Calque vs PokeOwl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calque
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Calque translates the page, not just the words. Photograph a letter, a contract or a menu, in any of 130 languages, and you get the same page back in your language. Tables keep their rows. Stamps and logos stay where they were. Whatever language your mail arrives in, Calque reads it. DOCUMENTS - Photograph a page, import a PDF, or pick a photo you already have. - The translation is rebuilt as a clean page with the text where the original text sat. - Long document? Calque shows what each page mentions, so you translate only the pages that matter. - Choose exactly which parts of a page to translate. Everything you leave out keeps its original words. - 130 languages, including Somali, Tigrinya, Arabic, Ukrainian, Polish, Cantonese and Norwegian. REPLY - Answer an official letter without knowing its language: write in yours, and Calque drafts a short formal reply in the letter's language, with a back-translation so you can read every word before you send it. - Share the reply as a dated, signable letter PDF, ready to print or attach. VOICE - Hold the phone between you. Speak, and the other person hears it in their language. Answer, and it comes back in yours. - Works even for languages phones normally cannot hear, like Somali, Pashto and Amharic, with a free daily allowance. - A natural voice reads the translation out loud. CHECK - The most important sentence of every letter, on top: what the document is and what you must do. - Dates, deadlines and amounts are found for you. Add them straight to your calendar. - Every number and date in the translation is checked against the original. Anything that deviates is marked on the page. KEEP - Export as a bilingual PDF with a real, searchable text layer. Or translation-only PDF, PNG, Word and Markdown. - Official terminology packs, built only from public sources, keep agency terms consistent. Your corrections always win, and are remembered on this device only. PRICES - Three pages to start. One page credit translates one page after that, and credits never expire. - One free page every day, with a small mark on it. - Calque Pro is an optional monthly subscription with a monthly page quota and unlimited voice. Packs never renew on their own. PRIVACY - Your documents are stored only on this device. No account, no analytics. - To translate, a picture of the page is sent to Anthropic, where it is read and translated. Spoken sentences for the natural voice, and voice clips for languages your phone cannot hear on its own, are sent to a speech provider. You approve all of this before the first time. - Deleting a document deletes everything that came with it.
PokeOwl
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Scan your trading cards and see what they are worth. PokeOwl is a card value scanner and TCG price checker that helps you compare US shop prices, build your collection and catch deals before they sell out. SCAN AND VALUE Point the camera at a card and check the match. Values come from recent sold listings and are estimates, never a guaranteed sale price. COMPARE SHOP PRICES Find booster boxes, Elite Trainer Boxes and other sealed products at US shops. Compare prices and stock, with shipping shown where the shop lists it. YOUR COLLECTION Save the cards you own and follow the collection's estimated value over time. DEALS AND PRICE WATCHES Browse deals under market value and watch the products you care about. Get a notification when the price drops or the product is back in stock. Free watches are limited and delayed; Pro sends them the moment they happen. GRADING Get an estimate from photos of a card and see values for different grades. The estimate does not replace professional grading. FREE AND PRO A free account includes ten scans in total and a collection of up to ten items. Some price details, shop links and watches are limited. Pro gives you unlimited scans, collection items and price watches, the shop behind every deal, and more price history. Pro Monthly: $12.99 per month, charged right away. Pro Yearly: $39.99 per year, charged right away. The subscription renews automatically. Payment is charged to your Apple account when the purchase is confirmed, and the period renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. You manage and cancel the subscription in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pokeowl.com/privacy PokeOwl is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by The Pokémon Company International Inc., Nintendo, Creatures Inc. or GAME FREAK Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: PokeOwl at 3 against Calque's 1. PokeOwl also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Calque sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PokeOwl sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calque ships an update every 2 days, PokeOwl every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calque | PokeOwl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Zakaria Elkassmi | Pokejakt |
In-app purchases
Calque
- 5 pages$1.99
- 20 pages$5.99
- 100 pages$19.99
PokeOwl
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
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- Pro3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year







