Facts about Readlang 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
- Readlang: Aims to be the best reading tool for language learners: read any native content, translate words with a click, learn them in context with flashcards. [source]
- Echo Translate: Echo Translate is made for learning English (meanings in 40 native languages). [source]
Features
| Readlang | Echo Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Website; Chrome extension and bookmarklets for reading or importing almost any website. [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 | Word and phrase translation (up to 6 words per phrase on free, 12 on paid). [source] | ❌ Doesn't translate whole pages; translates the words and sentences you pick. [source] |
| Look up a word | ✅ Click a word or phrase to translate; AI context explanations. [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 | ✅ Translated words are saved; picks the most useful by word frequency and schedules flashcards with spaced repetition. [source] | ✅ 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 | ✅ Word highlighting (200 words in total on free, unlimited on paid). [source] | ✅ 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 | Not stated on the official site | ✅ YouTube videos with CC subtitles; no Netflix subtitles. Click words, two languages or original only, jump back when reviewing. [source] |
| PDF / ebooks / import | ✅ Copy and paste or upload files, including entire novels. [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
| Readlang | Echo Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Unlimited word translations; 10 phrase translations and 10 context explanations a day; word highlighting for 200 words in total. [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 | Premium US$6/month or US$48/year; Premium Plus US$15/month or US$120/year. [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 Readlang does better
- A clean, distraction-free reading interface for long reading sessions. [source]
- Systematic flashcards: picks words by frequency and schedules them with spaced repetition. [source]
- 100+ languages; one Premium subscription covers all of them, so you can study several at once. [source]
- Upload whole novels to read. [source]
Which one should I use?
- Readlang: You want a dedicated reader and daily flashcards, or you're learning a language other than English.
- Echo Translate: You want to look words up right on the pages you already browse, without copying articles, and have them pop up again in what you read later.