# Cengage Read

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6444260893](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6444260893)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6444260893`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cengage Learning
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (4,110 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26
- **First published:** 2023-01-04
- **Size:** 46 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cengage-read/id6444260893)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.cengage.com/privacy/](https://www.cengage.com/privacy/)

## Description

Cengage Read lets students access eTextbooks on the go, study anytime, anywhere. It supports notes, highlights, and bookmarks to capture key ideas, and includes a text-to-speech feature to listen to content.

Navigate quickly with a searchable text, and jump to pages via the table of contents. After logging in with your Cengage credentials, you can sync, search, and study across devices.

## Rankings

- #30,188 — Overall

## Review summary

Cengage Read is helpful for mobile study with features like highlights, notes, and read-aloud audio, plus cross-device access. However, it suffers from frequent freezes and errors, unreliable highlighting, poor navigation, and login issues. The app also requires internet for reading, limiting offline use. Overall, it’s useful for on-the-go reading but plagued by reliability problems that hinder consistent study sessions.

### Pros

- On-the-go access to textbooks with cross-device login and the ability to listen to textbooks (audio reading).
- Highlighting with multiple colors and note-taking features that aid studying.
- Text-to-speech/read-aloud option for hands-free study.
- User-friendly interface that makes reading on mobile easy and convenient.
- Useful for studying and reading when a computer isn’t available.

### Cons

- Frequent freezing, crashes, and startup/download errors that make the app unreliable.
- Robotic, glitchy text-to-speech that often doesn’t load or cuts in and out.
- Highlighting/notes are unreliable (highlights may not save; difficult to export; navigation/citation is clunky).
- Login/authentication issues and inconsistent access (sign-in failures; spinner/“error occurred” messages).
- Limited offline access and dependence on internet; reading can be impossible without connectivity.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6444260893)