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Waygo - Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Translator App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Constant crashWould really like to see this app work when it doesn't crash. iOS 6.01 iPhone 5. Cleared all apps from memory and even cold booted phone, the app won't stay running for more than a couple of secs. Please fix..Version: 1.03
✓ Not badTranslations are not bad, on simple text it works but longer text it is off by a long way - a shame I paid for the full version but that's the way it goes ....Version: 4.11
✓ Does not work for JapaneseI've lived and worked in Japan for years and have had this app for a long time now. It has never translated anything I needed, ever! Today I needed a few very simple Kanji translated from an appliance. I've studied Japanese for years, but I did not know a couple simple Kanji. My wife (Japanese) helped me, saying these were 2nd grade Kanji and was very surprised an app advertised with this capability could not recognize it. Try it if you want, just be warned that it WILL NOT help you when you need it and for the love of God don't use it as a study aid as when, if ever, it does give a result, it will either be totally incorrect or very strange. A perfect example of this would be a string a kanji and hiragana but like only recognizing some characters that it translated to make another word, etc. In English, it would be like seeing, "translate" but the app only sees the letters, "ran" in the word and confidently telling you that, "ran" is what that word says..Version: 6.16
✓ UselessWhile in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the app was of no help. Chinese traveling with me laughed at the things it came up with..Version: 6.17
✓ UselessIdentifies less than 5% of the words. We got farther by simply learning the words for different kinds of meat, because this app is not even capable of recognizing "beef" on a consistent basis..Version: 5.15
✓ Not workingReally bad! Has not been working properly since I’ve purchased it. It is not translating or translating it wrong! Don’t buy it.Version: 6.17
✓ Great appWish it could show pronunciation in Cantonese as well.Version: 3.10
✓ UselessDownloaded this tool, tested it on local Japanese restaurant menu, seems working. Ok, this has got to be a good start I thought. Went to Japan last few weeks and this thing couldn't even give a half understandable translation at all times, totally useless!.Version: 5.12
✓ Waygo notWas (relatively) happy with this app. Until i installed iOs8. Does not even open anymore. And this is the paid version. Not amused..Version: 3.42
✓ Absolutely useless...Not worth the download. The text appears inconsistently on the screen making it impossible to read, And not worth your time..Version: 3.21
✓ Good app, but limited to 10 scans/ dayVery accurate character recognition. I used it in restaurant and the translation is pretty good. My Chinese friend was amazed with the translations. Disappointed that I can only do 10 per day although the in-app purchase says it is free..Version: 5.02
✓ Trial is a jokeIf you want to "try" this, be aware that 10 presses of the freeze button pretty much is your trial for the day! Trying to lock in a word, one would try to press the "grab" or "pause" button. I tried a single word, pausing 10 times, and never got a valid translation; therefore I never really got to "try" this app out. The developers really needs to rethink the number 10 if they wish to sell this product. I was so frustrated with the "end" of my trial never really giving me a "trial" that I gave this app no further consideration and deleted it -- might be a good app, but I'll never "trial" it again to find out!.Version: 3.21
✓ UselessTried to use it in Japan recently and it wasn't able to translate one single word or sign. Don't bother it will just infuriate you like it did me..Version: 5.14
✓ Don’t buy!This app is absolute trash! I bought the paid version and none of the translations are correct. Doesn’t recognize the majority of characters and translates every other word into ‘tuna’ or ‘salmon’ when they are not even fish or food items. Do not waste your money on this terrible attempt at an app!!.Version: 6.17
✓ Good idea but not ready for prime timeDoesn't like vertical Japanese and was unable to get anything on the back of a Japanese game box to be translated. Might work on some menu words but hasn't yet reached a level of usefulness for shopping in Japan. Also crashed on me then insisted on surveying me when I restarted it. At least you don't need to buy it to try it..Version: 3.31
✓ DisappointingTried this app on holiday in Japan. Just looking at some characters causes the translations to cycle rapidly so it's impossible to read and the '10' translations were used up in less than a second of real world use looking at a single picture without giving a single useful translation. The developers need to only translate when they are 100% sure of what they are looking at. And only change the translation once every couple seconds to the one that was most likely in the last few seconds, not just in the instant it's looking. I can't recommend this app as anything to rely on for translation..Version: 3.21
✓ Not for JapaneseI downloaded this app to see if it works, and if it does, then to use it for Chinese. Since I already speak Japanese, I decided to test it out. I would say this app gets it right 40-50% of the time. Mostly it translates extremely literally to a point where it doesn't make sense in English, gets the pronunciation wrong, or doesn't read the right kanjis. But then again it works for some words. I would say don't rely on it too much, but use it if you need to. I don't know for the Chinese..Version: 3.42
