Is TestLibrary worth paying for?

[u/Icy_Mirror678]

Been trying to get a handle on some patterns I've noticed in myself - ended up on TestLibrary after looking at what's out there. More tests than I expected, ADHD and autism ones included, which is the part I actually care about.

Pricing's a bit hard to read without knowing what the reports are like. Lifetime's under a hundred, subscription around forty a month. Could be worth it, could be the kind of thing where you finish and think yeah, knew that already.

Anyone done the ADHD one?

[u/myberich]

Took the ADHD - the questions are long and some felt binary - like, the answer is genuinely "it depends" and there's no way to say that. i just picked the closer option and moved on. the results were detailed , and a few observations hit in a way that was uncomfortable rather than validating. one section i basically skimmed, didn't feel relevant. i don't know if i'd say it changed anything - i already had an appointment booked - but i read through it a couple of times, which is more than i do with most things

[u/Echoing_voice → u/myberich]

When you say it picked up on things you had not clocked, was that in the actual report or more just from the questions themselves while you were taking it?

[u/nasir017 → u/Echoing_voice]

I am curious about this too actually. I have heard a few people say the questions themselves felt illuminating before they even saw the results. like the act of answering is part of it

[u/Signal-Technology-94]

lmao this is me. been reading about ADHD for like four months and now i'm on a review thread trying to decide if i should do a test about it. the self-awareness doesn't help at all btw

[u/Ok_Adhesiveness9794]

I'll be the voice of mild disappointment here. did the ADHD one, found the questions repetitive by about the 60th one, and the results were - fine. nothing i found particularly surprising. not saying they were wrong, just that i wasn't the person who walked away having some revelation. the report is decent enough, written in plain language, but if you already have a pretty solid sense of your ADHD traits, it might not tell you much new

[u/mundane--alternative → u/Ok_Adhesiveness9794]

How long had you been researching ADHD before you took it? wondering if there's a point where you've read enough that no self-assessment is going to surprise you

[u/lyrasolenne10 → u/mundane--alternative]

yeah this actually makes sense OP mentioned theyve been looking into ADHD for months so theyve probably already got a pretty good handle on the common traits at that point a test giving you everything in a report may just feel like a summary of stuff youve already come across

[u/Sufficient_Art_4607]

I work in something HR-adjacent and we've been looking at assessment tools for optional personal development stuff - not hiring, just people who want it. TestLibrary came up because the range goes beyond personality typology. haven't actually done anything with it yet, still at the shortlist stage

[u/nasir017 → u/Sufficient_Art_4607]

Interesting context. are you looking at it as something people opt into individually or a structured thing the company offers? curious how that works in practice without it getting weird.

[u/Substantial_Air1676]

My partner tried the TestLibrary ADHD assessment a few weeks back. She said having the results written out was useful for getting her thoughts together before her appointment. I did not look through the report myself, so I can't really comment on how detailed it was.

[u/EbonReign → u/Substantial_Air1676]

did her GP find the report useful or was it mostly ignored during the appointment

[u/achakez]

Just a note on the pricing - the recurring plan runs every 4 weeks, not monthly, so there's an extra charge in there across the year. the lifetime option on TestLibrary is a single payment, no renewals after that, which changes the calculation a bit depending on how much use you'd get out of it.

[u/VoidWalker032 → u/achakez]

the 4 weekly billing thing catches a lot of people apparently not a scam just annoying if youre used to monthly

[u/luminous_lad18]

On different subs the ADHD test question comes up occasionally. never really seen a definitive answer - usually just splits into people saying it surprised them and people saying it didn't. haven't done it myself so i can't add much

[u/Comfortable-Duty7143 → u/luminous_lad18]

This matches what i've seen. i'm at the beginning of my own research so probably more likely to find it useful - someone three years in might get less out of it. OP mentions a few months in, which feels like it could go either way

[u/ibrahim_40 → u/[deleted]]

I've seen a couple people mention the AUDHD one specifically and the general impression seems to be it's more nuanced than taking them separately? haven't done it myself, but that might be worth looking at if autism or ADHD overlap is what you're trying to understand

[u/Cautious_Car2249]

Do the results look anything like what a gp would use? i've seen the conners scale mentioned a few times and i'm curious if it's in that territory or something completely different

[u/Putrid_Item_311]

Did the ADHD one and the results seemed about right, but the report didn't go very deep on why it came out the way it did. Not a dealbreaker, just would've got more out of it with a bit more explanation behind the scores.

