# West Academic Audio

> Audiobooks and lectures

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1504087511](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1504087511)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1504087511`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** West Academic
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (441 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-25
- **First published:** 2021-01-07
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/west-academic-audio/id1504087511)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://home.westacademic.com/privacy](https://home.westacademic.com/privacy)

## Description

The West Academic Audio app provides offline access to audio content and audio lectures available through your subscription to West Academic Study Aids. Sign in to the app using your West Academic username and password. The app lets you browse West Academic’s collection of audio titles and lectures, download individual tracks or entire titles, adjust playback speed, view transcripts where available, and navigate quickly to recently played titles and new recommendations. 

If you prefer reading, West Academic also offers the West Academic Library app for access to books on mobile. West Academic is a leading publisher of casebooks, treatises, study aids, and other legal education materials in the U.S., focused on making legal information accessible and innovative for more than a century.

## Rankings

- #75,898 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for access to West's audio lectures on the go and for centralizing audio resources in one place, plus playback controls and faster downloads. However, recurring problems undermine the experience: persistent download and playback failures and even loss of downloaded content; frequent login/authentication issues; and a pattern of slow or unhelpful support. Reviewers also call for feature improvements—streaming instead of mandatory downloads, a sleep timer, a more sortable library, and a clearer reading option in the UI. Overall, reliability and UX need work.

### Pros

- Quality audio lectures/resources available in the app for on-the-go listening.
- Centralized access to West's audio resources within the app, no browser needed.
- Playback features like variable speed (up to 2x) enhance listening.
- Downloads and overall performance feel smoother and faster than the old app.

### Cons

- Frequent download and playback failures, including loss of downloaded content.
- Login/authentication issues (can't log in or incorrect password after reinstall).
- Poor or unresponsive customer support (ghosting, slow or no solutions).
- Missing features and usability gaps (desire for streaming, sleep timer, library sorting, and a clearer reading option).

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