Imagine you’re in your seats inside the theater with your drinks and popcorn, looking at the trailers, ready to watch your film. The movie is in English, but you’re with someone who only understands Spanish, and if the movie is in English only, then your guest will unfortunately miss out on the whole film. You then remember that there are apps that translate movies while you watch them at the movie theater. As a last ditch effort, as you wait for your film to start, you open your browser and search for said apps. Lo and behold, as you’re searching, you find TheaterEars dang near instantly, offering you exactly what you’re looking for. You download the app, wait a minute or two to finish downloading, open it, create an account, choose your film, choose your theater location, connect your earphones, wait for the app to prepare the translation, wait for the film to begin, sync the app to the movie, and boom. You listen as the app translates the audio as the movie plays.Straight forward and incredibly easy to set up. The ONLY negative would be that phrases that one would have to read during the movie, are NOT translated, only audible words that are spoken, potentially leaving crucial information one would have to know to fully understand the movie. Amazing app, regardless.

Absolutely phenomenal app! My father and I have always shared a deep love for movies, but going to the theater was a rare treat because of the language barrier. Growing up, he would still take us to see films, even though I knew he wasn’t catching much of the story—he was just happy to see us enjoying it. For years, we stuck to watching movies at home where subtitles made it easier for him. But now, thanks to this app, everything has changed. I can finally take him to opening night screenings, and he’s fully immersed and having the time of his life. Seeing him truly enjoy the experience alongside me is priceless. This app is a game-changer—absolutely worth every penny!

My family almost never have gone to movie theaters because only my siblings and I would understand. We’d feel guilty of our parents going with us but not understanding, so we would just wait until it came out on a streaming service in their language. Today I took my parents to watch Mufasa, without knowing if this app was gonna actually work or not. And not only did my parents finally got the chance to listen to the movies “live”. It healed a bit of me, seeing them laugh, and understanding the movie. It just brings a different type of joy. Highly recommend. If I could rate this app any higher, I would. Thank you

I am not the one who leaves reviews often but this… Yes! I used this app for our local movie theater for my husband to watch a movie in Spanish and he loved it, he said it synced perfectly with the movie, there were no delays, barely use up my battery (it was 100%, at the end of the movie was 94% - 2hrs 15min long!)The only downside was that I had to use my phone instead of his because I had paid the monthly subscription on my phone and it wouldn’t restore the purchase on his phone. Please fix!