Comparison

Loupe vs Screen Select Translator

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

Head to head
About

Loupe

This app provides live subtitles for videos and conversations, and translates text from any app on your screen. It offers free daily minutes or a one-time lifetime purchase, with no ads or coins.

Highlights
  • Live speech captions for videos and conversations
  • Real-time screen translation for any app
  • Translate Selection feature for default translation
  • Clipboard Only mode for iPhone
  • Customizable caption window shape, size, and color
  • Offline functionality after language download
  • Privacy-focused design with on-device processing
Features
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Live subtitles for videos and conversations, and live translation for any app on your screen. No coins, no ads: free minutes every day, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Speech captions turn what's said in videos, live streams, online classes and podcasts, or by the people around you, into subtitles in your language. Screen translation shows the text of any app translated right where it is. NEW IN THIS VERSION • Translate Selection: make Loupe your default translation app, then select text in any app and tap Translate. Listen, pick out words, copy or replace it. Unlimited, even on Free. • Clipboard Only in Live (iPhone): no screen recording. Copy text in any app to see it with its translation in Picture in Picture. SPEECH CAPTIONS • Switch to Voice at the top of Home and choose an Audio Source. Phone Audio captions what other apps play: pick the spoken language, tap Start Captions and go back to your video. It doesn't use the microphone or read the screen, so room noise stays out. • Nearby Speech uses the microphone to caption the people around you: conversations, talks, guided tours. No screen sharing needed. Tap Start Listening for large live captions; switch apps and they keep going in Picture in Picture. • Pick the window's shape, one of five text sizes and three colors; show the translation, both lines, or the original only. • Change the spoken language mid-session. Transcripts are saved on your device to review, copy or export as TXT, SRT or Markdown. SCREEN TRANSLATION 1. Download a language pack once. Loupe detects the language on screen. 2. Tap Start Loupe, then Start Sharing. 3. Switch to any app, landscape games on iPhone included. A Picture in Picture window shows that part of the screen, translated in place. Five reading scopes: Near the window, Whole screen, Fixed area (a region you mark, like a game's dialogue box), LAN Live (the translated screen in a browser on another device on the same Wi-Fi), and Clipboard Only (iPhone). Flash Translate: use the Action Button, Back Tap or Control Center in any app and the whole screen is translated; tap a word to look it up. SCREEN SUBTITLES (LOUPE PRO) Instead of in place, screen translations can appear as numbered large-type cards in the original's colors, with the source text alongside, a corner guide to where each line is on screen, and right-to-left order for manga. ON IPAD With Windowed Apps or Stage Manager, the Loupe window itself becomes the lens: put it beside the app or video. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • On your device by default. A translation service you connect (DeepSeek, Claude, DeepL and more, with a glossary and story background) gets only the recognized text (or audio for Speech), straight from your device. • Your screen and audio are never sent to us or saved. • LAN Live, only when you choose it, sends the translation just to devices on your local network that open your link. • No account, no tracking. Works offline once languages are downloaded. LANGUAGES Loupe comes in 14 languages. It translates from Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and other languages supported by Apple's translation. FREE AND LOUPE PRO • Free: screen translation and speech captions share 5 minutes a day, plus Flash 5 times a day; 1 custom endpoint. • Loupe Pro: no time limit, unlimited Flash, Screen Subtitles, preset and multiple services. Monthly, yearly or lifetime. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. GOOD TO KNOW • Language packs come from Apple, about 140–440 MB each. Loupe asks before any download. • Content an app protects from screen recording can't be read, and some apps mute their audio while the screen is shared. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://loupe-translate.app/privacy

About

Screen Select Translator

Features
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Screen Select Translator empowers you to frame and translate any text on your screen instantly without switching between apps. Powered by smart OCR (Optical Character Recognition), the app detects text from screen captures, foreign websites, images, and documents in seconds. KEY FEATURES: • INSTANT ON-SCREEN TRANSLATION: Simply frame the text area you want to read, and see the translation overlaid immediately. • SAFARI EXTENSION: Browse foreign web pages in Safari and translate any section or paragraph with one tap. • SHARE EXTENSION: Translate screenshots directly from Photos or Files via the native iOS Share menu. • 17+ WORLD LANGUAGES: Instant translations across English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Korean, and more. • NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Open and translate immediately. No login, account creation, or personal profiles needed. PRIVACY BY DESIGN: Your privacy is our utmost priority. Screen Select Translator: - Does NOT store your images or translation history. - Collects ZERO personal, analytical, or tracking data. - Keeps no logs on remote servers. Read foreign articles, games, mangas, and websites effortlessly!

Screenshots

Loupe4 screens
Screen Select Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Screen Select Translator at none against Loupe's 3. Screen Select Translator also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loupe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Screen Select Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Loupe versus Screen Select Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoupeScreen Select Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泽政 邱Doruk Corali

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Loupe

Subscriptions2
  • Loupe Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Loupe Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Loupe Pro Lifetime$19.99
None

Screen Select Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loupe free?
Loupe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Select Translator free?
Screen Select Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loupe or Screen Select Translator have ads?
Neither Loupe nor Screen Select Translator shows ads.

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