The unmatched iPhone and iPad translation tool.

Mate's translation is fully integrated into iOS, covering Safari, iMessage, Mail, PDFs, and everywhere else. It's baked right in and feels native alongside Apple's own software.

Features

Highest-accuracy translation. Human translators have met their match, or rather, met their Mate.

103 languages. English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and tonnes more. Luxembourgish, even. Zulu? Yep. See them all.

Pentagon-grade security. We don't track you. We don't spy on you. We don't sell your data. In fact, Mate is the most secure translator app.

Cross-platform sync. Keep your translation history and saved phrases up to date between all of your devices.

Darkness. Light and dark modes designed individually for a fully native feel.

Learn languages with Mate

Perfect pronunciation. Mate speaks translations directly to you, accent and all. It also displays intuitive phonetics.

Phrasebook. Learn languages faster by saving and categorizing phrases. Keep a travel cheat-sheet.

Full-on reference. See word genders and scroll through synonyms to say what you mean and mean what you say.

Travel with your Mate

Works offline. Use 50+ languages with no connection whatsoever. Get out of sticky travel situations. Save data.

Speech translation. Speak 40+ languages to Mate and it'll translate right there, right then.

On Apple Watch. Your Mate's on your wrist. Speak or scribble text to translate instantly.

Deep iOS integration

Share extension. Look no further than the universal Share icon to translate with Mate.

In iMessage. Use the applet to write in your language and send in theirs, or the other way around. Converse freely.

Long-press. Translate the clipboard without leaving your home screen. Long-press the Mate app or find it on Search search.

Built-in Safari extension

Select all of it. However much text you’d like to translate. Highlight a chunk and see it translated immediately.

The full experience. Translate an entire page. Flip-flop between the original and translated texts for exact reference.

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Why Mate?

Your iPhone and iPad are for getting things done quickly, and no other translation app is faster than Mate. It's made for iOS, designed to work everywhere you tap.

No copy-paste and no app-switching. Select text from anywhere and share it right to Mate for instant translation.

Enjoy calm travels with offline languages and speech recognition. Learn languages with phonetics, transliteration, noun genders, and perfect pronunciation. Build a personal Phrasebook and access across devices. Mate's your mate.

Top-rated by 600,000 users

Mate's designs stay fresh but it's no translation newcomer. A whole lot of folks love using Mate every day.

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Need help?

Check out our Help Center. It's filled with common questions and specific answers, feature tutorials, and more. If you're still curious about something, feel free to reach out directly — in any language, of course.

Mate's made for you

It's fully localized in English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Get Mate now

A single purchase works on both iPhone and iPad. $14.99 to live in languages and look good doing it. Work fast, communicate clearly, and learn words without switching apps. It's a fantastic tool kept constantly up to date.