Away
A menu you cannot read on holiday — translated, with allergens marked and prices in your currency, before the waiter comes back.
Coming soon to iOS and Android
Scan the menu.
Read it in your language.
Abroad or at your local spot — point your camera at any restaurant menu. Yumlate reads it, translates every dish into your language, marks the allergens you care about and converts the prices — in seconds.
Coming soon
- 16 reading languages
- Allergens marked
- Family at the table
How it works
From printed menu to plain language in three steps.
No typing, no copying, no switching between apps. Point, wait a few seconds, order.
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Snap the menu
One tap on the camera button. Long menus are fine — add several pages and they arrive as one menu.
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Yumlate reads and translates
Every dish, price and category is pulled out and translated into your reading language. The original language is detected automatically, and dishes appear as they are ready.
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Order with confidence
Search the menu, shortlist dishes you are considering, build an order, and show it fullscreen to staff — or save favorites to cook at home later. Reading the order aloud is a Premium extra.
For you
Away, at home, or together at the table.
The same scan helps whether you are travelling, eating out locally, or sharing a menu with family and friends.
At home
Your regular spots — scan once and keep the menu in Recent. Heart dishes you loved and search recipes online when you want to remake them in your own kitchen.
Together
Around the table, send a link or show a QR — everyone opens the same menu in their own language. Friends and sharing are free with an account. Premium unlocks travel groups and a live table: push the menu from the car, see who ordered what, and read it aloud when the group is ready.
What's inside
Everything you need at the table — and after.
Yumlate is built for the ten minutes when you cannot read the menu — and for the dishes you want to remember when you get home.
Translation into 16 languages
Read menus in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
Allergens highlighted for you
Pick from 14 common allergens in your profile. Dishes that match are marked in coral, right in the list and in the phrases of the description.
Prices in your own currency
Every price is shown as printed plus an approximate conversion to your home currency, so you know what dinner actually costs.
Search and shortlist
On a long menu, jump to a dish with search. Bookmark what you are still deciding on, then filter to your shortlist before you order.
"What is this?" explanations
A translated name is not always enough. Tap the question mark for a short description and typical ingredients — then search recipes online if you want to cook it later.
Save dishes you loved
Heart a dish to keep it in Favorites, grouped by the country where you ate it. From Profile you can search recipes online for anything you want to remake at home.
Build your order
Tap dishes to collect them, set quantities, add a note such as "no chilli", and see the allergens for the whole order in one place.
Show the order to staff
Open the order fullscreen and hand the phone over so staff can read the list without you speaking. Speaking the order aloud is still Premium.
Read the order aloud Premium
The phone speaks to the staff in their language — not yours. An English menu in Bangkok can be read aloud in Thai. Dish names stay as printed, including notes such as “no chilli”.
A map of shared menus
See nearby restaurants with a shared menu, ratings and freshness for free. Premium unlocks opening someone else's menu — your own scans stay open in Recent.
Share the menu at the table
Send a link or show a QR code and everyone reads the same menu — each in their own language. Friends and sharing are free with an account. Travel groups and a live shared order are Premium.
Bad signal is not a problem
Scan without coverage and the photo is queued. The translation finishes as soon as you are back online, and you get a notification.
Allergens
The dishes you must avoid, marked before you order.
Set your allergies once in your profile — gluten, lactose, nuts, peanuts, egg, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, sulphites and lupin. From then on, every scanned menu is read against that list.
- Matching dishes get a solid coral tag instead of a quiet grey one.
- Words in the description that point at an allergen are highlighted in the text itself.
- When the menu itself offers a free-from option or says “ask staff”, that note is shown so you can ask the right question.
- Your order gets a summary of every allergen it contains before you hand it over.
Yumlate reads what the menu says and is a convenience aid, not allergen advice. Always confirm serious allergies with the restaurant.
Ordering
Say exactly what you mean, in their language.
Tap the dishes you want and Yumlate collects them into an order. Adjust the quantity, add a note like "no chilli", and see the total both as printed and converted to your home currency.
- All the allergens in the order are summarised in one banner.
