iPhone screen translation
Translate a screenshot on iPhone
Use the screenshot screen, Photos, or Apple Translate for a single image, then compare that with a faster trigger-based workflow for repeated screens.
Translate text you cannot select
Start with Apple built-in translation. If the text cannot be selected, compare the screenshot route with a screen translator.
Skip the manual screenshot routine
See the options for translating several screens without repeatedly taking, reopening, and deleting screenshots yourself.
Circle to Search translation on iPhone
Compare Circle to Search, iPhone Visual Intelligence, and OnScreen Translate if you moved from Android or miss quick screen translation.
Quick triggers and choosing a workflow
Translate Your iPhone Screen with Back Tap
Set up Double Tap or Triple Tap to translate your current iPhone screen with OnScreen Translate. Includes shortcut setup, compatibility, and troubleshooting.
Translate Your iPhone Screen with the Action Button
Assign OnScreen Translate’s shortcut to the Action Button on a supported iPhone. Translate visible app text with a press and hold, and compare Back Tap.
iPhone Screen Translation: Which Method Should You Use?
Compare selected-text translation, Live Text screenshots, and OnScreen Translate’s Back Tap or Action Button workflow for iPhone apps and games.
iPhone Screen Translation Not Working? Troubleshooting Guide
Fix missing shortcut triggers, unreadable screenshots, wrong language output, and layout mismatches in an iPhone screen translation workflow.
Games
Translate games on iPhone
Read menus, item descriptions, dialogue choices, event screens, and other game text without constantly leaving the game.
Foreign-language apps
Translate foreign apps on iPhone
Read buttons, labels, listings, image text, and other app content when the app does not offer your language.
Translate Chinese apps on iPhone
Use built-in iPhone tools or screen translation for Chinese shopping, food, service, and social apps when English support is incomplete.