# Quimbee vs West Academic Audio

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: West Academic Audio at none against Quimbee's 2. West Academic Audio also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Quimbee's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 46%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Quimbee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. West Academic Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Quimbee against 4.8 for West Academic Audio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quimbee has 2.5K ratings behind it against 445, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Quimbee's written reviews are positive against 46% of West Academic Audio's.

Quimbee ships an update fortnightly, West Academic Audio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Quimbee | West Academic Audio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.8 (2.5K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quimbee/id1001711683/reviews) | **[4.8 (445 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/west-academic-audio/id1504087511/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **2.5K** | 445 |
| Positive reviews | **76.7% of reviews** | 46.2% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 2 months |
| Monetization | **Free** | Subscription |
| Size | 56 MB | 23 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | **15.6** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Sellers International, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1001711682) | [LEG, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/692122714) |

## What reviewers say

### Quimbee

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quimbee/id1001711683)

This platform offers comprehensive legal study aids and bar exam preparation. It provides expertly written case briefs, engaging video lessons, practice exams, and quizzes designed to help law students succeed. The app supports learning from the first day of law school through bar prep.

**Highlights:** Extensive case brief database, Engaging video lessons, Practice essay exams, Multiple-choice quizzes, Issue spotters with model answers, Learning science-based methodologies, Bar exam prep materials

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gold Plan | $299.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Great cold call prep
- 🚀 Incredible app
- 🚀 Excellent resource for law school students
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Best Way to Study Law

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Loopholes
- 🐛 App not well supported on Ipad
- 🐛 buggy
- 🐛 Quimbee's New Device Verification Locks You Out
- 🐛 Antiquated Payment Processing System

**Reported bugs**

- App goes dark spontaneously at times
- App freezes a lot and has to be restarted often
- Can't access current tasks
- Videos don't save where you left off and quizzes have significant delay in the time they take to refresh the results

**Requested features**

- On the outlines for every topic, can you add links to cases that deal specifically with that topic
- Let me adjust the font size
- screen in screen support to watch the lectures while taking notes on my phone
- option to see all the Flashcards in a topic
- offline use would be great


### West Academic Audio

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/west-academic-audio/id1504087511)

Access audiobooks and lectures offline with this app. Download content, adjust playback speed, and view transcripts. It's designed for users of West Academic Study Aids.

**Highlights:** Offline audio access, Downloadable content, Adjustable playback speed, Lecture transcripts, Improved navigation

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Great audio resources
- 👍 Accessible on the go
- 🚀 Faster downloads than old app
- 🚀 Variable speed playback
- 👍 Deletable tracks and collections

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Periodically signs out
- 🐛 Deletes all downloads
- 🐛 Access to audio gone
- 🐛 Replaced by eBooks
- 🐛 No solutions from support

**Reported bugs**

- Periodically signs out and deletes all downloads
- Access to audio material is gone, replaced by eBooks
- Tracks refuse to download, then app won't let user log in after reinstall
- App won't download or play anything
- App will not let me login

**Requested features**

- Wider selection of audio lectures
- Sleep timer
- Reading in addition to audio option
- Sort library by downloaded audios
- Stream instead of download files


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Quimbee free?

Quimbee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is West Academic Audio free?

West Academic Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Quimbee or West Academic Audio?

West Academic Audio is rated higher. Quimbee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while West Academic Audio averages 4.8 from 445 ratings.

### Do Quimbee or West Academic Audio have ads?

Neither Quimbee nor West Academic Audio shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Quimbee or West Academic Audio?

Quimbee ships an update fortnightly, and West Academic Audio every 2 months. Most recently, Quimbee was updated on November 1, 2026 and West Academic Audio on November 3, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*