Speaker (Croatian)
Dobro došli! Jeste li lako pronašli apartman?
Welcome! Did you find the apartment easily?
Bok Hello
Live translation
Croatian ↔ English
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Croatian and English. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Croatian and English, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (English)
Yes, no trouble at all. Could you recommend somewhere nearby for dinner?
Da, bez problema. Možete li nam preporučiti neko mjesto za večeru u blizini?
Speaker (Croatian)
Svakako — konoba na rivi radi do ponoći. Recite da vas ja šaljem.
Of course — the konoba on the waterfront is open until midnight. Tell them I sent you.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Croatian | English | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | — | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 6 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Croatia welcomes around twenty million visitors a year — tourism is nearly a fifth of the economy — and English is the working language of the Adriatic season. But step off the hotel terrace into a family-run konoba or a rented apartment and you're often talking with hosts who grew up on German or Italian as their second language, not English. metcha keeps the conversation going exactly where the phrasebook runs out.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday English-speaking situations. In metcha you don't need to memorize these — but they're useful to anchor what the app sounds like before you try it.
- Greeting
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Croatian: Dobar dan, drago mi je.
English: Hello, nice to meet you.
- Thank you
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Croatian: Puno vam hvala.
English: Thank you very much.
- Apology
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Croatian: Oprostite, ne razumijem.
English: Sorry, I don't understand.
- Directions
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Croatian: Gdje je stara gradska jezgra?
English: Where is the old town?
- Ferry
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Croatian: Kada polazi sljedeći trajekt?
English: When does the next ferry leave?
- Ordering
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Croatian: Što nam preporučujete?
English: What do you recommend?
- Allergy
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Croatian: Alergičan sam na školjke.
English: I'm allergic to shellfish.
- Bill
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Croatian: Račun, molim vas.
English: The bill, please.
- Hotel
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Croatian: Imam rezervaciju.
English: I have a reservation.
- Pharmacy
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Croatian: Imate li nešto protiv glavobolje?
English: Do you have something for a headache?
Where you'd use it
- Island hopping on the Adriatic — Split, Hvar, Korčula, Vis
- Family-run apartments and konobas where the hosts' English runs out
- Croatian families in Australia, Canada, and the US talking across generations
- Coastal hotels and marinas welcoming English-speaking guests For hotels →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate English to Croatian as well as Croatian to English?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Croatian, the other person hears it in English; when they reply in English, you hear it in Croatian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Croatian ↔ English translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (partial — one side may route via the cloud path). metcha Plus optionally routes through a Better Translation cloud path for more natural phrasing, with a quiet fallback to the on-device path when the network is slow.
- Do I need both AirPods to use metcha for Croatian and English?
- No. The simplest mode is one earbud each — you keep one, the other person keeps the other. metcha handles both directions through that single shared pair. If you'd rather both wear your own earbuds, you can pair a second phone in seconds via a QR code (still no app install for the other person).
- What about regional accents within English?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of English robustly. The on-device path is more sensitive to accent — if you find the free path missing words, switching to the metcha Plus cloud STT usually fixes it without changing anything else about the conversation.
- Does it work without internet?
- The free on-device path works fully offline once the relevant Apple Translation language packs are downloaded. metcha Plus features that depend on Deepgram, Better Translation, or ElevenLabs voices need a network connection.
- How many voices does metcha ship for English?
- 6 curated native-English voices on metcha Plus, plus all iOS built-in voices on the free tier (and any Enhanced or Premium voices you've installed in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content).
- Are conversations private?
- metcha does not store conversations on our servers, and none of our providers retain audio for training. The free on-device path never sends audio off your phone at all. See the privacy policy for the full data-handling story.