US Top Charts

Firstly I looked at the top 200 free and top 200 paid iPhone apps in the US.

There’s a large range in the number of languages these apps support:

Max Languages - 54

Min Languages - 1

Avg Languages - 8.9

Median Languages - 3

Some apps support 54 languages! With the average being around 9 and median 3.

As you would expect all 400 apps supported English. 273 (68%) supported Chinese.

Then between 150-200 supported the next tier of Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Korean.

Assuming these top app developers know what they are doing ????we have a good list of languages to look at.

Which Languages?

Tier 1 (Must Do)

Tier 2 (Should Do)

Tier 3 (Consider These)

Tier 4 (I’m Candy Crush)

How do I do this translation you speak of?

Luckily there are a few (thousand) services to help you with this.

1 – Spending (and best results)

The companies I have had success with in the past are:

But there are many more out there, Google away.

2 – I’m Cheap (ok results)

You can also use Fiverr. Results can vary and you will need to track down each language yourself. But it can be a bit cheaper.

3 – I Ain’t Got No Dollars (Don’t Do This!)

Some people try to get away with Google Translate. I’d recommend you don’t bother translating if this is the way you decide to go.

Happy Translating