# Navigate eReader

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id916216769](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id916216769)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id916216769`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Informed Publishing
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 1.50 / 5 (43 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.8
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-22
- **First published:** 2014-09-30
- **Size:** 64 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-28
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/navigate-ereader/id916216769)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.jblearning.com/privacy/](https://www.jblearning.com/privacy/)

## Description

Navigate eReader: For use with Jones & Bartlett Learning Navigate 2 publications spanning public safety, heath professions, and higher education. Read your digital textbook online or offline, enhance your learning with interactive tools, and make and share personal notes.

## Rankings

- #287,758 — Overall

## Review summary

Navigate eReader is praised for offline downloading, but plagued by reliability and usability issues. Core positives are offline access, glossary support, and the ability to resume reading. The most common complaints involve login failures, frequent crashes, weak annotation/highlighting features, inconsistent offline access due to server/internet problems, and a clunky UI with obstructive controls and slow navigation. Overall, stability and robust annotation tools are the key areas needing improvement.

### Pros

- Offline download and reading: users can download books and read without a constant internet connection.
- Glossary lookups: tapping terms provides definitions within the app.
- Resume reading: the app can open to the last location where the user left off (when it works).

### Cons

- Login/authentication problems: users report incorrect credentials issues and being unable to log in.
- Frequent crashes and freezing: the app often becomes unresponsive or shuts down during use.
- Annotation and highlighting issues: highlighting is cumbersome or non-functional, and writing notes is not reliably supported.
- Connectivity/offline limitations: many users see no internet or server errors, or cannot access paid content reliably.
- Poor UI/UX: reviews describe a clunky interface, excessive bottom controls, and laggy scrolling or navigation.

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