Live voice translation
BabelEar Pro is live on iOS and Android.
Live speech-to-speech translation with no API key, no setup, and no subscription. Built on OpenAI's realtime translate model. The original BYOK BabelEar is still free on both stores.
Pick the right build below.
Paid · No API key
BabelEar Pro
For people who don't want to manage an API key. One free minute on install, then non-subscription minute packs. 69 languages. No analytics.
Available on both stores.
Free · Bring Your Own Key
BabelEar
The original BYOK build. Free, no KapTable account, no minute tracking. You bring your own provider API key and pay your provider directly.
Available on both stores.
What's in BabelEar Pro
- 69 languagesBuilt on OpenAI's gpt-realtime-translate model, with a probed allowlist covering Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Swahili, Amharic, Welsh, and more.
- No subscriptionNon-subscription minute packs. Packs stack. Minutes don't expire.
- Pricing10-minute pack at $0.99 in most markets. A 5-minute pack at a lower local price is available on Android in India.
- Free first minuteOne free guest minute on first install so you can try the app before signing in or buying.
- WebRTC, with WebSocket fallbackRealtime transport over WebRTC for low latency, with a WebSocket fallback path for networks that block UDP.
- No analyticsNo ad SDKs, no analytics SDKs, no ad identifiers. Privacy declarations on both stores reflect this.
- Device-only transcriptsBabelEar Pro is built to avoid retaining your audio or transcripts on KapTable servers.
Key differences
- BabelEarBring Your Own Key. No KapTable account, no KapTable minute tracking, and no KapTable purchase ledger.
- BabelEar ProPaid minute packs, account-backed purchases, guest preview balance, and usage-minute tracking so balances can work correctly.
- Both appsBuilt for live speech translation and designed to avoid storing audio recordings or conversation transcripts on KapTable servers.
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