# Teach Yourself Library

> Free audio and learning resources for Teach Yourself courses. (iPhone/iPad app by Hachette UK (Holdings)Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/teach-yourself-library/id1143087176 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hachette UK (Holdings)Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/361205465)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.90/5 from 144 App Store ratings · 95 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 96 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-09-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/teach-yourself-library/id1143087176/reviews.md

## What is Teach Yourself Library?

Discover a world of free audio and learning resources to accompany your Teach Yourself course.

Teach Yourself has been trusted by learners for over 75 years to deliver expert learning materials across a wide range of topic areas – languages, business, careers, self-help, creative writing and hobbies. 

Now for the first time you can access any accompanying audio or learning resources in this free app. Download the resources to your Library and access anywhere anytime. You can even sign in from a different device and all your content will be queued for easy downloading. 

Teach Yourself: books that make life better.

## Key features

- Free audio resources
- Learning materials
- Offline access
- Cross-device syncing
- Downloadable content

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pack of 2 Tokens | $1.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 3 Tokens | $2.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 10 Tokens | $9.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 11 Tokens | $10.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 13 Tokens | $12.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 18 Tokens | $17.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 20 Tokens | $19.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 25 Tokens | $24.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 30 Tokens | $29.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 35 Tokens | $34.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 17 Tokens | $16.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 27 Tokens | $26.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 51 Credits | $50.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 50 Credits | $49.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 15 Tokens | $14.99 | one-time |
| Pack of 26 Tokens | $25.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Teach Yourself Library?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Good content of books
- 👍 Helpful for language learning
- 👍 Clear audio pronunciation
- 👍 Easy to navigate interface
- 👍 Free titles available

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🐛 App doesn't open or crashes on launch
- 🐛 Audio playback issues
- 🐛 Downloads fail
- 🐛 Poor user experience
- 🐛 Not optimized for Mac/iPad
- 🐛 Login/sign-in problems
- 🐛 Outdated design
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate chapters
- 🐛 Inconsistent functionality across devices
- 🐛 App requires re-downloading multiple times
- 🐛 Poor support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App doesn't open
- Crashes on launch
- Downloads not working
- App keeps logging off
- App not opening on iPhone
- App closing spontaneously
- Requires internet connection when available
- Crashes when features are selected
- Arrow keys don't turn pages on Mac
- UI is confusing
- Clicking on buttons navigates pages
- No way to pop from book to collection
- Visual affordances lacking
- Clicking page makes text appear/disappear
- Book content broken across pages
- Default font tiny, font settings don't work
- App is unstable, crashes frequently
- Doesn't save progress
- Cannot play some downloaded audios
- No way to re-download audios
- App won't sign in
- Buttons too small to click
- Audio doesn't play
- Yellow text on yellow background
- No proper categories for genres
- Little accessibility options
- Menu is terrible, no easy way to select chapters
- App port of a browser page
- App says user has to pay for purchased content
- Audio player doesn't stay on Lock Screen
- Makes everything zoomed in and keyboard larger
- Audio dialogues don't work well
- App is rubbish
- Forced to use phone, not laptop
- Audio doesn't display track numbers
- Video in ebook says highlighting words, but can't
- Dictionary takes to external sites
- App not updated for larger screens
- Basic features like translation lookup missing
- No support received
- App says 'Coming Soon' for books
- Unable to access purchased books or sign in
- App quits or says 'coming soon' for audio
- App closes automatically when reproducing a book
- App closes automatically
- App crashes when opening files
- App crashes and won't open
- Audio doesn't work with iOS 13
- App keeps closed
- App crashes when playing a chapter
- Not compatible with iOS 13
- App crashes constantly when tapping on a book
- Audio app not working
- App doesn't open and listenings can't be heard
- Crashes on iOS 13
- Not working since iOS 13 update
- App crashes
- App automatically shuts down when clicking a clip
- Layout not compatible with iPads
- Cannot play audio content
- App closes when opening audio for Norwegian
- Upgrade stopped French from working
- Program keeps closing when trying to listen to lessons
- Can't open ANYTHING
- App crashing when choosing chapters/audio recordings
- Audio no longer works
- App crashes and shuts down when opening a new language
- App isn't working, program closes when playing French
- Not all languages available in audio library
- Missing language audio (Serbian, Latvian)
- App doesn't work from the beginning on iPhone X
- Terrible to sign into
- Doesn't allow profile creation or sign in via social media
- Error message and sent back to first page when skipping sign in
- No sound in ebook, icon present but no mention of audio
- App crashes after each track play when switching pages
- Downloading audio takes multiple retries
- Confusing app, hard to find/access audio
- No way to buy audiobooks or audio/book
- Audio download is good, but better chapter labeling needed
- App keeps closing even after uninstall/reinstall
- App closes when clicking on a clip to play
- Poor app design
- Cannot download audio to iTunes or media player
- Listening and re-listening is not intuitive
- App is a mess
- No control over content paid for
- No clear pictures, up-to-date phrases, or easy audio access
- Worst educational tool encountered

**Most requested features**

- Track repeat functionality
- More exercises, words, and grammar
- Chapters listed as default
- Shorter jump forward/back options
- Audio player on lock screen
- Longer pause between tracks
- Better chapter labeling for audio
- Make all complete language audio available
- Highlighting words in ebooks
- Proper in-app dictionary
- Update for larger screens
- Allow use of other e-reader software
- Download audio files to iTunes/media player
- More pause time for practice
- Add missing units