✓ Great app! Upgrade problems thoughAbsolutely love the app. So useful and very intuitive design. However it isn't letting me upgrade to the full version, I have checked my payment details and they are correct - is this a bug?.Version: 4.01
✓ It crashesPlease update the app, it crashes when I use it in iphone 11..Version: 6.17
✓ Competitors are freeThis is not a bad APP, but to pay $9.99 is a tough choice to make especially in today's world when competitors like Google and BaiduTrans are free. You should consider Advertising instead..Version: 6.17
✓ Extremely frustrating and upset I wasted money on thisIts a super frustrating app to use. I got this while I was in japan hoping it would help me read kanji. However, this app requires so much patience and time its not effective as an app. You need to absolutely not shake ur phone when using it but thats impossible since its a hand held device and its bound to shake a bit. It doesn't read it right away even if you try your best to stand still and make sure you have a lot of light and when it does it only reads it partially. Then, the photo feature doesn't work it'll say it cant read it even though its a crisp photo. Definitely NOT worth the price at all. Don't waste your money on this!.Version: 5.11
✓ Japanese does not work - id like a refundI should not have been charged £6 for an app that does not work. The Japanese function needs to be seriously worked....Version: 6.17
✓ Poor translationSo far its provided bery poor inaccurate transalations.Version: 6.17
✓ Lousy in JapaneseNot one single sign. Not one. It’s a bust..Version: 6.17
✓ Bad productI was bought the Japanese package for a 2 week trip to Tokyo. It was a disaster of an app. It would only translate 10% of the menu items. On a Uniqlo clothing tag it translated a material as pufferfish for a pair of socks. DO NOT BUY waste of money!! Google translate worked better. I gave up on it after a few days. It was good for a few laughs.Version: 6.16
✓ Would rate this a zero if I could!! Such a waste!!I got this app because my grandmas mom gave her this vase years ago and it has Chinese letters on it and we don’t know what it says. Once I got the app it immediately took me to a button that said free trial. I went along with it and took the picture of the vase and it didn’t translate!! I pressed the button translate and it kicked me out of the entire app!! Don’t get this app!!.Version: 6.17
✓ Completely useless - don’t waste your moneyI downloaded the app for a trip to Japan and the app (specifically the camera tool) was hopeless. It rarely recognises words correctly and it is cumbersome to use compared to a free trial app like translate now. Don’t be tempted by advertised offline use like I was - at least for Japanese it most definitely doesn’t work..Version: 6.17
✓ Google translate is free and considerably betterUsed it for Korean. Doesn't recognize 90% of text. Won't even recognize the same sign consistently. Great idea, but needs a lot of work. Google Translate won't cost you $10 like this does..Version: 6.16
✓ Absolutely useless.I’ve tried this app on 2 different occasions, months apart and both times it only translates one to two words in a line of text. And then I get a box asking if I want to upgrade. No. If it can’t translate 2 lines of a clothing label, how could it ever translate a menu as the professional ad has it seem. Makes me question if the highly positive feedback is self-promotion. After trying the app, that’s what it looks like..Version: 6.17
✓ わるいです- awfulTried using in my Japanese textbooks with very poor results. Even google translate is better and that’s free..Version: 6.17
✓ CAnnot download. WtfWell if it was downloadable I would rate it better.Version: 3.32
✓ Lol doesn’t workI tried translating japanese characters on a mask that had Kokichi Ouma on it and all it did was translate everything that wasn’t Japanese 😃.Version: 6.17
✓ Paid for upgrade but will not install / restore upgradeI paid for the Chinese version, followed the directions how to “Restore” the upgrade, removed Waygo, tried again. No joy. Tried upgrading to the full, three language version. No joy. Contacted the developer. No joy. I can only hope I did not get charged because I want to run, not walk, away from this app..Version: 6.17
✓ SeriouslyThe app tried to translate the shadows on my blanket from Japanese then tells me I need to pay for more translations. What a JOKE!. No idea what my Japanese says but the blanket has somethIng “DELICIOUS!!” In it somewhere!.Version: 6.17
✓ Not good at translation.Attached random words to random places, no help at all..Version: 6.16
✓ Poor qualityLaggy and the translations are questionable at best. Only works up close. By the time you focus and get two words translated, the free trial is over. Waste of time and I wouldn’t spend money on it..Version: 6.17
✓ An okay appI use Waygo for chinese, I understand that it is a hard app to make but the charge for the premium version is too much and if you don’t get it you only get 10 translations a day a poor amount when translating lots of text. As well as this the translations are usually incorrect..Version: 6.17
✓ Funny but not usefulTranslated random words into sentence that makes absolutely no sense.Version: 6.17
✓ Absolute Rubbish.This is a complete waste of time. It couldn't get one word right. It thought chocolate milk was fish sauce, then sea weed before finally stating it was "birth control". Save your money folks, this app is not going to help you. Just use your best intuition when in Japan, we did and it worked out fine..Version: 6.16