- Show the list fullscreen and hand the phone to staff — free with an account, no speaking required. Speaking it aloud is Premium.
- With Premium, the phone reads the order aloud in the staff's language — including your notes.
- Dish names stay exactly as they are printed, so the kitchen recognises them.
At the table
One menu. Everyone reads it in their own language.
Send a link or show a QR code and the rest of the table opens the same menu. Each person keeps their own reading language and their own allergen list.
- Friends and sharing are free with an account.
- Travel groups and a live shared order are Premium.
The map
Read the menu before you sit down.
When someone scans a menu and chooses to share it, the restaurant appears as a pin. Free accounts see the map, ratings and how fresh the menu is. Opening someone else's menu is Premium — so the map stays a reason to upgrade as coverage grows. Your own scans always open from Recent.
- Browse pins, ratings and freshness with a free account.
- Open someone else's shared menu with Premium — no new photo needed.
- Ratings are asked for a couple of hours after the visit — when you actually know.
Languages
Sixteen languages to read menus in.
Your reading language is separate from the app's language, so you can keep the interface in English and still read the menu in Japanese. Speaking to the staff is a third choice — so an English menu in Bangkok can still be read aloud in Thai.
- Svenska
- Dansk
- Norsk bokmål
- Suomi
- Íslenska
- English
- Deutsch
- Français
- Español
- Italiano
- Português
- Nederlands
- Polski
- 中文
- 日本語
- 한국어
Also spoken to staff, on top of the 16 Premium
- ไทย
- Tiếng Việt
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bahasa Melayu
- العربية
- हिन्दी
The app interface launches in English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, French, Spanish and Italian. More interface languages will follow. Chinese is simplified Mandarin.
Plans
Try the magic first. Decide later.
No account and no payment details are needed to scan your first menu.
Guest
No account
- 2 menu scans to try it out
- Full translation of the menu
- Approximate prices in your currency
Free account
Free, with ads
- Up to 5 menu scans every day (a map pin may be needed after the first)
- Allergy profile and highlighting
- History synced across devices
- Favorites, shortlist, map pins, QR sharing, orders and dish explanations
Premium pass
Prepaid, from a week to a year
- No ads
- Open shared menus from the map
- Read the order aloud to the staff
- Travel groups and a live table — who ordered what, including from the car
- The highest daily scan limit
Prepaid from 39 SEK / week, 99 / month, 199 / 3 months or 299 / year (store price in your currency). A pass runs for a fixed period and stops by itself — no subscription. You choose when it starts.
FAQ
Questions before you download.
Do I need an account?
No. You can scan your first menus as a guest and see the full translation. An account is needed once you want history, an allergy profile, the map, sharing and orders — and it is free. New accounts get 2 days of Premium to try, which you activate when you want.
What does it cost?
Scanning and reading your own menus is free. A free account gives you up to 5 scans a day (a map pin may be needed after the first), the map (pins and ratings), favorites, shortlist, orders, dish explanations and sharing via link or QR, and is funded by ads. Premium unlocks opening someone else's shared menus, travel groups, a live table (who ordered what), reading the order aloud to staff, no ads and a higher daily scan limit — sold as prepaid passes from 39 SEK / week to 299 SEK / year, no running subscription.
Can I trust the allergen information?
Treat it as help, not as a guarantee. Yumlate reads what the menu says and marks the allergens it finds against your profile, but menus are incomplete and kitchens change recipes. For a serious allergy, always confirm with the restaurant before you order.
Which languages can I read menus in?
Sixteen at launch: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian bokmål, Finnish, Icelandic, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The app's own interface launches in English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Reading the order aloud can also use Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic or Hindi when that is the staff's language.
Does it work without a connection?
You can take the photo anywhere. If there is no coverage, the scan is queued and translated automatically as soon as you are back online, and you get a notification when it is ready. Menus you have already scanned stay readable offline.
What happens to my data?
Analytics and ads are off by default in the EU until you choose otherwise. Allergy data is only stored if you enter it and give consent, and you can export or delete your account from inside the app. The details are in our privacy policy.
Be there on day one.
Yumlate is in the final stretch before release. Leave your email and we will send one message — the day the app is live.
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