SofiLingo
Translates signs, menus and speech offline on iPhone, 58 languages, no account needed.
SofiLingo scans menus, signs and tickets with the camera and translates them offline in any of 58 languages, plus live conversation translation and text-to-speech, all without an account. For the three languages that need a signal to scan — Greek, Thai and Arabic — it captures the photo anyway and translates it once you're back online. It's upfront that scanning works better online in 33 of the 58 languages and that only about half can be heard aloud; the free tier shows ads between translations, and a one-time $4.99 Holiday pass removes ads for 14 days with no subscription.
What holds up
- +Works fully offline for scanning, typing and saved translations in all 58 languages.
- +No account, no sign-up, no email — nothing stored about you to leak.
- +Offline-only languages still capture the photo and translate once you're back online.
- +One-time $4.99 Holiday pass for 14 ad-free days — nothing to cancel when the trip ends.
Mind the limits
- −iPhone only — no Android version.
- −States its own limit: scanning is more accurate online than offline in 33 of 58 languages.
- −Free tier needs a short ad view to keep translating once the 15 free translations run out.
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