MySUSLA vs Cengage Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MySUSLA
Access university services and information on the go. Manage registration, view academic records, and stay connected with the university community through a unified mobile platform.
- Mobile access to Banner
- University social network integration
- Online registration
- Check registration status
- View account summary
- Access academic transcripts
- Class lookup
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MySUSLA Mobile App will provide students, faculty, and staff with mobile access to Banner, the new website, and the university social network pages. Students will be able to complete Registration via smart devices and check on Registration Status, Account Summary, Academic Transcripts, Class Lookup, Holds, Grades, and more.
Cengage Read
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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Read your eTextbook and study on the go with the Cengage Read app. Cengage Read lets students study whenever – and wherever – they want. Take notes, highlight and bookmark info, have the text read out loud with text-to-speech and easily search keywords and jump to pages with the table of contents. Just log in with your Cengage username and password to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MySUSLA at 5.0 against Cengage Read's 4.2. MySUSLA also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18). Cengage Read's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MySUSLA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cengage Read has 4.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MySUSLA ships an update every 15 months, Cengage Read every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MySUSLA | Cengage Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (4.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 19.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kryptos Mobile | Cengage Learning |
Customer experience
MySUSLA
Cengage Read
Bugs and requests
MySUSLA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cengage Read
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and sign-outs
- Inconsistent highlighting and note-taking functionality
- Inability to view full pages and content
- Text-to-speech feature not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Improve text formatting and layout
- Add split-screen support for note-taking
- Enhance accessibility features like text-to-speech
- Integrate assignment and due date tracking
In-app purchases
MySUSLA
No in-app purchases
Cengage Read
No in-app purchases