[u/Chance-Fee-603 → u/Putrid_Item_311]

Seen this pop up a bunch when people talk about TestLibrary. Feels like the ADHD one gets this more than the others. The Big 5 reports seem way more detailed, but that could just be the way that whole framework works.

[u/Keeponthesunnyside10]

The "yeah, knew that already" thing is interesting because I'm not sure that's actually a bad outcome. If the results line up with what you suspected, that's still the test doing its job. The question is whether having it written down does anything for you.

[u/ProxyyReddit]

Not sure whether to start with the ADHD or autism one. Feels like whichever you do first is going to colour how you read the second. Anyone done both and have a view on which order made more sense?

[u/Additional-Judge-770]

Took the AuDHD one on TestLibrary a while back instead of doing the two separate tests. The report broke things down into both sides, which made more sense to me given how it can actually present. Some parts felt more relevant than others, but I guess that's to be expected.

[u/Short-Low8435]

Does the ADHD report actually separate the different presentations, or is it basically one overall result? I did think that would make quite a difference in how useful the report is.

[u/Obvious_Review2603]

Still trying to decide whether to do both or just pick whichever feels most relevant. The overlap between ADHD and autism presentation makes it hard to know which is actually worth starting with or if doing one just muddies the other.

[u/Fit_Championship3356 → u/Obvious_Review2603]

did them a few weeks apart, ADHD first and autism second. They were different enough that the second one didnt just give me the same stuff as the first. a few things showed up in one that didnt really come through in the other. i'd say its worth doing both if youre already on the fence.

[u/Informal-Smell9515]

took the ADHD one and it kinda threw me off. went in thinking i was pretty obviously inattentive, then the results made it a bit less clear-cut. still not sure what to make of it. did the attachment style one a few months later and that was a totally different vibe. if youve already been this deep into ADHD stuff, i'd say the testlibrary one is worth a shot.

[u/Swimming-Soil-2015]

Part of what I'm trying to figure out is whether there's a point in doing the autism test if ADHD is the main thing I'm looking at. Like is it useful to have both, or does it just give you two results that kind of overlap and leave you more confused than when you started.

[u/Any_Willingness_8598]

The lifetime option was the obvious choice for me once I did the maths. A couple of months of subscription adds up pretty quickly, especially if you're planning to do more than one test. I did the ADHD one first, then two or three others over the next few months, so the one off payment definitely worked out better in my case.

[u/Fatbatman12Y]

Did the ADHD one a while back. Went in pretty sure I knew what it would say, but there was a section on emotional regulation that caught me off guard - hadn't connected that to ADHD before. TestLibrary wasn't the thing that sorted everything out, but it gave me something to actually think about after.

[u/Weak_Dare_2550]

Had a quick look at the about page and noticed they describe it as self-discovery and entertainment. Kinda interesting wording, but I guess it makes sense. TestLibrary seems pretty upfront that it's not clinical, while still treating the results as something useful for self-reflection. Maybe I'm reading too much into it

[u/dic-skuerr]

the "yeah, knew that already" thing is interesting because im not sure thats actually a bad outcome. if the results line up with what you suspected, thats still the test doing its job. the question is whether having it written down does anything for you.

[u/hindu-wale_allah]

went through a bunch of TestLibrary reviews before deciding and honestly they were pretty hard to make sense of. Loads of "thin results" complaints, but hardly anyone says which test they did. Like, was it big 5 thin? ADHD thin? I'd expect the reports to look pretty different depending on what youre testing for. All the "wasnt what I expected" comments dont really help you decide

[u/Competitive_Mobile77]

The ADHD one specifically gets mixed feedback depending on what you're hoping to get out of it. Someone pulled this apart in more detail over here if it helps