## Recent user reviews (10 of 95)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/teach-yourself-library/id1143087176/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Error

*2025-03-28, version 2.2*

It doesn’t open from today

### 1/5 — No funciona en mi Mac Air

*2025-03-16, version 2.2*

Seguramente sea la culpa de la basura del Mac. 1200 euros gastados en el ordenador, engañado por la reputación de Apple de ser los mejores ordenadores, y luego me tengo que descargar el Google Chrome, porque el navegador que llevan décadas desarrollando, Safari, es una patata que da problemas de todo tipo, en el McAffee que me colocaron en la tienda no consigo activar el firewall, aplicaciones que no se abren, en fin, una puñetera estafa. Solo hace dos meses que me he comprado este cacharro y ya estoy amargamente arrepentido, podría haber gastado 400 euros menos y no habría adquirido un ordenador peor. Si esta reseña sirve para que alguien evite a los bandidos de Apple, habrá merecido la pena escribirla.

### 3/5 — Enhanced ebooks?

*2025-03-03*

To my understanding, I should be able to click on the icon within the ebook to hear the audio but it does not work. I can only seem to listen to the audio by going to the audio playlist. It would be very convenient to be able to use tap on the audio icon in the lesson to listen.

### 1/5 — Downloads not working...

*2024-09-21*

Download to library constantly fails which makes the app useless.

**Developer response:** Sorry for the trouble! Please email support@papertrell.com with your device details and the issues you’re facing. We’re keen to fix this for you.

### 1/5 — Crashes on launch

*2024-08-18*

Crashes on launch on a M1 Mac

### 2/5 — always turns off

*2024-06-25*

Keeps logging me off the app and not allowing me back into accessing the book I downloaded , literally have to delete and re download the app multiple times to fix it

### 3/5 — Needs updating

*2024-03-11*

Good app however it wont let you open app on iPhone anymore due to not real easing a newer version :( so I cant continue my studies but annoying I hope they sort it soon

### 3/5 — App closing spontaneously

*2024-03-04*

I have been using this app a lot for both reading and the audio. For some reason, it has been randomly closing on both of my devices(iPhone and iPad Air) when I’m using it. It says it is up-to-date and it wasn’t doing this until recently. Please help

### 1/5 — does not work anymore

*2024-02-08, version 2.0*

it was a mediocre buggy app before that got its job done, now it’s a hot mess. Concretely it keeps saying that an internet connection is required which I of course have and if any feature is selected it keeps crashing.

### 1/5 — Just an awful experience

*2023-10-17*

This app is an iPad app that was made available for macos with no extra effort to actually support macos. You can't even use the arrow keys to turn pages! There's nothing in the menus other than stock commands.

What little UI exists is a mystery. Clicking near the edges of pages goes forward and back, sure, but there are things in my book that look like buttons, and clicking them...pages forward and back. There's no way to pop directly from the guts of a book to my whole collection (supplemental audio for the book). Visual affordances are utterly lacking. Sometimes clicking on the page makes text appear or disappear on the page instead of paging forward or backward—I have no idea why! Book content that should really be shown together onscreen is broken across pages, so I have to go back and forth too much.

Also, the default font is incredibly tiny, and opening the font settings and clicking the larger A changes the margins and line spacing, but the font remains the exact same size. That's...not helpful. Then I opened the Advanced submenu and suddenly the font got bigger. Yay? Some of the controls on that menu don't do what they promise, but at least I got the font size upped.

Reading the book I bought is going to be a struggle, and I doubt I'll be buying any more for use in this app.

## Frequently asked questions about Teach Yourself Library

### What is Teach Yourself Library?

Teach Yourself Library is a free app that provides accompanying audio and learning resources for Teach Yourself courses. It allows you to discover and access a world of free materials to enhance your learning experience across various subjects.

### What kind of resources are available?

The app offers free audio and learning resources that complement Teach Yourself courses. These resources cover a wide range of topic areas, including languages, business, careers, self-help, creative writing, and hobbies.

### Can I access content offline?

Yes, you can download the accompanying audio or learning resources to your personal Library within the app. This allows you to access your content anywhere, anytime, even without an internet connection.

### Is this app free to use?

The app itself is free to download and use, offering free audio and learning resources. However, the description mentions 'in-app purchases' which may refer to premium course materials or additional features not detailed here.

### What devices are compatible with Teach Yourself Library?

The app allows you to sign in from different devices, and your content will be queued for easy downloading. This suggests compatibility across multiple platforms, though specific operating system requirements are not detailed in the description.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.8 — 2026-06-30

This update includes performance enhancements and minor bug fixes to keep the app running seamlessly.

### 2.7 — 2026-02-20

This update includes performance enhancements and minor bug fixes to keep the app running seamlessly.

### 2.6 — 2026-02-16

This update includes performance enhancements and minor bug fixes to keep the app running seamlessly.

### 2.5 — 2025-09-01

This update includes performance enhancements and minor bug fixes to keep the app running seamlessly.

### 2.4 — 2025-08-11

This update includes performance enhancements and minor bug fixes to keep the app running seamlessly.

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