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Very poor for a $100s-per-year subscription.
Resource linking that is invariably wrong, requiring hunting through several pages of text. Incredible battery drain and sluggish performance even on iPad Pro. Frequent crashes and invisible questions/fields. No ability to search text, or omit formatting and captions from audiobook feature. All this wouldn’t be quite so bad, except the “new” connect books require app use in iOS, and students have no choice to move to competitors. This is quite clearly a product (and service) designed to do the absolute minimum to meet the desires of institutions and professors, and not the needs of the end users. Perhaps it’s time to end the publisher stranglehold on the education market?Show lessSelvius
So far, so good but could use updates
They now offer 4 colors to highlight, circle, box, and underline. I would like to see a handwriting option soon. Also, I wish I could reorder my highlights instead of always starting with the first one. The reason is bc sometimes I change my mind on how I want to categorize the selected text since I use a color-coded system, and when I change my mind, I have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the Highlights section to delete it and re-highlight. That, or add an Erase function as an option to save time. Otherwise, once you get used to the functions, it’s actually not so bad. I have used an Apple Pencil and a stylus with ease.Show lessKrystalontheshore
Can be glitchy
I a using this app on my macbook, purely because i cannot reach the online book without this app. McGraw does not have an option on opening the book on the website for the macbook. This App can be very frustrating to use with the macbook. I have had several glitches with highlighting and other options(option appearing then disappearing when i move my mouse, so i cannot click the option), it struggles with taking notes. It does not like to move page to page fluently like it does as an app on the Iphone. Its just extremely frustrating when I have an exam due in 4 days, and all this app wants to do is act up. I don't have a hard copy of the book, so when it comes to this app it is so very frustrating.Show lessxXBookLoverXx
It’s not the best
I ordered the e book, registered through the web page and can connect via the website itself. The most major issue is try to get the app to work. Doesn’t accept my email as an ID, doesn’t provide even an ID on the website itself and I’ve changed my password since I thought maybe I entered the wrong password but alas still doesn’t workShow less새디
Needs an adaptation
I have dyscalculia, and it would be incredibly helpful if I could read this in Sepia, as I have information processing issues with black and white when it comes to text. Other than that, it’s great.
P.S. The in-text video clips don’t work. I have 5G, and a great up to date laptop, and plenty of space on my devices. It’s not something on my end preventing the video from playing.Show lessamyghoul
Highlight function
I suddenly can’t highlight or take notes anymore. I don’t know if this is an error but only “define” and sound option pops up when text is selected. Please fix!lishé
Developer Response
Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We would like to get it resolved as fast as possible. Can you please send an email to readanywhere-support@mheducation.com and include your username as well as the book title, and any other details you think might be relevant.Absolute Crap
I don’t understand how such a big company like McGraw Hill could come up with such an utterly lousy app. I would give it 0 stars if I could. I am being forced to use this app for school because of school, but if you have ANY CHOICE WHATSOEVER, DO NOT USE THIS APP. You’re better off taking pictures of every single page of your textbook and using photos on your phone than using this app.
The entire app is the most inconvenient and poorly formatted. First of all, “continuous scroll” is the only option. I put continuous scroll in quotes because it isn’t even continuous. The pages are all strangely different lengths and the application stops you at the end of a page so you have to swipe multiple times before you can access the next page.
Moreover, the markup features are absolutely pathetic. There are very few markup options; they have four highlighter colors and don’t even have a handwriting option. Also, seeing as this app is geared towards iPads, the fact that Apple Pencil does not work with it is absurd. You also have to select the text you want to markup by dragging your finger around for an unholy amount of time before the markup options even show up, because as i mentioned earlier, you cannot draw on the book with Apple Pencil.Show lesskaylee1224
Images are very blurry
I’m using this app to read the digital version of my anatomy and physiology textbook. It's so important for me to be able to see the visuals as well as read the text, but I can really only do one of those because the pictures are so low resolution. Really disappointed about that, and this is definitely not going to help me study effectively.Show lesspoodlenuna
Update for audio lacking
Very glad to see the variable speed update that came out today. Updated and tried to use only to be disappointed. The speed variations are not like Audible or other audiobook apps. It’s just faster and slower than the original with no other listener adjustment capabilities. The update is a big let down.
Just pay for the ebook and use Speechify. It sounds 100% better and has actual speed variation controls.Show lessLuxeBunny
Won’t stay open
With most reader apps it will keep the screen on indefinitely however not with this one. Also scrolling with images is weird and sometimes the full image does not fit on the pages and you have to pan to be able to view it.Faygoclam
