What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

* Bug fixes

App Description

Waygo is the award winning leader in visual translation services, your offline travel translator and dictionary app for Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Our technology allows you to hover your phone's camera over foreign text and instantly translate and read that text in English.

Real customer reviews:
"It was my 'Life Saver' in my trip to China..."
"Using it now in Japan!. So worth the cost of unlimited translations..."
"A must for travel to China..."
"Happy User. Perfect! Very Useful!"

Perfect for travel in China, Japan and Korea, you can instantly read text using our visual translator and learn the language. No data connection needed. Translate Chinese, Japanese or Korean into English offline when traveling in Asia.

Why should I choose Waygo?

- Free to download and try with all languages and features included
- Instant offline OCR and translation that we built from the ground up
- Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Kanji, Korean
- Use your video camera as a visual translator or dictionary
- No data connection required
- Translate any menu or sign and never feel lost in translation again
- See pictures of the food dish you are translating (Chinese only)
- See and hear the pronunciation of the words
- Simply point and translate foreign text to English
- Share your translations through SMS, Facebook, Twitter and Email

We have been featured repeatedly in ABC News, The New York Times, TechCrunch, The Next Web, BBC, Tech In Asia, GigaOm, Forbes, Technode, e27 and VentureBeat.

This free trial is limited to 10 daily translations. Select your language from the top menu. Upgrade to unlimited translations through the in app purchases in the settings menu.

Waygo Camera Translator is compatible with iOS devices running iOS 8.0 and up, as long as they have a rear-facing camera.

TIPS
1. Best used on clear Chinese, Japanese and Korean text (currently does not recognize stylized fonts or handwriting)
2. Intended for use on printed text, not computer screens
3. Designed for clear menus, signs and labels, not books or complicated text
4. If the text is small, hold the phone further away and use the zoom to translate more clearly
5. If text is blurry, tap the screen to focus

SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
- Chinese (Simplified) to English
- Chinese (Traditional) to English
- Japanese to English
- Korean to English
- more coming soon!

Go to www.WaygoApp.com/menu to try Waygo translator now on a sample Chinese menu.

FOLLOW US
* Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/WaygoApp
* Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WaygoApp

NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPERS
We appreciate your feedback. Please send any questions or suggestions to [email protected]

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 19, 2014 Initial release
  • July 25, 2014 New version 3.41
  • August 02, 2014 New version 3.42
  • November 03, 2014 New version 4.01
  • November 27, 2014 New version 4.02
  • January 29, 2015 New version 4.03
  • April 27, 2015 New version 4.10
  • May 07, 2015 New version 4.11
  • September 30, 2015 New version 5.00
  • October 01, 2015 New version 5.01
  • November 05, 2015 New version 5.02
  • January 13, 2016 New version 5.10
  • February 03, 2016 New version 5.11
  • July 11, 2016 New version 6.01
  • July 13, 2016 New version 6.03
  • November 06, 2016 New version 6.15
  • November 24, 2016 New version 6.16
  • June 15, 2019 New version 6.17