# Reader+

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1052643016](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1052643016)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1052643016`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pearson Education, Inc.
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (1,091 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.7.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-25
- **First published:** 2015-11-14
- **Size:** 525 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reader/id1052643016)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.pearson.com/corporate/privacy-notice.html](https://www.pearson.com/corporate/privacy-notice.html)

## Description

Reader+ is an education-focused Chrome extension that lets you read, annotate, and save bookmarks across online and offline modes, with multimedia elements and interactive activities to deepen learning.

Key features include a refreshed bookshelf, streamlined navigation, a visual card view in the Resource Panel, improved accessibility, and ongoing bug fixes.

## Rankings

- #52,291 — Overall
- #17 — reader

## Review summary

Reader+ shows major reliability and usability problems across reviews: unstable login/crashes, mandatory re-downloads with offline extraction errors, missing annotation tools, content display issues, and platform/login integration limitations. This results in a consistently broken experience, often requiring repeated downloads and failing to deliver readable textbooks on affected devices.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and login failures, including invalid credentials and post-login crash loops.
- Requires re-downloading the textbook on every open, with offline extraction failures and download issues.
- No in-app writing or annotation features; inability to write or draw in textbooks.
- Content does not render properly (text missing, only table of contents loads) and inconsistent display.
- Sign-in and platform compatibility problems (no account creation option, Microsoft credential login not supported, iOS compatibility issues).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1052643016)