AUB Mobile vs Cengage Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AUB Mobile
Access campus information, academic details, and essential university resources on the go. Stay updated with campus news, find building locations, and manage your academic progress.
- Check holds, grades, and schedule
- View academic calendar and program offerings
- Receive campus update notifications
- Search directory and locate buildings
- Access library resources and e-learning
- Instructor Course Evaluation (ICE)
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Stay in touch with AUB at all times and be the first to know about all that’s happening on campus! The app allows you to check holds, grades, schedule, deadlines, academic calendar, as well as program offerings. Using the app, you can also receive notifications on campus updates, search the directory list and use GPS and maps to check where buildings are located on campus, along with the departments and offices they host. The mobile application also facilitates search for library books and articles as well as access to e-learning (Moodle) and Instructor Course Evaluation (ICE).
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 review sentiment: AUB Mobile at 100% against Cengage Read's 20%. AUB Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (10.1 vs 18). Cengage Read's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 3). 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.
Cengage Read holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cengage Read has 4.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of AUB Mobile's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cengage Read's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AUB Mobile ships an update every 7 months, Cengage Read every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AUB Mobile | Cengage Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 19.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 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 | 10.1 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American University of Beirut | Cengage Learning |
Customer experience
AUB Mobile
Cengage Read
Bugs and requests
AUB Mobile
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
AUB Mobile
No in-app purchases
Cengage Read
No in-app purchases
