PONS Translate & Dictionary
★ 4.5What it actually doesTranslator supporting 40+ languages and 50+ PONS dictionaries; works online for free, offline with subscription. Serious stability issues — frequent freezes, crashes and phone slowdowns.
Actually does
- ✓Translation15% of reviews
- ✓Dictionary13% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Speech-to-text
- ⚠Перевод текста с камеры (OCR)
- ⚠Text-to-speech
- ⚠Offline-first
- ⚠Ad-free
- ⚠История поиска
- ⚠Clipboard manager
- ⚠Flashcards
- ⚠Subscription
- ⚠Bookmarks Management
Common complaints
- ✗Constant freezing and crashes43% of mentions
«Constantly freezes, doesn't translate, keeps crashing. The phone gets hot from it.»
- ✗Slow performance, long translation times23% of mentions
«Very good translator, but it's incredibly slow and sluggish, not only the app itself but it slows down the entire phone.»
- ✗Intrusive ads (videos, banners)20% of mentions
«Couldn't get through the ads. Advertising pushes and obscures the translations.»
- ✗Regression: photo translation feature disappeared10% of mentions
«Stopped translating text from photos. It was so convenient.»
- ✗Incomplete vocabulary (doesn't even cover B1 level)7% of mentions
«Doesn't cover even basic vocabulary at B1 level»
What people praise
- ★Comprehensive and accurate word database from PONS
«The dictionary contains a comprehensive word database. It's sufficient for everyday use, understanding texts from books and magazines.»
- ★Accurate translations, useful for language learning
«I use it in language courses. Very satisfied, translates accurately enough.»
- ★Many useful features
«Very good application. Many useful features.»
- ★Multilingual support (40+ languages)
«I recommend the translator to everyone who wants to learn a foreign language. Rich vocabulary, very practical.»
- ★Offline functionality is valuable
«This app is really good...to have an offline dictionary.»