Facts about Immersive Translate checked 2026-11-05 PT. Each fact links to its source. Prices and features can change; check the official site.
What each one is for
- Immersive Translate: A free bilingual AI translation tool for websites, layout-preserving PDFs, video subtitles (YouTube, Netflix), online meetings, images and comics. [source]
- Echo Translate: Echo Translate is made for learning English (meanings in 40 native languages). [source]
Features
| Immersive Translate | Echo Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari (Mac), Tampermonkey userscript; iOS and Android apps. [source] | Chrome and Edge on a computer. Phone browsers can't install extensions; Pro audio review works on a phone. [source] |
| Whole-page bilingual translation | ✅ Core feature: side-by-side bilingual web pages; unlimited on the free plan (fair-use rules apply). [source] | ❌ Doesn't translate whole pages; translates the words and sentences you pick. [source] |
| Look up a word | ✅ Select any word or phrase to see an AI translation and pronunciation without leaving the page. [source] | ✅ Select or click a word to see what it means in this sentence; the word and its sentence go into your word book. [source] |
| Word book / review | Not stated on the official site | ✅ Review in the sentence you found the word, after 1, 3, 7, 15, 30 and 90 days; Pro adds audio review. [source] |
| Highlights words you've looked up when they come back | Not stated on the official site | ✅ Highlighted when it shows up on another page, in a video or a PDF; hover to remember it, including plurals and verb forms. [source] |
| Video subtitles | ✅ Bilingual subtitles on YouTube, Netflix and other sites; YouTube bilingual subtitles unlimited on free. [source] | ✅ YouTube videos with CC subtitles; no Netflix subtitles. Click words, two languages or original only, jump back when reviewing. [source] |
| PDF / ebooks / import | ✅ PDF translation and bilingual ebooks unlimited on free; layout-preserving PDF (BabelDOC, "PDF Pro") is a paid feature. [source] | ✅ Online and local PDFs, never uploaded; import from Kindle Vocabulary Builder or CSV, export to CSV or Anki file. [source] |
Echo's import and export options.
Prices
| Immersive Translate | Echo Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Unlimited web page translation, PDF translation, YouTube bilingual subtitles and bilingual ebooks, with general translation models; subject to anti-abuse and fair-use rules. [source] | 10 reviews, 500 lookups and 20 sentence translations a day; word book and reviews cover the 50 most recent words; all words highlighted [source] |
| Paid | Personal plans shown on 2026-11-05 with a limited-time offer: Pro US$83.92 for the first year, billed yearly (shown as US$6.99/month; US$119.88 the second year); Max US$167.92 for the first year, billed yearly (shown as US$13.99/month; US$239.88 the second year); both with a 3-day free trial. Prices change with promotions — check their pricing page. [source] | Pro $4.99/month or $35.99/year; 1-Month Pass $5.99, 1-Year Pass $35.99 (no auto-renewal). Shows and reviews every word, syncs across computers, adds audio review and one-click sending to Anki. [source] |
What Immersive Translate does better
- Whole-page bilingual translation, handy for skimming long texts. [source]
- 20+ translation engines (lists ChatGPT, DeepL, DeepSeek, Gemini), 100+ language pairs. [source]
- Broad coverage: layout-preserving PDFs, video subtitles, meetings, images, comics. [source]
- Works on all major browsers plus iOS and Android. [source]
- Chrome Web Store shows 3,000,000 users and 4.6 stars (3.2K ratings). [source]
Which one should I use?
- Immersive Translate: You mainly want to understand foreign content quickly, translate PDFs or video subtitles, or use it on your phone.
- Echo Translate: You want to get better at English: read the original yourself, look up only where you're stuck, and remember what you looked up.