Packt Reader

I first tried this application over a year ago and it was impossible to view or play the content. Since then, there’s been an upgrade that at least allows access to content. However, playlist that from such a useful part of the Packt publishing website is not available and therefore how useful this is as a training tool is highly debatable.

Can’t even login, keyboard covers password box - so can’t paste or even type. Hangs when using password manager. Doesn’t switch to portrait on login screen. Waste of time really.

The old Packt app was good until it got abandoned and left in a broken state for years. I thought this was a replacement but it’s very poor by comparison and since they updated the Authentication I’ve been unable to login. It’s pretty reflective of Packt in general - rough around the edges compared to the competition.

For a long while the Packt app didn't work at all for subscribers, so glad it's back. But if I start reading a book, at a certain point the content is blank (sometimes, but not always, when I restart after a break). Downloading content does not seem to make a difference-still blank whether the content is local or remote. There also seem to be two Packt apps. with little difference between them.

No progress tracking so you’ll loose where you are on a book, no access to playlists, can’t make any adjustments to reading environment other than text size (font etc would be good). Take some inspiration from the kindle reading apps if you want to make this a good app. As iPad is my preferred reading device I don’t know if I can continue past the subscription trial without a solid reading experience.

It would be good if the app has a search function to search for text within the book.

Handy reader when I need to read a Packt book on my iPhone. A few issues - 1) in dark mode picture with background is invisible; 2) left most part of some pictures are cut off in iPhone app. They show correctly in downloaded PDF.

Great technical books but this app is too simple, through the web is much better.

I sign in to packt by logging in with my google account…there isn’t an option for that on the app(at least that I’ve seen) Need to add an option to login via google

I never write reviews but this app is just too bad not to leave one. When I try to flip the pages it does not go to the next page, it seems to skip to the next section. This makes it impossible to read.