Microsoft Translator
Free translator app with group conversations across phones.
Free
- Best for
- Multi-person conversations and offline travel
- On your PC
- No, online only
- Works on
- Web, iPhone, Android, API
- Made by
- Microsoft
What’s good
- Group conversation mode, each person on their own phone
- Offline language packs for travel
- 138 languages on the API
Downsides
- Less natural than Gemini, ChatGPT or DeepL for long texts
- Fewer updates than Google Translate lately
The details.
- For developers
- Free tier 2 million characters a month (Azure F0)
- Open source
- No
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Website
- microsoft.com
Should you use it?
It is #6 of 10. Good for multi-person conversations and offline travel; for most people, Gemini is the better start.
Can I run it myself?
No. It only runs online.
Your prompts and files go to the company’s servers. See the local options in this category for a private alternative.
Want it offline? The best local option for translation is TranslateGemma.