Started as one grammar app in Hanoi. Still shipping.
Yobimi began in 2015 with a simple grammar quiz built for friends preparing for university entrance exams. The reviews asked for listening practice, so we wrapped VOA Learning English in a player. Then came LibriVox audiobooks and a Gutenberg reader.
A decade on, the studio is still a small group of engineers and English teachers in Vietnam. We answer support mail ourselves, read every review, and ship most of what learners ask for.
- 2015English Grammar Test launchesFirst app on Google Play. Reaches 100,000 installs in its first year.
- 2016English for Beginners from VOAOur first audio-first app, built around the free VOA Learning English course.
- 2018LibriVox and Gutenberg readersPublic-domain audiobooks and ebooks join the shelf for learners who want longer reads.
- 20201,000,000 installs, three timesGrammar Test, VOA and LibriVox each cross a million installs.
- 20245 million learnersThe combined audience passes five million across seven apps.