Яндекс Переводчик

4.7
iOSApp Store

What it actually doesYandex Translator is an app for translating text and speech into more than 100 languages, with support for offline mode, optical character recognition, and text-to-speech.

40%Marketing ≈ reality35%Stability99%Live project

Actually does

  • Translation85% of reviews
  • Offline-first15% of reviews
  • Speech-to-text8% of reviews
  • OCR / Document scan25% of reviews
  • Сохранение переводов в избранном8% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • Text-to-speech
  • Dictionary
  • Перевод веб-сайтов
  • Транслитерация для нелатинских алфавитов
  • iPad-optimized
  • watchOS support
  • История переводов
  • Автоопределение языка

Common complaints

  • Translation quality degraded after updates40% of mentions

    «I used to love using your translator, but now these translations have become so awful that I switched back to Google Translate»

  • Poor text recognition in photos15% of mentions

    «From photos it reads 30% (although others read 100%), and translates in such a way that you don't even roughly understand the meaning of words»

  • Doesn't work abroad due to restrictions12% of mentions

    «Now Yandex Translator doesn't work abroad»

  • Doesn't work with VPN enabled8% of mentions

    «The app became useless because it doesn't work with VPN enabled. I deleted the app.»

  • Slow app response abroad8% of mentions

    «Sometimes it just refuses to translate, or rather nothing happens, you can wait forever for the translation»

What people praise

  • Helps with learning foreign languages

    «I had an English test and I didn't understand some words very well, so I quickly decided to google a photo translator and was very glad I found Yandex Translator»

  • Works conveniently with Apple Books and text highlighting

    «When I read books in Apple Books there are many books in English, I highlight the text and read it in Russian. You can also highlight text on paper and read it»

  • Works without internet for major languages

    «Works well, only sometimes the translation translates incorrectly (especially when there's no internet)»

  • Overall the app works well

    «In principle, everything works perfectly»

Where to install