Is there a good app for translate text and speech while traveling?
Too Expensive: 37 apps already serve this, and 12 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to translate text and speech while traveling, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| voice translation not working | bug | 2 | Приложение не работает, нет голосового перевода! |
| text-message-translation | missing-feature | 1 | 能否增加对文字消息的翻译功能 |
| voice/speech translation behind paywall | price | 1 | You have to pay to speak, which is one of the main factors and reasons for a translation app |
| no voice translation | missing-feature | 1 | No acepta traducción por voz |
| no on-device document translation | missing-feature | 1 | إذا توفرت ترجمة مستندات موجودة على الجهاز |
| live translation | missing-feature | 1 | 5 stars the second you guys add Live translation like iMessage |
| offline sentence translation | missing-feature | 1 | يرجي ترجمة الجمل بدون انترنت |
| impersonates Apple Translate | other | 1 | This app make it look like they are the apple translate app |
| voice message transcription in Business | missing-feature | 1 | Я перешла на вотс ап бизнес, и нет там расшифровки голосовых |
| keyboard translation bar | missing-feature | 1 | My keyboard has a translation bar |
| on-demand word translation not readily available | missing-feature | 1 | having the ability to translate a word if it is unrecognized can be very helpful... It would be helpful if they made this more readily available |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speak & Translate - Translator | 4.5 | 258,037 | Free |
| Translator with Speech Pro | 4.8 | 1,289 | $0.99 |
| Speech to Text : Voice to Text | 3.9 | 211 | $1.99 |
| Translate All - Translator | 4.4 | 155,965 | Free |
| Translate Now - AI Translator | 4.7 | 362,413 | Free |
| iTranslate Converse | 4.3 | 5,336 | Free |
| Translate Voice - Language Translator & Dictionary | 4.6 | 752 | $9.99 |
| TranslateAll: Live Translator | 4.5 | 368 | Free |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 30 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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