NoaLingua Comparison
NoaLingua vs Immersive Translate: study tool or universal translator
Choose Immersive Translate when the job is understanding — websites, documents and video, across several browsers and a phone. Choose NoaLingua when the job is remembering, and every lookup should feed contextual vocabulary, speaking practice and spaced review. They overlap on screen, not in purpose.
Disclosure: NoaLingua is our product. NoaSolutions builds it and earns money when people buy it. Weigh this comparison accordingly, including the rows where we say we lose. How we research these.
Checked against Immersive Translate’s official pricing page on 18 August 2026.
Immersive Translate's official page returned only partial information. A store listing can settle version numbers, user counts and which platforms are named; it is the wrong place to learn how a product actually behaves, so we did not take behaviour from one. 4 of the 8 rows are therefore marked unverified rather than filled in from memory.
Our rule is that a claim about another product cites that product’s own page. When we cannot read the page, the honest answer is to say so and send you to check it yourself.
Side by side
| NoaLingua | Immersive Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Browser and device coverage They win this | Chrome only, version 138 or newer. No mobile | The pricing page displays Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox badges. Note: these appear as logos rather than an explicit support statement |
| Primary purpose | Turn content into vocabulary you retain | Translate content while preserving bilingual context |
| PDF handling | A bilingual reader up to 50 pages, plus a viewer that preserves the original layout with clickable words | The page lists “PDF Translation” and “PDF Pro Translation” as distinct products; which tier includes what is not stated on the page |
| Video subtitles | YouTube and Netflix with sentence rebuilding, clickable words, replay controls and shadowing | The page lists “Bilingual Subtitles / No-Subtitle Video Translation” as a product |
| Pricing | Every feature free on every supported site; paid plans remove a deck-size cap. €3.99/mo, €29/yr, €49 once | Not verified on 18 August 2026. check their page ↗ |
| Vocabulary retention | 30 practice formats, spaced repetition, source context on every card, and export to Anki, CSV, spreadsheet or JSON | Not verified on 18 August 2026. check their page ↗ |
| Speaking practice | Shadowing and scored pronunciation feedback | Not verified on 18 August 2026. check their page ↗ |
| Account and data | Everything in your own Chrome profile; one licence-check endpoint, contacted once a day | Not verified on 18 August 2026. check their page ↗ |
Rows marked They win this are where Immersive Translate is honestly better. Every comparison on this site has at least one, because a comparison the author wins outright is one nobody should believe.
Choose NoaLingua if…
- You want retention built in, not just comprehension.
- You want a local deck and no product account.
- Your surfaces are YouTube, Netflix, PDFs and selected web text.
- You want speaking practice in the same tool.
Choose Immersive Translate if…
- You need Firefox, Safari or mobile — we have none of them.
- Full-page translation of arbitrary websites is the main job.
- You translate for work or research as much as for study.
- Breadth of document handling matters more than depth of practice.
Common questions
Can I use both?
Yes, and for many people that is the sensible answer — broad translation for comprehension, NoaLingua on the specific videos and passages you want to turn into active material. Do not let both control subtitles on the same player at once.
Which is better for web pages?
Immersive Translate, for translating a whole page. NoaLingua is deliberately selective: a selection, a paragraph via Alt-click, or highlighting the words your deck has not met. Different jobs.
Does NoaLingua work on Firefox or Safari?
No. Chrome and Chromium-based browsers at version 138 or newer, which is the first with the on-device translation API it relies on. This is a genuine limitation and one of the clearest reasons to choose the alternative.
Other comparisons
Try it on the next video you were going to watch anyway.
Free, with every feature. No account, nothing to cancel, and your deck stays on your machine.
Add to Chrome — Free Add to Chrome The Chrome Web Store still lists this as LinguaCue — same extension, rename in progress.- Free, and not a trial Every feature on the free plan — both PDF modes, shadowing, all 30 practice formats.
- No account, no email Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. There is no login screen at all.
- Two dropdowns to set up Pick what you are learning and what you want translations in. That is the whole setup.
- Your words stay yours Export to Anki, CSV, a spreadsheet or a full JSON profile — free on every plan.