Translation App reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 152 Reddit reviews across 43 subreddits and 54 posts to rank the best Translation App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/ukraine, r/shopify, r/travel, r/CostaRicaTravel, r/androidapps. Top-rated brands include Google (4.3/5), DeepL (4.8/5), Google Translate (3.5/5).
Stats
Reviews152
Subreddits43
Posts54
Brands67
Products44
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#1
4.3
(30)
"Google Translate is an incredibly useful tool for quick translations."
"Best is Google translate. It's useful for Katana identification."
"Google Translate is an incredibly useful tool for quick translations."
"Google Lens effectively translates photos."
"Google Translate is an incredibly useful tool for quick translations."
"Using Google Lens to translate text from screenshots is incredibly convenient."
"Google Translate is all I’ve ever needed. Even got me by in rural Japan where hardly anyone spoke English."
"Just download the offline English & Spanish."
"Works offline. Love."
"The Google Translate app saves your searches, making it easy to access common phrases."
#2
DeepL
4.8
(18)
"DeepL is great"
"DeepL is the best."
"DeepL is much better than Google Translate."
"DeepL is the best for text in my experience."
"DeepL provides excellent translation services that are highly accurate."
"DeepL provides excellent translation services that are highly accurate."
"I find DeepL the most accurate"
"DeepL Translate offers exceptional translation quality and is user-friendly."
"DeepL seems to be the best for this. I'm a Greek native and it is usually correct when translating, even texts containing more technical terms."
"Second DeepL, very good."
#3
Google Translate
3.5
(13)
"I use Google Translate a lot at work and it seems to work well."
"I've had good experiences with iTranslate and Google Translate for real-time voice translation."
"I use Tap to Translate Screen and I have a One Plus."
"Good ol' Google Translator has worked for me in the past"
"Yes, it's pretty good and you can get written translation."
"Google translate."
"Google Translate works good enough."
"Google Translate please"
"English to pinyin and traditional chinese (google&apple translate are not easy to use on this front) that work with or without vnp and can be used offline"
"Google Translate gets a bad rap but it’s decent."
#4
Transcy
5.0
(4)
"It can translate up to 5 languages for your store, and it just costs about $20 for 50,000 words translated."
"Highly appreciated suggestions!"
"It has a free pricing plan and can set up many languages."
"Transcy provides more languages set up for your store and the price is cheaper."
#5
OpenAI
4.8
(4)
"Use chat gpt"
"I highly recommend you to try ChatGPT Voice function."
"I use ChatGPT for translations. Works like a charm!"
"Maybe try openai's chatgpt to translate to uzbek?"
#6
Pleco
4.3
(4)
"Pleco is the only app you need"
"Pleco"
"Pleco?"
"Pleco."
#7
Apple
4.3
(4)
"Translatelive is the best. DM me for more information."
"This app is pretty great for that automatically detects your screen recording and then deletes it after translating."
"Apple‘s built-in translator is a good choice."
"The default translate app on iPhone is decent for communicating in various Spanish dialects."
#8
iTranslate
3.8
(4)
"ITranslate is great for travel, allowing translations to be saved for offline use."
"You can try these apps for translation: SayHi, Papago by Naver, iTranslate, Microsoft Translator."
"I've had good experiences with iTranslate and Google Translate for real-time voice translation."
"The version of their app for the Mac is not quite as accurate as Google Translate."
#9
SayHi
4.0
(3)
"You can try these apps for translation: SayHi, Papago by Naver, iTranslate, Microsoft Translator."
"SayHi"
"Try the app SayHi."
#10
Papago
3.7
(3)
"Papago"
"When you have the language set to English, it will have a button at the bottom of each review that says “View translation”. Click it and it will translate it into English, using Papago."
"I used Papago when i was there. Some time it will be literal translation though."
#11
Immersive Translate
5.0
(2)
"It's so helpful and it's for free!"
"It's free and easy to use, readily available in any browser."
#12
Shopify
4.5
(2)
"The app offers an option to auto translate the entire thing, which I think is AI based."
"Shopify's new app is promising and likely to be a good choice for the future."
#13
Gaminik
4.0
(2)
"I just started using gaminik and like it a lot."
"Gaminik is pretty decent and has a feature to auto translate a portion of the screen."
#14
ChatGPT
4.0
(2)
"Does the job pretty well so long as it can see the text clearly."
"Use chatgpt for translation. It quite very well"
#15
Duolingo
4.0
(2)
"I used Duolingo for a long time it helped."
"Try learning with Duolingo now and practicing there."
#16
Bing
4.0
(2)
"Bing Translator is another option to compare with Google Translate."
"Bing Translator is another great one but I find translations to be a little more 'rigid'."
#17
Microsoft
4.0
(2)
"You can try these apps for translation: SayHi, Papago by Naver, iTranslate, Microsoft Translator."
"Microsoft translator works really well, and allows offline use as well."
#18
Youdao
3.0
(2)
"In the past I will use youdao有道翻译 and baidu百度翻译 but now AI is better in quality."