✓ Useless in JapanEverything says “fatty tuna”. Don’t buy for japan..Version: 6.17
✓ Useless for Japanese TranslationsI used this app during my trip to Japan. I mainly utilised it for simple tasks such as translating signs and menus. It can probably correctly identify around 10% of the words. Which is absolutelt pointless. Google translate cannot do real time translations, but is far more accurate. Use the FREE google translate instead..Version: 5.11
✓ DO NOT BUY! WASTE OF MONEY!In Japan - This app does not work well, if at all. Google is free and better (but still not great). I didn’t find out until my money was already wasted..Version: 6.17
✓ Can’t relay on thisGoogle translator does a better job and without restrictions. This is not for me.Version: 6.17
✓ Doesn't workDon't waste your time. It is useless. I have tried and tried and not once has this app succeeded in translating anything for me..Version: 5.02
✓ Don't use for JapaneseI was too desperate to find a translator in Tokyo and made the mistake of wasting $6.99 on this useless inferior quality crap before discovering one minute later that Google Translate does it ten times better and for free. If I could just get my $6.99 back I would erase this review, but no refunds exist - conveniently for them I suppose. Make sure your software works before selling it!.Version: 6.17
✓ The ocr works okey but the translation is completely non-sense.I bought the software to translate Japanese. It seems to capture the text but the translation does not make any sense..Version: 5.02
✓ Don't update to latest version 4.00The app did work ok. Now it's unable to translate anything in any language and constantly crashes. Hoping for a quick patch..Version: 4.00
✓ Not working for Japanese languageI just went on a trip to Japan and though this app would help but it disn’t. I tried it many time to translate menus and sentences but it would translate in something totally different. For exemple I wanted to translate a brochure about the city of Kyoto and it would translate “fatty tuna”. It is so off. Very disappointing for Japanese language anyway..Version: 6.17
✓ Look elsewhere- not any goodI bought this app for a trip to China and Japan. It was completely useless. I would center the characters right within the orange brackets and the app would tell me there wasn’t any text. This was such a waste..Version: 6.17
✓ No goodThis app is useless and does absolutely nothing..Version: 6.17
✓ Doesn't workCan't work out what it wants to translate, then gives loads of different attempts. I tried to use it on a rail card, where the English translation was right next to the Text, the translation should have been credit card charge. I would have accepted it to be anything similar, but it translated and 'tongue', ????? WTF!, the. It paused and tried again, I thought ok maybe it'll work now, then it translated it as 'Tuna', what a waste of money. Message to the developer, take this crap down, and I hope you choke on the money I paid for this waste..Version: 3.33
✓ Buy it again and againIt works, and I paid for lifetime use. However, the app installs on other devices as the unpaid limited version. So the unlocked iPhone I want to bring to use in China does not have the full version, nor does the iPad I intend on bringing. I have e-mailed the Waygo folks several times and have not heard back about how to utilize the lifetime use on other devices, or if in fact you must pay $7 for every device. I have never heard of an app that requires separate purchases to unlock features on multiple devices..Version: 4.03
✓ Not greatI’ve been using it in Tokyo and it doesn’t work super well, pretty finicky. Google translates camera function works better most of the time.Version: 6.17
✓ Waygo - JapaneseMarginal at best. Useable information from the app less than 20% of the time. This is true for labels, menus, signage. Especially poor with stylized scripts. The best thing I can say is that it’s better than nothing, but not by much. Glad it didn’t cost more than $8USD..Version: 6.17
✓ Not in MacauI really want this to work. I paid for it. Yet it just doesn’t, it’s so disappointing..Version: 6.17
✓ UselessCouldn't translate anything!!.Version: 3.42
✓ Awful appI can't begin to tell you how bad ths is.Version: 2.2
✓ Nice idea but...Three weeks in Japan and it really did not help at all. Translations were either jibberish or wrong most of the time so it gave you no confidence. Very difficult to frame the characters and hold still long enough for them to be correctly identified. Tried the photo option and that wasn't any better. It's a nice idea but in its present state it is not any help..Version: 5.11
✓ Not very usefulDoesn't even run on my iPhone.Version: 4.11
✓ BadThis app does not work in the way you would want it to. It said the character "love" was "hair". The character "hello" was made into a direct translation of "you good" which is not what you need. This app needs fixing..Version: 3.10
✓ GarbageWould hardly translate anything I put in front of it, the odd random word came up that made no sense. Shame on you..Version: 3.10
✓ Hilariously badHave tried this on a range of Japanese text. Not even close. A few minutes of amusement but that's it. Deleted..Version: 5.11
✓ Download another appNot good.Version: 6.11
✓ UselessCan't recognise text most of the time. When it can translation is ridiculously wrong. Good for a laugh, but just a poorly made app with no development. God help you if you travel with this app..Version: 6.17
