Cengage Read

But marginally better than lugging a massive textbook around if you’re moving a lot

I need this app to have better mobile access to my reading materials for my class. However, it prompts me to sign in with my user ID (which I don’t even know because the website prompted me to purchase the book but never to make a user ID). Secondly even if I knew my user ID, I would not be able to sign in because it won’t allow my keyboard to open on the screen.

CengageRead crashed 5-6 times within 30-45 minutes of use.

The App does not work. Says it syncs your data and it does not.

Terrible app with terrible features, some buttons just don’t work and are there for show. Needs a lot of improvement.

I just downloaded the app since I am taking a course that requires MindTap. I was able to use the app just fine! I saw a lot of bad reviews where people complain about this or that and honestly, ignore them. Someone said the online browser didn’t work so they were forced to use app, well they both work as you will soon find out after downloading this app. Someone else said highlighting didn’t work, worked just fine I was even able to add notes to my highlight and change its color. Scrolling through pages was easy it’s like any other program like Pearson where the chapter is split up in segments so the page you are on is the segment. I don’t know why people are complaining you don’t have to know rocket science to use this app. The only thing I would change is maybe making the text reader more human like, it sounds to much like a robot. I like to listen to the chapters being read so I can do other things at the same time and not spend hours watching a screen.

It will not download my books, the other app that worked fine for Cengage does not work anymore. I know they make more than enough money to at least put out a decent app that would work. SMFH

I’m not sure why all the negative reviews. I almost didn’t download this app because the reviews were so bad, but, once I read them, I realized they seemed like whining and not actual reviews of the app. So, here is a review on the app and how it works. I downloaded this app in order to read the text book on my phone. It had me log into my Cengage account, and it had all my text books available to choose from. The app is intuitive to use, similar to Kindle, Libby, or any other reading app I’ve used. It has both, a slide bar and a table of contents, to find the page you need. You can flip or scroll while reading through, and you can pick font size. This is a reader app, and it does what it is supposed to do.

We have all type of ai and things out there that can help them improve this app. I am trying to listen to the book and the voice is just not it.

All I see is a bunch of whiners just read you big babies