Comparison

ACATW vs The Interpreter

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

Head to head
About

ACATW

Translate text, voice, and scanned documents across 161 languages, including many less common ones. Ideal for international trade, overseas living, and travel, it offers real-time speech translation and saves your history locally.

Highlights
  • 161 language support
  • Text translation
  • Camera OCR translation
  • Voice translation
  • Text-to-speech audio playback
  • Save translations
  • Local history storage
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【A free minor-language translator built for foreign trade sellers and overseas Chinese!】 Most translation apps only support popular languages. It’s hard to find tools for less common regional languages. ATW Translator supports 161 languages, covering a huge range of rare minor languages for cross-border business, overseas living and international travel. Text Translation: Type text and get instant translations for efficient business communication Camera OCR Translation: Scan invoices, nameplates, road signs and product packaging for instant translation Voice Translation: Real-time speech translation, talk directly with foreign clients and locals face to face Text-to-Speech: Audio playback of translated text, perfect for in-person conversations Save Translations: Bookmark your frequently used business phrases and client conversations locally Local History: All translation records and favorites are stored only on your device, never uploaded to cloud servers Ideal for foreign trade SOHOs, daily communication for overseas Chinese, travel and language study. Break language barriers even in less common countries! Supported languages include Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Burmese, Uzbek, Swahili, Urdu, Malay, Khmer, Lao, Sinhala, Hausa, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Kinyarwanda, Samoan, Kyrgyz and more for trade & overseas living!

About

The Interpreter

Translate spoken words or typed text in real-time across over 70 languages. This fast and easy-to-use tool offers both voice and keyboard input, with spoken output in your chosen language. Share translations, create PDF documents, and access your history offline.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice and text translation
  • Supports over 70 languages
  • Spoken interpretation
  • Keyboard input option
  • Translation sharing
  • Export translations to PDF
  • Offline translation history
Features
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The Interpreter Translator FREE aquires text from your voice or using the keyboard and in real time, translates it and reads it for you in one of the 70 available languages. It's a text translator, translator by voice and is easy to use, small and fast. Main features: 1- Listen Recognizes what you say through the advanced vocal recognition software. It uses voice recognition software of your device, available by the microphone icon on virtual keyboard (***). 2- Translation into more than 70 languages (*). Unlimited and immediate online translation. 3- Read text Automatic spoken interpretation into the desired language (**). 4- Keyboard use In text field you can insert or modify the text to be translated by keyboard. You can also use this interpreter without the vocal recognition feature. 5- Translation sharing Translation sharing of texts via social network, mail or other app without closing the application. You can move the text to any other application by using the Copy to Clipboard function. 6- Create documents from the translation Translations can be exported and downloaded in Adobe PDF format for later reading. You can customize header, footer and font size of exported document. 7- Translation history Every translation is recorded on device and is available off-line for later reading. (*) Languages available for translation: Afrikaans,Albanian,Arabic,Armenian,Azerbaijani,Basque,Belarusian,Bengali,Bosnian,Bulgarian,Catalan,Cebuano,Chinese (China),Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian,Czech,Danish,Dutch,Estonian,Filipino,Finnish,French,German,Greek,Gujarati,Haitian,Hausa,Hebrew,Hindi,Hmong,Hungarian,Icelandic,Igbo, Indonesian,Irish,Italian,Japanese,Kannada,Khmer,Korean,Lao,Latvian,Lithuanian,Macedonian,Malay,Maori,Marathi,Mongolian,Nepali,Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk,Norwegian,Panjabi,Persian,Polish,Portuguese (Brazil),Portuguese,Romanian,Russian,Serbian,Slovak,Slovenian,Somali,Spanish,Swahili, Swedish,Tagalog,Tamil,Telugu,Thai,Turkish,Ukrainian,Urdu,Vietnamese,Welsh,Yiddish,Yoruba,Zulu (**) Interpretation Voices: Afrikaans,Albanian,Arabic,Armenian,Bosnian,Catalan,Chinese (China),Chinese (Taiwan),Croatian,Czech,Danish,Dutch,Finnish,French,German,Greek,Haitian, Hindi,Hungarian,Icelandic,Indonesian,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Latvian,Macedonian,Norwegian Bokmål,Norwegian,Polish,Portuguese (Brazil),Portuguese, Romanian,Russian,Serbian,Slovak,Spanish,Swahili,Swedish,Tamil,Thai,Turkish,Vietnamese,Welsh (***) Vocal recognition: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish Support contacts : Twitter: http://twitter.com/@interpreterapp Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheInterpreterApp Blog : http://theinterpreterapp.blogspot.com Mail : theinterpreterapp@gmail.com

Screenshots

ACATW4 screens
The Interpreter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ACATW at ad-supported against The Interpreter's free with in-app purchases. The Interpreter's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACATW holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of ACATW's written reviews are positive against 84% of The Interpreter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ACATW versus The Interpreter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACATWThe Interpreter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (50 ratings) — better4.2 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better84.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5056 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Maozhou Cloud Computing Co., Ltd.Vincenzo Amoruso

Customer experience

ACATW

All ratings50 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.7%

The Interpreter

All ratings56 ratings
Positive80.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative14.7%

User reviews

ACATW

From 50 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌍 Effective translation across multiple languages
  • 📸 Camera/OCR translation feature
  • 🎤 Voice recognition capability
  • ⚡ Fast and speedy performance
  • 👍 Easy to use interface

Room to improve

  • ⭐ Forced rating requirement before using app
  • 🐛 OCR/camera function recognition issues
  • 🔤 Languages not in alphabetical order
  • ❌ Inconsistent translation accuracy
  • 🎤 Poor speech recognition performance

The Interpreter

From 56 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Very helpful for travelers
  • 👍 Accurate translations
  • 👍 Useful voice feature
  • 👍 Supports many languages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 App shuts down on translation
  • 🐛 Network error messages
  • 🐛 Slow translation process
  • 🐛 Terrible user interface

Bugs and requests

ACATW

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Camera function prompts repeated rating requests
  • OCR fails to recognize sentences and paragraphs
  • Speech recognition cannot separate individual words
  • Translation returns null results
  • App crashes when accessing camera feature
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  • Rating popup appears repeatedly despite dismissal

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic language detection
  • Alphabetically organized language list
  • Improved OCR accuracy for text recognition
  • Better speech recognition in multiple languages
  • Remove mandatory rating prompt before use

The Interpreter

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when translating
  • Network error despite good connection
  • App shuts down unexpectedly
  • Doesn't translate at all
  • Messes with phone functionality

Requested features

6 requests
  • Camera translation feature
  • Ability to send translations as text
  • Voice input functionality (microphone button)
  • Clear written text button
  • Faster translation speed
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  • Speak action/output feature

In-app purchases

None

ACATW

No in-app purchases

None

The Interpreter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACATW free?
ACATW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Interpreter free?
The Interpreter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACATW or The Interpreter?
ACATW is rated higher. ACATW averages 4.4 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while The Interpreter averages 4.2 from 56 ratings.
Do ACATW or The Interpreter have ads?
Both ACATW and The Interpreter show ads.
Which is updated more often, ACATW or The Interpreter?
ACATW ships an update every 2 months, and The Interpreter every 2 months. Most recently, ACATW was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Interpreter on November 1, 2026.

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