ReadAnywhere

Name: ReadAnywhere
Rating: 4.6 (10313 reviews)
Author: McGraw-Hill

By: McGraw-Hill

Books

Features & Capabilities

ReadAnywhere by McGraw Hill brings together eBooks and Connect adaptive assignments in a single, portable tool. Read, annotate, and study offline, with automatic syncing once you're back online. Log in using your McGraw Hill Connect or eBook credentials to learn anytime, anywhere.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education

By:

McGraw-Hill

Rating:

4.60

(10,313)

Version:

4.3.1 Last updated: 2026-04-07

Version code:

884072131

Creation date:

2017-06-24

Compatible devices:

Size:

127.80MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 17,672 ▲ 17

Other rankings

#3 in smartbook keyword 1 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

McGraw-Hill

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/readanywhere/id1237370775

Website:

http://www.mheducation.com/

User Reviews

ReadAnywhere is praised for mobile convenience, offline reading, highlighting, clear text, and a read-aloud option. However, it suffers from widespread reliability and usability issues: frequent login problems, downloads that don’t persist between sessions, a broken search feature, subpar audio playback, and a disorganized Smartbook/annotation experience. The frustration from instability outweighs the perceived benefits, though the core reading features remain valued by some users.

Pros

Convenient for reading textbooks on the go.
Offline download feature for reading without internet.
Highlighting for studying is available.
Text displays cleanly, as the authors intended.
Read-aloud accessibility option adds value for listening.

Cons

Frequent login/sign-out issues and unreliable sign-in.
Offline downloads do not persist; content often needs re-downloading after closing the app.
Search functionality is broken or unreliable after updates.
Audio playback is monotone, often stops when scrolling and has limited controls.
Smartbook UI/organization and annotation features are poor (jumbled lists, no sorting, difficult to delete highlights, limited margins).

Recent reviews

I use the app to read books from my courses and it worked pretty good. Until it got updated, now whenever you click on a highlighted term it doesn’t define it for you anymore. Only a blank white screen pops up and the search doesn’t work correctly anymore. Ive tried it on multiple key terms throughout the book and nothing pops up but a white box. I already deleted the app and installed it again but the same issues keep happening. It wasn’t like this until the update. I even contacted customer service for help, nothing was done and I wasted 42 minutes because then the agent decided to disconnect and do nothing. So I got connected with another agent WHO ALSO DID NOTHING. This is actually makeing me have a very unfavorable view about the brands, its products and definitely useless customer service

by Tr*****, 2026-06-02

There is simply nothing good to say. Connect is horrible and teaches nothing really. It’s a tools used by lazy professors that do absolutely nothing and get a paycheck doing it. I guess this is what education has become - no wonder out people are idiots!

by br*****, 2026-05-12

App signed me out for some reason and wants me to sign back in without using an email. The Adaptive Assignments are available here but every time you want to open it you need to redownload it. Same with the book chapters. The following is my opinion on McGraw Hill’s connect in general and not just this app. The Adaptive Assignments are the worst. They take like an hour to do and are so boring you forget what you are learning. The professors probably like them because of all the data it collects on your performance. Also in other assignments (not tha adaptive ones) they expected us to know material that wasn’t in the textbook. Overall super frustrating 1/10 would not recommend.