The first translation app that lives 100% on your iPhone. Fast, offline, and accessible through deep integration with AirPods and hearing aids.
Why Tolki?
No cloud. No servers. No data storage. Tolki uses the native Apple Translation Framework to translate conversations directly on your device. What you say stays with you — GDPR compliant, guaranteed.
Tolki is for everyone. With full support for MFi hearing aids, ASHA, and AirPods, you hear translations privately in your ear — the iPhone microphone picks up both speakers. Accessible real-time communication.
Great software should be a tool, not a monthly burden. Buy Tolki once and use it forever. All features, all updates, full transparency.
5 Modes for Every Situation
| Mode | Your Advantage |
|---|---|
| ☕ Table Mode | Automatic speaker detection for natural conversations at restaurants or business meetings. Place your iPhone down — just start talking. |
| 👂 Listen Mode | Live subtitles for lectures, TV shows, or nearby conversations — right on your screen or in your ear via AirPods. |
| 📷 Camera | Menus, signs, package inserts, and documents instantly readable in your language. No photo is ever uploaded. |
| ⌨️ Text Input | Quick translation via keyboard, clipboard, or the iOS Share Extension from any app. |
AirPods Mode
No button press. No pause. Tolki automatically detects who's speaking — and routes the translation to the right channel. Private. Discreet. Instant.
Detects who's speaking. No button needed.
Two separate audio channels — private and public.
MFi, Bluetooth LE, ASHA.
A tone signals the speaker switch.
Table Mode
Tolki listens to both languages simultaneously and detects who's speaking automatically. No word is lost — even if you start mid-sentence.
Listen Mode
Lecture in French? TV show in Spanish? Conversation at the next table? Tolki shows live subtitles in your language. With AirPods, hear the translation directly in your ear.
Camera · Text · Read Aloud
Menus, labels, signs, or contracts — point your camera and Tolki translates instantly via OCR. Completely offline.
Type directly, paste from clipboard, or share via iOS Share Sheet from any app.
Have any translation read aloud — with neural Piper voices. Perfect for learning pronunciation.
Save important phrase pairs and look them up anytime — perfect for preparation.
Translate & Learn
Mark important translations as favorites — during conversations, camera scans, or text input.
Tolki speaks the phrase first — then you repeat it. Speech recognition checks your pronunciation in real time.
Color-coded feedback and audio cues show you instantly how well you pronounced the phrase.
Tolki automatically repeats until you nail the pronunciation — then moves to the next phrase. Works hands-free with AirPods.
"What was science fiction 60 years ago now runs entirely on your iPhone — offline, private, instant."
Tolki. Universal Translator.
Made in Germany
"We believe technology should connect people without surveilling them. Tolki was built in Germany to harness the full power of Apple's hardware while meeting the world's highest privacy standards."
Compared
| Tolki | Apple | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% offline | ✓ Always | Partial | Partial |
| On-device recognition | ✓ Always | ✗ | Optional |
| AirPods dual routing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Camera OCR offline | ✓ | Partial | Limited |
| Fully automatic | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hearing aid support | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Listen Mode | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pronunciation trainer | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data leaves device | ✓ Never | Always | Partial |
Languages & Voices
What's New?
Practice phrases: Tolki speaks the translation first, you repeat — with real-time feedback and color-coded pronunciation scoring.
Tolki automatically repeats until your pronunciation is perfect — then moves to the next phrase. Works hands-free with AirPods.
Vietnamese, Hindi, Danish and Swedish — with natural offline voices. Tolki now supports 13 languages.
Optimized speech synthesis for shorter wait times during offline translation.
Common Questions
Your Opinion Matters
Tolki thrives on your feedback. Every review helps us improve the app — and helps other travelers make the right choice.
Super Translation Tool
"Works excellently, whether during a conversation or just following a lecture. Highly recommended."
It Works
"I was in a pharmacy in Portugal and needed a specific medicine. Tolki worked perfectly for that."
Works Great!
"Practical everyday helper — keep it up!"
Does What It Should
"Cool, really works without internet!"
Niki.
"Best translator app ever!"
Your Review?
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