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Cengage Read

Cengage Read

by Cengage Learning

4.1K ratings
260 reviews
📚 Education
📚 Books
Free

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 4, 2023
  • September 30, 2026

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Cengage Learning
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Access and study your digital textbooks from anywhere. This app allows students to read, take notes, highlight, bookmark, and use text-to-speech for a flexible learning experience on the go.

✓Read eTextbooks on the go
✓Take notes and highlight
✓Bookmark important sections
✓Text-to-speech functionality
✓Search keywords
✓Navigate via table of contents
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Cengage Read. Based on 4.1K reviews and a 4.2/5 average, it highlights the 4 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • 🚀Easy to read textbooks
  • 🚀Convenient for on-the-go learning
  • 👍Useful for listening to audio while commuting
  • 👍Allows highlighting and note-taking

Negative things

  • 🐛Buggy and glitchy
  • 🔥Poor text formatting and layout
  • 👎Difficult to navigate and use
  • 🔒Login and account issues
  • 🔍Missing key features like split-screen and assignment tracking
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What's New in Cengage Read

2.1

September 30, 2026

This release includes bug fixes and enhanced error tracking

User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

There’s always a glitch

There’s always a glitch when I’m reading the box it’ll shut off if it doesn’t shut off, it loses his place from once I start reading then I have to search back through many passages
Mina3334Mina3334

Screen goes white.

When I go to look at vocabulary words and get to the bottom then scroll back up to the top I find myself having to restart the app. I end up taking my laptop out. Also, I can’t play the pronunciation more than a few times without the app messing up. Please fix.
Chrisvelez93Chrisvelez93

Read Out Loud

I appreciate the mobile app and it’s convenience but would greatly appreciate the read out loud feature be improved. It’s hard to follow the content in the app as opposed to the website version when using the read out loud feature improved. The desktop version read in a much more natural manner.
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Pretty bad

Will not read school books that I bought at to stay online is app is useless
Slawr01Slawr01

Unusable

My textbook does not appear and the cengage button on the top left of the screen does nothing. For the thousands of dollars I pay for education, is it too much to ask for some functional technology?
JohannesBrahmssJohannesBrahmss
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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Frequent crashes and sign-outs

Bug

Inconsistent highlighting and note-taking functionality

Bug

Inability to view full pages and content

Bug

Text-to-speech feature not working properly

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Requested Features

4 requests

Improve text formatting and layout

Feature

Add split-screen support for note-taking

Feature

Enhance accessibility features like text-to-speech

Feature

Integrate assignment and due date tracking

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FAQ

What does the Cengage Read app do?

The Cengage Read app allows students to access and study their digital textbooks on the go. It provides tools for reading, note-taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and listening to the text with text-to-speech functionality.

What are the key features of Cengage Read?

Key features include the ability to read eTextbooks, take notes, highlight important information, bookmark pages, use text-to-speech to have the text read aloud, search for keywords, and navigate using the table of contents.

Is Cengage Read free to use?

Based on the provided information, the app itself is free to download and use. Access to eTextbooks would typically be through a separate purchase or subscription from Cengage.

Who is the target audience for Cengage Read?

This app is designed for students who utilize Cengage digital textbooks and wish to have a convenient and flexible way to study their course materials on their mobile devices.

How do I get started with Cengage Read?

To get started, you simply need to log in to the app using your existing Cengage username and password. This will grant you access to your purchased or assigned eTextbooks.