Yandex Translate
★ 4.5What it actually doesYandex Translator is a mobile translator supporting 100+ languages, with text recognition from photos, voice input/output, and offline mode for major languages.
Actually does
- ✓Translation85% of reviews
- ✓Offline translator15% of reviews
- ✓Speech-to-text10% of reviews
- ✓OCR / Document scan12% of reviews
- ✓AI assistant8% of reviews
- ✓Free tier(bonus)15% of reviews
- ✓No account required(bonus)3% of reviews
- ✓Russian localization(bonus)8% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Text-to-speech
- ⚠Dictionary
- ⚠Перевод веб-сайтов
- ⚠Перевод через контекстное меню других приложений
- ⚠История и избранное
- ⚠Автоопределение языка
Common complaints
- ✗Inaccurate and grammatically incorrect translation, especially for long texts and Asian languages35% of mentions
«literal translation of a large text, which makes it difficult to understand... becomes a meaningless mess»
- ✗Intrusive ads that take up space meant for translated text15% of mentions
«Ads appeared that distract and fill the useful space when opening the app»
- ✗App does not work with VPN enabled8% of mentions
«With VPN enabled, the app does not work»
- ✗Confusion with offline mode: requires language downloads over Wi-Fi only, unclear status of downloaded languages10% of mentions
«Can only download languages over Wi-Fi. I don't have Wi-Fi, only mobile data»
- ✗Photo translation errors: poor cropping, inaccurate text recognition10% of mentions
«It crops photos terribly, why would it do that»
What people praise
- ★High-quality and convenient photo text translation, better than Google Translate
«Yandex photo translation turned out to be much cooler»
- ★Ability to translate offline without internet when languages are downloaded
«translates everything on the phone»
- ★Useful AI assistant for explaining grammar and language structures
«An AI translator to ask, for example: Present Perfect or the article 'the'»
- ★Core translator functionality works well, especially for English
«It translates well and I'm grateful for that»
- ★Convenient interface and ease of use
«The app is great, works well for correspondence, dialogue and writing text, perfect for homework»