Packt Reader User Reviews

Packt Reader
Packt Reader
Packt Publishing Limited

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The worst app

This is app does not work at all on an iPad. The app should be withdrawn from the store, you are just wasting peoples time installing it.

Web Interface is much better

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

Can’t login

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

This app is terrible

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.

Who does not update app in more than year?

The user experience of the App is very bad. It does not support offline, even if it says it does. Books/reading gets broken as soon as you are offline.

After contacting Packt, they mentioned that they don’t have plans for updates. Seriously!

Reading is fine, video bad

Reading on app works. If you play a video and click table of contents to select a different chapter/video, the application will crash. You can only select next video and watch the chapters in order.
Packt, please fix this.

SSO option lacking

It’s pathetic that something as basic as single sign on isn’t available

Content there. Not much else.

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.
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Missing basic features

A beta app at best. Gets the job done but with a few bugs and a lot of missing features. I will still continue to use and I hope they invest some money into it

Current version 1.9.5 Unstable

Uninstalled app, since as others said the app crashes for no reason and loses all settings. Not worth the effort to use the app.

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