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Apple Translate

iPhone translation for typed phrases, speech, and a camera.

FreeChecked October 25, 2026

Best for An iPhone menu photo or a downloaded language, including Japanese and Korean on the Translate list.

Apple Translate is the Translate app in Apple's iPhone user guide. On October 25, 2026 the words-and-phrases page said you type or speak a phrase, and that you download languages to translate entirely on the iPhone, even without an internet connection. The camera page said the camera view translates text around you, for example a restaurant menu or street signs, and text in a photo from the library. It says translation is for supported languages and points to the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability page. That page's Translate App list includes Japanese and Korean. The settings page says you download languages for on-device translation, Live Translation, or offline use, and that on-device translation is processed on the iPhone rather than Apple servers, even without a connection. Automatic uses the phone when the languages are downloaded and may use Apple servers otherwise. Always stays on the downloaded languages. The pages we read do not list a price. They are the iPhone guide.

The iPhone user guide pages read on October 25, 2026 do not list a charge for the Translate app, the camera, or a language download.

Pros

  • The camera page names a restaurant menu and street signs.
  • The words page says a downloaded language translates on the iPhone with no connection.

Cons

  • The pages we read are the iPhone guide. They do not describe an Android app.
  • The camera page says supported languages only, and it sends you to the feature list rather than repeating it.

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