Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Translation platform for Android, free and open-source launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I made an open source and local translation app▲236

   A few years ago, right after high school, I decided to try to make a simultaneous translation app for Android as a side project, it took longer than expected (about 2 years) and I had to make a lot of compromises (I had to use Google's API and therefore make users use a developer key because at the time there were no free solutions for speech recognition and translation that had good quality). At the end of university, I decided to pick it up again and finally, using OpenAi's Whisper for speech recognition and Meta's NLLB for translation (with both running locally on the phone), I managed to…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Microsoft Translator 3.0▲126

   Translated conversations across devices

   2016 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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   Stepes▲81

   On-demand chat based translation app

   2015 · stepes.com · its alternatives →

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   Google Translate▲296

   Translate languages in real-time on your mobile phone

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Mate Translate▲176

   Translate voice and text Into 100 languages on all devices

   2016 · insttranslate.com · its alternatives →

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   PhraseApp▲72

   Easily manage translation for multilingual app.

   2014 · phrase.com · its alternatives →

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   Translate the entire app to 103 languages: A DIY tutorial▲6

   2019 · about.saltar.co · its alternatives →

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   Microsoft Translator▲140

   Translates your text or speech into 50 different languages

   2015 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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   Mate Translate▲164

   Ultimate translation app for Mac, iOS, Chrome and many more

   2017 · matetranslate.com · its alternatives →

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    Translator▲1

    A small translation app with a beautiful eOS-like design

    2015 · quassy.de · its alternatives →

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    RTranslator▲170

    Open-source and offline simultaneous translator for Android

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TextGrabber▲161

    Image to text, with translation

    2016 · abbyy.com · its alternatives →

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    Translator▲5

    A simple and elegant Ubuntu Linux translation app

    2016 · launchpad.net · its alternatives →

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    Linguo Translate▲82

    Offline & AI Translation for macOS

    Sep 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Tap to Translate By Google▲5

    Translate Within Another apps

    2016 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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    Modern Translator 6▲73

    A beautiful, powerful translation app for Mac and Windows

    2016 · webcatalog.io · its alternatives →

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    Fliplingo▲87

    Automated professional translation on Twitter.

    2014 · fliplingo.com · its alternatives →

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    Translator for me▲67

    Translate text, photo and voice

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Native▲3

    Powerful translation management and crowdsourcing platform

    2015 · unico.in.net · its alternatives →

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    Tradugo.com a clutter-free, translation app in the cloud, for humans▲7

    2019 · tradugo.com · its alternatives →

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    lokalise▲7

    Translation platform for software developers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Instant Translate — Translator▲7

    Translate voice and text between 90+ languages.

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Transifex▲11

    Software translation collaboratively.

    2015 · transifex.com · its alternatives →

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    Insta Translate▲3

    A simple android app to instantly get translations

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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