to head
About

Live Screen & Voice Translate

Instantly translate foreign languages from your screen, audio, camera, or conversations. Supports 60 languages with various translation modes and privacy options.

Highlights
  • Screen translation
  • Audio translation to subtitles
  • Camera text translation
  • Live conversation translation
  • Browser translation
  • Photo and screenshot translation
Features
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What you can't read, and what you can't catch — translated on the spot, in 60 languages. Miruyaku translates the foreign language around you: the audio of a video, a game or comic on screen, a sign on a trip, the person in front of you. ■ New in 1.8.0: Translate Browser - Open a site, a video or a live stream in the built-in browser: pages are translated, and subtitles appear as people speak - Read aloud: translated subtitles spoken in time with the video - Transcript: tap a line to jump there, search, or export - Translation, original, or both. Text inside the picture can be translated in place - Tabs, private tabs, history, favorites, Share from other apps, and a Home Screen widget - Saved videos too: full screen, read aloud, or save a copy with subtitles Copy-protected videos and some players can't be subtitled this way; Live Translation still works for those. Needs iOS 26 or later. ■ Video audio into subtitles Miruyaku listens to the video or app playing on your iPhone and shows the translation in a thin floating window. Switch between device audio and the microphone. Lines break where the speaker pauses, so a sentence never swaps out halfway. ■ Text on screen Game dialogue, Webtoon speech bubbles, overseas articles. Keep scrolling, keep playing — translations keep flowing, each with a snippet of the original so you know which line it is. Pause any time. ■ Point the camera Hold it up to a sign, a menu or a label. The translation lands on top of each original line, so lists like menus stay readable. Tap to focus on small print. ■ Conversation Sit across the screen and speak your own languages; translations are read aloud. Back-and-Forth listens for both languages at once, so nobody presses a button before speaking. Or take turns, and check what was heard before sending. ■ Photos Pick a screenshot and the translation is laid over the original text, or read long articles paragraph by paragraph. Works from the share sheet and shortcuts such as a double back tap. Every translation is kept in History. ■ Choose how to translate - Standard: Apple's on-device translation. Fast and private - Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones - On-device AI (download) - High-accuracy mode (optional): bring your own API key for DeepL, Google, OpenAI, Gemini or Claude. Your key is stored only in this iPhone's Keychain Settings explain the strengths and cautions of each. AI engines take longer than standard translation. ■ Privacy - Standard translation, downloaded languages and the on-device AI run entirely on your iPhone. Screen contents and audio are never sent to the developer's servers - Only in high-accuracy mode is text sent directly to the service you chose - Nothing is recorded. History stays on this iPhone - We may ask permission to track for advertising. Every feature works either way ■ Languages you can translate into (60) Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Hindi, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, Indonesian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish and 40 more (the full list is in the app) Languages Apple's translation doesn't cover are downloaded the first time you choose them. ■ Ad-Free (optional subscription) Every translation feature works without a subscription. Ad-Free removes the banner and full-screen ads. It is a monthly auto-renewing subscription; cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bbintroduction.com/en/apps/miruyaku/privacy/ ■ Requirements iOS 18.0 or later. Subtitles on video, video audio translation, conversation and the on-device AI need iOS 26 or later. Listening works in the languages your iPhone's speech recognition supports. Hindi, Greek, Hebrew and some others can be translated into but not yet read from images.

About

Universal Reader Pro

Features
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Universal Reader Pro is an all-in-one reader for manga and novel lovers: import local files or comic web chapters and start reading instantly. Built-in on-device AI translation turns foreign-language comics, PDFs, and TXT files into your language — entirely on your device. 【Read Everything】 · Comics: images, image folders, CBZ / ZIP, with Japanese manga mode (right-to-left), scroll mode, and orientation lock · Novels: TXT with automatic encoding detection; PDF with native view and text reflow · Comic webpages: paste a chapter link to import, or capture full-page screenshots 【On-Device AI Translation】 · Page-by-page text recognition and translation for comics, with translation below or replacing the original · PDF scanned-page OCR translation, plus text reflow for a comfortable layout · TXT translation by paragraph or by page, with full-document translation · Target languages include English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and more · Translations are cached locally — no repeated work when you re-read 【Privacy First】 · Translation runs entirely on your device. Text and images never leave your phone. · Private shelf: protect your collection with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode 【One Purchase · Pro Forever】 · Full comic translation, complete TXT translation, full PDF translation & reflow · Batch translation with page queue · Multiple target languages and local translation cache · One-time purchase. No subscription. No hidden fees. 【Free Version】 First 10 comic pages · first 3 PDF pages · first 20,000 TXT characters. Try before you buy. 【Interface Languages】 Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, 日本語, 한국어, Français, Deutsch — switch anytime in Settings. Note: On-device translation is provided by system models. Available languages and quality depend on your device.

Screenshots

Live Screen & Voice Translate4 screens
Universal Reader Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Universal Reader Pro at none against Live Screen & Voice Translate's shown. Live Screen & Voice Translate's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Live Screen & Voice Translate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Universal Reader Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Screen & Voice Translate ships an update every 3 days, Universal Reader Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Live Screen & Voice Translate versus Universal Reader Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Screen & Voice TranslateUniversal Reader Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerreiji onishi勇 陈

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Live Screen & Voice Translate

Subscriptions1
  • Ad-Free$1.991 Month
1 purchases

Universal Reader Pro

One-time1
  • Universal Reader Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Live Screen & Voice Translate free?
Live Screen & Voice Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Universal Reader Pro free?
Universal Reader Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Live Screen & Voice Translate or Universal Reader Pro have ads?
Live Screen & Voice Translate shows ads; Universal Reader Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Screen & Voice Translate or Universal Reader Pro?
Live Screen & Voice Translate ships an update every 3 days, and Universal Reader Pro fortnightly. Most recently, Live Screen & Voice Translate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Universal Reader Pro on October 29, 2026.

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