Learn Manx vs Teach Yourself Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Manx
This app offers an engaging introduction to Manx Gaelic, focusing on speaking and conversational skills. It features interactive exercises, dialogues, and a bilingual dictionary to help learners build a foundation in the language.
- Hundreds of words and phrases
- Speaking exercises with voice playback
- Dialogues and comprehension practice
- Integrated bilingual dictionary with audio
- Flashcard revision system
- Based on adult language course
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Learn Manx is your ideal introduction to Manx Gaelic providing an exciting and enjoyable start to learning the language. Designed to encourage learners to speak, the first ten units provide you with the basic patterns needed to start using the language with the exercises and dialogues helping students to become familiar with conversational Manx. The App will benefit anyone wishing to start using Manx as well as those who understand some of the language but who would like to refresh their language skills. With its voice-recording and playback function, the exercises encourage you to speak the language by answering questions orally and comparing your answers to model responses. The revision lessons that accompany the course use the TT Races as a key theme and help to develop language skills in an enjoyable and humorous way. This App is based on the Manx Heritage Foundation's successful adult language course, Saase-jeeragh. Key features: Hundreds of words and basic phrases to give a foundation in the language - Respond to questions and compare with a model answer - Dialogues and comprehension - Summaries of key language patterns - Integrated bilingual dictionary with audio - Flashcard learning system to help revise vocabulary and phrases The production of this learning resource has been made possible thanks to the very generous financial support from Sure Isle of Man. For further information about the language contact the Manx Language Development Officer, for the Manx Heritage Foundation, Adrian Cain at: greinneyder@mhf.org.im twitter: @greinneyder www.learnmanx.com http://www.facebook.com/LearnManx
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn Manx at 67% against Teach Yourself Library's 31%. Learn Manx also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). Teach Yourself Library's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Learn Manx asks for nothing beyond the download.
Learn Manx holds the better App Store score, 4.2 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: 67% of Learn Manx's written reviews are positive against 31% of Teach Yourself Library's.
Learn Manx ships an update every 5 months, Teach Yourself Library every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn Manx | Teach Yourself Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | 3.9 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 30.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manx Heritage Foundation | Hachette UK (Holdings)Limited |
Customer experience
Learn Manx
Teach Yourself Library
Bugs and requests
Learn Manx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
Learn Manx
No 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
Questions
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