Goby Live
Understand conversations live
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Video calls with live subtitles both ways, and every message in your language: read it, or hear it said aloud. 40+ languages, detected as you speak.
Goby Live is the messenger for people who don't share a language.
Every message arrives twice: what they wrote, and what it means in your language. Tap it and hear it spoken aloud in your language, in the sender's own voice when they have lent it. Reply in your language; they read theirs. Photos, voice notes, emotes and reactions, everything you expect, plus the one thing you don't have anywhere else: you understand each other.
Groups work the same way: six people, six languages, one chat. Make plans inside the group with polls, events and calendar invites. Give a busy group topics, and a forum with tags, guidelines and side discussions when it grows. Keep the groups that belong together in a community, each with its own door.
Video and voice calls come with double subtitles. Each of you speaks your own language and reads the other's words as they are said, like subtitles on a film. Keep the transcript in the chat if you want it.
And when you are in the same room, put one phone on the table. Live captions and translations appear for everyone at once, on their own phones if they like, and reading along needs no account.
• Chats translated as they arrive, with the original beneath
• Hear any message spoken in your language
• Photos, voice notes, emotes, stickers and reactions
• Groups with polls, events, topics, forums and discussions
• Communities that keep related groups together
• Video and voice calls with live double subtitles
• Live captions for the room, shared with a code
• 40+ languages, detected as people speak
• Call audio is never stored; a transcript exists only if you save it
Made for families, friends and colleagues who live between languages.
goby Premium: 15 hours a month of live translation and call subtitles, your own voice, a head start in Explore and every sticker expansion. Monthly or yearly subscription through your Apple account; it renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://goby.live/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://goby.live/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
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• Works better from mainland China: Hive sign-in, and app updates arrive there too
• Choose your own quick reactions, for messages and for stories
• Settings › Storage shows what you keep, and lets you archive or delete it
• Moment and story videos upload much faster
• You stay signed in for as long as you keep using goby
• Fixes and polish throughout
The developer, ELMER NASH LIN, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ELMER NASH LIN
- Size
- 174.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- goby Premium Plus, yearly $149.99
- goby Premium Plus, monthly $19.99
- goby Premium, yearly $59.99
- goby Premium, monthly $7.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Elmer Lin