✓ DisappointedI had high hopes for Waygo Japanese to English. The single line translation couldn’t ever find any test, despite it being in the brackets. The multi-line option mostly produced gibberish..Version: 6.17
✓ Can't read or translateThe app can't seem to recognize 75% of the text I focus on and the few times it does recognize it, the translations are poor..Version: 6.17
✓ CrashesCrashes on iPhone 7 ios10 when choosing language.Version: 6.12
✓ Demos wellLooks like it will be very useful. Works well with IPod Touch 5th gen. It crashed occasionally. Amazing concept, nice execution.Version: 1.04
✓ Please Add HistoryMy hand brushed a button and erased my translation. If there were a HISTORY button, I could have resumed what I was doing. My loss. Please consider..Version: 6.17
✓ So inaccurate it's hilarious!I just went on vacation to Japan (actually I'm still here now). This app translates most Japanese to "hand", "one" or just doesn't pick anything up at all. I've tried the app in poor and great lighting, with large and small text. Not once has it translated anything correctly. Seriously, you're better off searching online or using any other translation app/service..Version: 4.11
✓ Japanese needs a lot of improvementI don’t think you should charge £6 for the Japanese. Reading the reviews my understanding is that Chinese works pretty well. Let’s be honest the Japanese translator still needs some work. My impression was that a few words kept coming up no matter the situation (ie. Bathroom signs translated with “chicken “ or “beef”.... whatever I was scanning was “chicken” and “beef”). Hope it will improve with time. But you can’t charge that much for the Japanese one. I was not expecting perfection... I imagine this is a software very hard to develop. But would have appreciated a bit of honesty from you and charged less. I guess I would have supported you anyway (as I think the app has a great potential). Instead you charged me nearly £7 for something that doesn’t work and I am here now writing a bitter review..Version: 6.17
✓ Didn’t help meI downloaded it to read cooking instructions for some Japanese food I bought. Just one short paragraph. I tried it and it told me I had 0 free translations left of 10 per day even though this was the only time that I ever used it. It then prompted me to buy the full app. Not a good way to attract customers..Version: 6.17
✓ UnhelpfulTried using this on a trip to Xi'an and Chengdu. Only worked on the most basic of words. I was persistent in trying to get it work but no joy. Not useful. Good concept but has a long way to go..Version: 5.13
✓ AwfulWorks about 10% of the time. Google translate works about 70% of the time with its camera setting. Google translate is free. Why on earth was this reviewed well?? I spent a lot of money on this because of the reviews!.Version: 6.10
✓ Absolutely uselessCan’t get this to translate anything at all, steer clear.Version: 6.17
✓ JunkDoes not work at all - junk!!!.Version: 6.17
✓ Doesn’t even work for one character translationI don’t know why it won’t even translate single characters. It keeps telling me there is no text in the box no matter how clear the picture is, or where I space it between the orange brackets. And this is a single typed character on a white piece of paper to test the app. It’s way too finicky for me to bother with..Version: 6.17
✓ It has limitations but it works... sometimesIf the characters I am trying to translate are at least 1cm tall and black on white, I have had pretty good luck getting an understandable translation. If the text is small and very tightly spaced, not so much. I have taken to carrying a couple of white plastic cards notched so I can use them to letterbox the characters of interest. This helps but the app still struggles. Also, I have best luck with Chinese (writing this in Taiwan) then Japanese and finally Korean..Version: 6.16
✓ Paid app performs poorlyPaid for the app, but worked worse than free google translate (had to use vpn in China though)..Version: 6.17
✓ UselessThe translations provided are complete jibberish in every instance I have used the app in my week in Japan. Definitely not worth the £6.99 paid for the offline version - you’re better off using google translate, for free.Version: 6.17
✓ Frustrating for JapaneseI am in Japan and I've tried to use this app for translating Japanese on many occasions. I upgraded to the paid version. The translations are really poor. Many things completely not food related translate into food items. For example, there's "fatty tuna" all over the place. Food items on a menu seem to translate much quicker and seemingly more accurately. Maybe that's where the developers focused their attention? I have used it on some Chinese characters with the Chinese translation, and that seems to occur much more quickly and accurately. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this app except as an emergency back-up to avoid eating anything you'd rather not eat..Version: 6.17
✓ Not very usefulTried to use this app on many occasions during recent trip to Tokyo, it did not recognize the majority of the fonts used in restaurants. When it was able to translate, the translation was laughable. I would not recommend this app..Version: 4.03
✓ BadTotally inaccurate.Version: 6.17
✓ Good for kanji nouns; no katakanaThe app is pretty good and it's very convenient how you can use it offline. However it doesn't translate vertical text (which lots of 'proper' Japanese text is written in) and doesn't recognise any katakana. Good but not great..Version: 4.11
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