iTranslate Converse

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 28 Jul 2026

4.3 5338 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5Translations Not Accurate & Not Free

   I am bilingual (English and Spanish)...so you are probably wondering why I downloaded the app. I downloaded it so that it could translate back and forth between English and German because my boyfriend is German and his parents and some of his friends don’t speak English. My German is also very limited so that doesn’t help either. I wanted to test out the app by speaking Spanish to see if the app would translate right into English and vise versa and I was shocked by if 2 of the most spoken languages in the world (aside from Chinese) aren’t translated well then I can’t trust it to translate between my English and German well, especially if it is a more complex language. I already deleted the app. I hope they make major improvements or make it free. I will have to stick to learning the language better on a different app I use and keep using the free translations apps (I am not going to pay $5 a month on this app if it doesn’t work well). If it was free then I’d consider it because it is just as bad as the free ones. Good luck developers (hire some more linguists). Oh and if anyone says this app works well, it is because they are not fluent and don’t know any better. Again, please hire linguists and learn conversational pieces to the languages (includes slang and you must hire linguists that were born and raised with the 2 languages you are trying to translate between to get it right).

   Cheetahonscramble · 28 Jul 2026

2. 1/5Careful!!! Tricks you into a subscription

   I don’t know if this is the new App Store System or the idea of the Developers. The App tricks you into a subscription just for downloading the App. If you’re not careful, you will be subscribed without any additional warnings. I noticed and immediately cancelled it. These practices should be stopped as everyone is entitled to transparency and understanding when he/she is subscribing to a service. Sorry for not rating the App itself but after this first impression I have lost trust and haven’t even tried it. —- Update: I now also received a response from the developer, saying that I don’t understand “how it works” and did not read the terms properly. I will leave it up to the reader to judge if users are supposed to read all terms and fine print for every downloaded app or if it is the developers job to ensure transparency (as 99% of developers already do) around when a user is charged or not. I am sure that the developer will continue to dig his heels and try to convince people that their payment terms as like anyone else. They are not. I have many apps and all the paid ones are very clear when it comes to request a payment. This app only uses a small Apple alert that can be easily missed. They know that and many buyers know that as well as you can see from the comment. My advice to the developer: when you’re in a hole, stop digging. Focus on fixing issues rather than on justifying your practices.

   Kimo123 · 28 Jul 2026

3. 1/5Tricked into Paying/Must Use Perfect Diction

   I thought this was a free app but later found out I was charged. Also, this app does not do a good job of transcribing what you say if you do not use very clear diction. Siri picks up on less than perfect diction much better than this app, even though to the best of my understanding Siri cannot translate. I deleted this from my phone within a day for this reason. One month later I found out I had been charged a $5 fee for one months usage of the app. The impression I get is that the app developer has knowingly created the setup installation process in such a way that if you do not read ALL the fine print you will accidentally sign up for the pay subscription. Read every bit of fine print or you to may accidentally end up signing up for the pay subscription. This is a terrible business model. Make a good product and people may pay. Don’t trick them into paying you for a mediocre product that they deleted off their phone a month ago due to poor voice recognition.

   AC8192 · 28 Jul 2026

4. 1/5GREAT APP BUT FAILS MISERABLY WITH MANDARIN

   I wanted to give this app not 5 but 10 stars, but it fails in the English Chinese Department. When speaking Chinese the English translation is FREQUENTLY NOT accurate and keeps giving different translations in English that are not relevant. VERY VERY much off in the Chinese to English area, the Chinese translation is not even remotely close to the English. Speak perfect Mandarin ten times and all ten times it gets it wrong! To the developer, you sent me an email asking me to send you samples of how your app doesn’t work but it’s not possible to send a sample of a voice recording since your app doesn’t let you record. You developed the app right? So this is something you should already know. The best thing I can suggest is that you find someone who speaks both Chinese and English and ask them to speak Chinese into the app and you will see that the English translation is wrong 99% of the time. From English to Chinese this doesn’t seem to be much of a problem. It’s mostly from Chinese to English.

   Dakotaxu · 28 Jul 2026

5. 1/5Paid the annual fee, hasn’t worked for months.

   I have had this app for a few months now and it is not helpful at all. When I first bought the subscription for converse the app was great but it only lasted a week. Now every time I translate something (or should I say attempt to translate something) the app picks it up correctly but translates it what I said into jargon, a mix between unrelated words both in English and Spanish. I have been frequently checking the app to see if it is a glitch or bug issue that is needing to be updated but months have passed by and I am no longer patiently waiting. I paid a nice little price for this application to work properly and the one feature that this application is expected to perform is not working. I am very close to asking for my money back. Hoping that someone from the application support will review this comment and give me some feedback. Either 2 things will come from this. 1.) Someone from the application support will read this review and will help me. Or 2.) Someone attempting to buy this application will read this review and see that I have paid the annual fee and no one from the application cares that it works properly and has not even reached out to assist me. I am really frustrated with this application because I really need it to work. I never write reviews unless I feel really adamant about making sure that no one wastes money and so far after having this application for about 4 months, it has not worked. Very embarrassing when trying to communicate to someone and the application glitches constantly.

   Nicho Solomon · 28 Jul 2026

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