"Fanyi.youdao.com"
#19
5.0
(1)
"We chat can translate everything in real time and also can do photos you don’t need anything else"
#20
Trulinco
5.0
(1)
"Best Translator App ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"
#21
FabulousCupcake
5.0
(1)
"This project is amazing for translating Umamusume data!"
#22
Samsung
5.0
(1)
"The translation app integrated in the Note 9 helped a lot with games."
#24
WordReference
5.0
(1)
"WordReference Dictionary is the best one in my opinion. It translates words and expressions."
#25
Instant Translate
5.0
(1)
"I love it. You can use it on pictures or texts on your phone."
#26
LangShop
5.0
(1)
"LangShop is an excellent choice for those who want to create a multilingual website with ease and expand their reach to a global audience."
#27
Reverso
5.0
(1)
"I like Reverso."
#28
SpanishDict
5.0
(1)
"It's excellent."
#29
Gtranslate
5.0
(1)
"Highly appreciated suggestions!"
#30
Plecodict
5.0
(1)
"Plecodict has wonderful handwriting recognition and is free to use."
#31
10ten Reader
5.0
(1)
"I vastly recommend *10ten Reader* for your desktop browser."
#32
Deepseek
5.0
(1)
"AI is speaking your native speaker. It translates as a real person."
#33
ScribeAI
5.0
(1)
"It's called ScribeAI and it can translate from Hindi to English live."
#34
iFlyrek
4.0
(1)
"Iflyrek can translate a lot of languages and some dialects."
#35
Tureng
4.0
(1)
"Tureng is really good. It doesn't translate sentences for sure but very accurate with words."
#36
Yandex Translate
4.0
(1)
"Yandex translate is good enough."
#37
Langenscheidt
4.0
(1)
"I got more out of paid apps from reputable sources (e.g. Langenscheidt or Collins) on my iPad."
#38
Zoi Meet
4.0
(1)
"You can now download the App for free to try it out for yourself."
#39
Nayiri
4.0
(1)
"They do have a keyboard and spellingchecker called Nayiriboard."
#40
KTDict
4.0
(1)
"I use this [here]"
#41
Mango Languages
4.0
(1)
"I'm also using Mango and I like it bet"
#42
Context Reverso
4.0
(1)
"Context reverso and Deepl are pretty good."
#43
Glosbe
4.0
(1)
"I use glosbe, it has the same system of context Reverso."
#44
wordScope
4.0
(1)
"Not sure if it is the best, but 'wordScope translate' is my buddy while reading books, articles in a second language."
#45
G
4.0
(1)
"The free version offers AI translation with no customization but supports many languages."
#46
Bubble
4.0
(1)
"I have been using Bubble Translate and had pretty good success with it. It's not perfect but it's easily toggleable and has different modes."
#47
Yandex
4.0
(1)
"It's not perfect, but it's useful for translating Japanese image text."
#48
Benjawan
4.0
(1)
"The app is pretty good if you can speak but need to find words/expressions from the Isaan dialect."
#49
DMM
4.0
(1)
"The translation is around 70% - 80% accurate, making it a good experience."
#50
SoftCatala
4.0
(1)
"Overall it’s very good, even if the UI is a little dated."
#51
Translatium
4.0
(1)
"Translatium is basically just Google Translate in a MacOS app wrapper."
#52
MacLinguist
4.0
(1)
"Instead of giving you a box to input text into, you highlight any bit of text, double tap the control button and it pops up a little window with the translation."
#54
Gemini
4.0
(1)
"I have tried both Chatgpt and Gemini for translation and found that Gemini does slightly better"
#55
Chrome
4.0
(1)
"Lot of extensions that you can use to translate your live videos."
#56
ConveyThis
4.0
(1)
"If you need something top, but less expensive than weglot, try to switch to ConveyThis"
#57
Weglot
4.0
(1)
"Weglot’s probably the cleanest out-the-box"
#58
Google Lens
4.0
(1)
"For pointing your phone camera at things, Google Lens in the Google translate app."
#59
LEO
3.0
(1)
"The LEO app is pretty neat imo. It's ugly, but extensive, and free."
#60
BlueStacks
3.0
(1)
"Im playing with bluestack and with Ctrl+Alt+L you have a nice in app translation, not perfect but good enough."
#61
AskTravis
3.0
(1)
"There is translator chatbot on Facebook Messenger ([AskTravis](https://m.me/asktravisnow)) hope this helps..!"
#62
Microsoft Translator
3.0
(1)
"Microsoft Translator will translate Chinese to English without a VPN."
#63
EverTranslator
3.0
(1)
"For my phone i've been using EverTranslator."
#64
Bubble Translator
3.0
(1)
"It's not perfect, but it has multiple languages and doesn't take screenshots."
#65
Mate: Universal Translator
3.0
(1)
"The app is much nicer but the translations are not quite as good as what you get from Google Translate."
#66
Lushaitech
3.0
(1)
"We have a work in progress AI translator app. You can access it here: https://translator.lushaitech.com/translation"
#67
HRIT Ai
3.0
(1)
"Try HRIT Ai Translation"
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