GrandkinsA translator app for family calls and messages
What a family translator has to do
- Work inside the conversation. No second phone, no taking turns. People talk normally and hear each other translated a moment later.
- Cover calls and messages. Families talk in bursts: a call on Sunday, a voice note on Tuesday, a photo and a comment on Friday. All of it should arrive in each person’s language.
- Work for a whole family at once. Grandparents, parents, kids and cousins, each in their own language, on the same call or in the same chat.
- Keep the real person. In messages, tap "Hear their real voice" to hear what they actually said.
What Grandkins translates
- Video calls, one-to-one or group, with a translated voice and live subtitles.
- Voice messages, as text plus a spoken translation.
- Video messages, with subtitles and a spoken translation in the viewer’s language.
- Text messages and the family room, a group chat where everyone reads everyone else in their own language.
Private by design
Calls are never recorded. Only the written words of a call and the moments someone chooses to save are kept, inside your family. There are no ads and no data selling.
Common questions
Does it show subtitles on video calls?
Yes. Each person hears a translated voice in their own language and sees captions on screen.
Which languages does it translate?
English; ten Indian languages (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu); and Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Burmese, Khmer, Nepali and Swahili, in any pairing.
How fast is the translation?
The translated voice follows a couple of seconds behind the speaker, like a human interpreter.
Are the app’s menus translated?
No. The app’s screens are in simple English. What gets translated is what your family says to each other, on calls and in messages.
How much does it cost?
Starter is $9.99 a month or $99 a year with 100 translated minutes a month; Family is $14.99 a month or $149 a year with 200; Family Plus is $19.99 a month or $199 a year with 300. One plan covers up to 15 people, and every family starts with a free trial: 14 days or 60 translated minutes, whichever comes first.
Try it with your own family
Setup takes a few minutes: add your family, pick each person's language, and send each of them a 6-letter code. Plans start at $9.99 a month for the whole family, and every family starts with a free trial of 14 days or 60 translated minutes.
Start your family's free trial