Teach Yourself Library vs Learn Languages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teach Yourself Library
Access free audio and learning resources to supplement your studies. Download materials to your personal library for anytime, anywhere learning. Sync your content across devices for a seamless experience.
- Free audio resources
- Learning materials
- Offline access
- Cross-device syncing
- Downloadable content
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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.
Learn Languages
Learn languages through engaging stories and conversations with an AI tutor. It adapts to your level, offering instant translations, smart flashcards, and progress tracking. Offers a free trial to explore all features.
- Comprehensible input via stories and podcasts
- AI tutor for live voice conversations
- Instant word translation and flashcards
- Spaced repetition for vocabulary retention
- Progress tracking for grammar and words
- Import custom texts and videos
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Lenguia gets you fluent the way you learned your first language: by reading and listening to things you actually enjoy and then speaking about them. Real content and exercises at exactly your level, in 35+ languages. READ & LISTEN • Stories, articles, books and podcasts matched to your level • Tap any word for an instant translation and add it to your flashcards • Follow along with word-by-word audio highlighting • Import your own texts and videos and learn from them SPEAK FROM DAY ONE • Live voice conversations with an AI tutor that adapts to you • Guided speaking exercises and role-plays • Instant, gentle corrections, no judgment, no waiting for a partner REMEMBER WHAT YOU LEARN • Smart flashcards with context-based spaced repetition, built from words you actually met • Progress statistics for every single word you encounter • Grammar competency measured and tracked across 300 tags • Frequency decks so you learn the words that matter first A PLAN THAT FITS YOU • Free placement test finds your CEFR level in minutes • A daily plan that mixes grammar, reading, listening, writing and speaking • Grammar explained in plain words, when you need it 35+ LANGUAGES Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Turkish and many more. START FREE Try everything free for 3 days. Then choose the plan that fits: Input (all reading and listening features) or Fluency (everything, including guided speaking, live conversation, journaling and writing exercises). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled; manage them in your App Store settings. Questions? info@lenguia.com Privacy: https://www.lenguia.com/privacy-policy · Terms: https://www.lenguia.com/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn Languages at 100% against Teach Yourself Library's 31%. Learn Languages also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). Teach Yourself Library's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Teach Yourself Library sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Learn Languages sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Learn Languages holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teach Yourself Library has 144 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Teach Yourself Library's written reviews are positive against 100% of Learn Languages's.
Teach Yourself Library ships an update every 4 months, Learn Languages every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teach Yourself Library | Learn Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (144 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hachette UK (Holdings)Limited | LLIT Products UG (haftungsbeschränkt) |
Customer experience
Teach Yourself Library
Learn Languages
Bugs and requests
Teach Yourself Library
Reported bugs
89 issues- App doesn't open
- Crashes on launch
- Downloads not working
- App keeps logging off
- App not opening on iPhone
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- 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
Requested features
15 requests- Track repeat functionality
- More exercises, words, and grammar
- Chapters listed as default
- Shorter jump forward/back options
- Audio player on lock screen
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- 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
Learn Languages
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Teach Yourself Library
- Pack of 2 Tokens$1.99
- Pack of 3 Tokens$2.99
- Pack of 10 Tokens$9.99
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- Pack of 11 Tokens$10.99
- Pack of 13 Tokens$12.99
- Pack of 15 Tokens$14.99
- Pack of 17 Tokens$16.99
- Pack of 18 Tokens$17.99
- Pack of 20 Tokens$19.99
- Pack of 25 Tokens$24.99
- Pack of 26 Tokens$25.99
- Pack of 27 Tokens$26.99
- Pack of 30 Tokens$29.99
- Pack of 35 Tokens$34.99
- Pack of 50 Credits$49.99
- Pack of 51 Credits$50.99
Learn Languages
- Input Plan Weekly$7.997 Days
- Fluency Plan (Weekly)$8.997 Days
- Input Plan Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- Fluency Plan (Monthly)3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Input Plan Yearly3 Days trial$179.991 Year
- Fluency Plan (Yearly)3 Days trial$239.991 Year
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