Hold a key over any word on your Mac and see its translation right beside it
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Pricing model
Paid
Freemium
Pricing
$12 once, not per month. Includes all 54 languages, works in every app and PDF, supports up to 3 Macs, and 1 year of free updates. 14-day money-back guarantee.
Free beta with 2,000 newest photos, full version $79 one-time purchase
Key features
Translate any word by holding Option and pointing at it
Works in films, PDFs, websites, chats and every app
Supports 54 languages total
20 languages with offline translation on macOS 15 or later
Reads text in images, PDFs and screenshots
Lives in menu bar and never requires selecting text
License works on up to 3 Macs
One year of free updates included
Private with Google key: only the word you point at is sent to Google
Automatic face detection and grouping across library
Map view with camera location data
All processing runs locally on your computer
Hide photos, faces, or people from view
Automatic indexing of new photos
Support for multiple libraries with separate settings
Read-only access to cloud storage
Expert controls for clustering and detection
What makes it different
Translates words right where they are without selection or copying, even in subtitles and PDFs
54 languages with 20 available offline on macOS 15 or later
One-time $12 payment with no subscription and lifetime access
Works in any app, image or PDF on macOS 14 or later
Private and secure: offline translation available with no data sent to servers
No photos leave your device or are sent to Aubora servers for processing
Desktop app with no server to maintain, unlike self-hosted alternatives
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