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App	Hi Translate	Naver Papago
Overall score	72	88
Tagline	The chat-app translator	East Asia's neighborhood expert
Best for	Multilingual family	TravelShopping & hagglingMultilingual family
Use-case fit	5	6
Verdict	If your life runs on WhatsApp in two languages and your phone runs Android, this is the specialist tool. Everyone else should look elsewhere — starting with the fact that there's no real iPhone version.	If Korean, Japanese, or Chinese is in your language pair, Papago should be on your phone.
Pros	Floating translator turns any chat app into a bilingual one Face-to-face, call, and meeting translation built in Defaults that fit its audience — English ↔ Hindi out of the box	Best-in-class Korean, Japanese, and Chinese translation Free offline packs for supported languages Honorable and image translation features for travelers
Cons	Not on iPhone — the App Store apps with this name are unrelated lookalikes The floating translator needs overlay and assistive access, i.e. permission to read your screen Face-to-face mode is voice-only; you can't type	Only ~14 languages, with many European and South Asian languages unsupported Web experience is weaker than mobile Not built for business documents or formal tone control
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Quick takeaway

Hi Translate leads this comparison with an overall score of 72. It is strongest for Multilingual family. Naver Papago is the closest alternative at 88. Choose Hi Translate if floating translator turns any chat app into a bilingual one; pick Naver Papago if best-in-class korean, japanese, and chinese translation.