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Twinread vs Immersive Translate
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Both show a web page in two languages, with the translation under each paragraph. Immersive Translate sends the text to the engine you choose. Twinread hands it to Chrome's built-in translator on your computer, unless you choose your own DeepL or OpenAI-compatible provider for a language pair.
Facts about Immersive Translate were checked on 3 October 2026. Twinread is our own tool, so read the table with that in mind, and check the vendor pages before you buy.
| Topic | Immersive Translate | Twinread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier. Paid plans are reported at $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year | Free; Pro €24 for 6 months, €39 for a year or €79 for Pro forever |
| Free tier | Free with "a reasonable limit" on daily translation requests, and a higher quota after you register. Several 2026 reviews describe a "fair use" limit and pushes to sign in | Translating pages, selections and paragraphs, with no limit on pages or length. Always-translate is free on as many sites as you like, and Free keeps 200 kept phrases. Whole videos, unlimited kept phrases and transcript export need Pro |
| Where the text goes | To the translation engine you select, according to its privacy policy | Nowhere by default: Chrome's built-in translator runs on your computer. With your own DeepL key or OpenAI-compatible endpoint chosen for a language pair, the text being translated goes to that provider. Your licence key is sent to check a Pro pass |
| Login needed | Optional for free use, and it raises the quota. Reviews from 2026 say it pushes sign-in and removed the Google Translate engine | No account and no API key |
| Engines | More than 20, including DeepL, OpenAI, Claude and Gemini on paid plans | Chrome's built-in translator, plus your own DeepL key or OpenAI-compatible endpoint, set per language pair |
| PDF, video, images | Yes, with quotas on paid plans | Bilingual video subtitles where the site provides captions (HTML5 video and YouTube), and a PDF reader for PDFs that contain text. No images and no OCR. Free: the first 10 minutes of each video and whole PDFs; Pro translates whole videos |
| Browsers | Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, and phones | Google Chrome 138 or later and Microsoft Edge 148 or later, on desktop |
Sources: Immersive Translate pricing · privacy policy · Chrome Web Store. The paid price comes from an App Store listing seen in search results. The review quotes come from 2026 reviews on the Mozilla add-ons site.
When Immersive Translate is the better pick
Pick Immersive Translate if you want to choose the engine, translate scanned PDFs or images, read on a phone, or use Firefox or Safari. It has 3 million users on Chrome. Twinread has one engine. Its subtitles need captions on the site, its PDF reader has no OCR for scanned files, and it does not translate images.
When Twinread is the better pick
Pick Twinread if you read web pages in Chrome or Edge on a desktop, want the text to stay on your computer by default, and do not want an account or a daily limit. Immersive Translate Pro is $79.99 a year as reported, against €39 for a year of Twinread Pro (12 months), €24 for 6 months or €79 for Pro forever.
Price
Twinread Pro costs €24 for 6 months, €39 for a year or €79 for Pro forever. Pro translates whole videos, keeps unlimited phrases and exports the transcript; a paid pass adds bilingual PDF copies. 7 days of Pro, free, with no card. For a longer write-up read the Immersive Translate alternative guide.
Questions
Is Immersive Translate free?
It has a free tier with a limit on daily translation requests and a higher quota after you register. Paid plans are reported at $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year (read on 3 October 2026).
Is Twinread cheaper than Immersive Translate?
Twinread Pro is €24 for 6 months, €39 for a year (12 months) or €79 for Pro forever, against the reported $79.99 a year for Immersive Translate Pro. Twinread Free has no limit on pages or length.
Where does the text go?
Immersive Translate sends it to the engine you select, according to its privacy policy. Twinread uses Chrome's built-in translator on your computer, so the text stays there, unless you save your own DeepL key or OpenAI-compatible endpoint and choose it for a language pair. Then the text being translated for that pair goes to that provider, from your browser, with your key.
Does Twinread translate PDFs and video?
Yes. It shows bilingual subtitles where the site provides captions and reads PDFs that contain text. It has no OCR and does not translate images. Free covers the first 10 minutes of each video and whole PDFs.
See also
Try Twinread free
Twinread is free, with no limit on pages or length. Chrome does the translating, so the text stays on your computer.
Twinread is an independent product and is not affiliated with the tools it is compared with.