Is there a Pinduoduo in English? What exists and how to read the app

Updated 9 November 2026 · How we write our guides

No. The Pinduoduo app has no English interface, and we found no official language setting. Its App Store listing shows Simplified Chinese only. You can still read it in English by translating the screen with your phone’s own tools. There is an official English website, but it is not a shop.

What the official listings say

The Pinduoduo listings on the Apple App Store in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong all show the same app, published by Shanghai Xunmeng Information Technology Co., Ltd. In every one of them the language is Simplified Chinese only.

For Android, the official Pinduoduo website has a download page, in Chinese, with installer files. Google suspended the app from Google Play in 2023, and we found no report that it returned; 2026 news reports describe it as available on the App Store only.

The English site is not a shop

Pinduoduo does run an English website at en.pinduoduo.com. It is a corporate and investor site: Our Company, Products, Commitment, CSR, Investor Relations and Newsroom. It describes Pinduoduo as founded in 2015 by PDD Holdings. It has no shopping pages, no sign-up help and no country list, and it links to the Chinese site.

Temu is not Pinduoduo in English

Temu is a separate app with a separate publisher on the App Store, and it offers many languages, including English and French. It is run by the same company as Pinduoduo, but it has its own catalogue and terms. Items you see on Pinduoduo are not automatically on Temu.

Read the app in English on iPhone

These are Apple’s own tools. None of Apple’s pages names Pinduoduo, so test each on your own phone.

1. Live Text in a photo. Turn on Live Text in Settings > General > Language & Region. Open a photo that shows the screen, tap the Live Text button, then tap Translate. A screenshot is saved as a photo, so it is one way to try this; Apple’s page does not mention screenshots specifically.
2. The Translate app. Open Translate, choose Camera, and point it at text or choose a photo from your library.
3. Select text and tap Translate. Apple says this works in “supported third-party apps”. We could not confirm it for Pinduoduo.

Apple’s feature list covers Chinese (Simplified), English and French (France) for Live Text, and Mandarin (China mainland), English and French (France) for the Translate app.

Read the app in English on Android

1. Google Translate, camera mode. Open the Translate app, choose Camera, then use All images or the shutter. Google says the camera works on some devices.
2. Circle to Search. Hold the Home button or navigation handle, then tap Translate. Google lists select models, including Pixel 6 and later, and says it may not work in some apps.
3. Google Lens. Google says Lens can translate into the languages Google Translate supports, but its page gives no steps.

The Google pages we read state no minimum Android version for these features.

What translation cannot do

Translating a screen lets you read a listing. It does not tell you whether the seller is reliable, which variant a price belongs to, or whether you can register and pay from your country. We found no official page saying whether foreign phone numbers or cards can register and pay, so we do not state that they can. Pinduoduo’s screens also change often, so check each step on your device.