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App	Yandex Translate	Google Translate
Overall score	76	94
Tagline	The website translator	The dependable all-rounder
Best for	TravelLearning a language	TravelShopping & hagglingMultilingual family
Use-case fit	5	7
Verdict	Pick it for the website translation — it's the only app here that can read a whole foreign page to you in place. For everyday phrases, the big names are usually sharper.	If you want one free app that handles almost every language and situation, Google Translate is still the safest default.
Pros	Translates entire websites in place — unique in this ranking Offline packs, photo translation, and a two-person dialog mode Genuinely cross-platform: Android, iPhone, and a full web version	Supports nearly 250 languages — the widest coverage of any free app Camera translation, handwriting, and voice conversation modes Free offline packs for dozens of languages
Cons	Hindi showed a garbled pronunciation guide and no voice output in our test Translation quality trails Google and DeepL outside its home languages Runs on the servers of Yandex, a Russian company — worth knowing for sensitive content	Quality drops on low-resource and long-tail languages Privacy-sensitive text is processed on Google servers Business document formatting is not its strength
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Quick takeaway

Yandex Translate leads this comparison with an overall score of 76. It is strongest for Travel and Learning a language. Google Translate is the closest alternative at 94. Choose Yandex Translate if translates entire websites in place — unique in this ranking; pick Google Translate if supports nearly 250 languages — the widest coverage of any free app.