Comparison

iTeacher App vs Cambridge Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iTeacher App

Streamline daily classroom tasks with this mobile application. Manage registers, student information, timetables, and communications efficiently. Stay updated with school news and important alerts through push notifications.

Highlights
  • Take registers
  • View student profiles
  • Access timetables
  • Manage commendations and detentions
  • Send emails and SMS
  • Receive school news and alerts
  • Send emergency broadcasts
Features
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The iTeacher App offers an exciting and simple new way for teachers to complete their daily classroom tasks. From taking registers to awarding a commendation, viewing timetables and accessing student information, teachers can quickly and easily complete key tasks directly from their mobile device or tablet. Integrated communications including email and SMS allow teachers to communicate directly with students and other teachers in just a few clicks. Helpful system messages and free push notifications also assist with keeping teachers up-to-date with any important student information, school news and timetable changes. The dashboard is organised across four key tabs offering a quick snapshot of key information relevant to each teacher including their current and next lesson, their timetable, cover arrangements, any student updates, absent and detention lists, off games lists, news, bulletins and calendar events. It also contains a new iFeed feature that highlights any key data changes for students who a teacher has academic and/or pastoral responsibility for. Valuable key features include: Taking a register - whether in the classroom, on the playfield or on a trip Viewing student profiles for quick access to academic, pastoral, medical and emergency contact information Viewing timetables, including those of other teachers and students Accessing cover arrangements Awarding commendations and managing detentions Sending emails and SMS Access to all school news and bulletins, the school calendar and the school directory There is also the functionality to send emergency broadcasts at the click of a button to all staff, students and parents. The iTeacher App is a native app downloaded onto teachers’ mobile devices and tablets. This provides enhanced security and quicker access to information. Please note: The iTeacher App must be installed by your school in order for it to be accessible to teachers and only works in conjunction with the iSAMS Management Information System.

About

Cambridge Reader

Access your Cambridge University Press ebooks offline on your mobile device. Download videos and audio to prepare for classes. Requires web registration and login details.

Highlights
  • Access Cambridge ebooks offline
  • Download videos and audio
  • View enhanced online content
  • Requires web registration
  • Supports iOS 11.0+
Features
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Developed for Cambridge University Press online subscription services, the Cambridge Reader App allows you to access your Cambridge Elevate, Go and Cambridge Learn Premium ebooks wherever you are. Downloading the Cambridge Reader app allows you to: • Access all of your favourite Cambridge ebooks directly from your mobile device • Have confidence that your content will be there - even if you lose internet access • Prepare for classes by downloading videos and audio to the app in advance To use the app you first need to register your account on the web using a PC or Mac. The minimum OS version supported by the Cambridge Reader App is iOS 11.0. If you already have a student or teacher account, you can log in, view your books from a phone and download enhanced online content, including videos, files, interactive activities and image galleries. This app will work once you have been sent login details and accepted the EULA and Terms of Use online.

Screenshots

iTeacher App4 screens
Cambridge Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iTeacher App at 4.1 against Cambridge Reader's 2.5. iTeacher App also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). Cambridge Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iTeacher App holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of iTeacher App's written reviews are positive against 10% of Cambridge Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTeacher App ships an update every 6 weeks, Cambridge Reader every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iTeacher App versus Cambridge Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTeacher AppCambridge Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (51 ratings) — better2.5 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews — better10.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5152 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiSAMS LimitedCambridge University Press & Assessment (App)

Customer experience

iTeacher App

All ratings51 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral13.0%
Negative74.1%

Cambridge Reader

All ratings52 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.5%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive10.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative86.4%

User reviews

iTeacher App

From 51 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful for registers
  • 👍 Can be great when working
  • 👍 Dark mode supported (partially)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Unresponsive buttons
  • 🐛 Data access errors
  • 🐛 Blank screens when loading data
  • 🐛 Clunky and on the wrong settings

Cambridge Reader

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful textbooks and worked examples
  • 👍 App is amazing (rare positive)
  • 👍 So easy to use (rare positive)
  • 👍 Good app. Works fine (rare positive)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unusable app experience
  • 🐛 App is slow and laggy
  • 🐛 Randomly goes back a page
  • 🐛 Doesn't fit screen properly
  • 🐛 Cannot split screen

Bugs and requests

iTeacher App

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • Opening page always off games list
  • Class registers disappeared from home page
  • Buttons greyed out and unresponsive
  • Unable to save group registration
  • Toolbar at the bottom not visible on iPhone 12 mini
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  • Crashes on first opening
  • Blank screen when pulling up pupil timetable or list
  • App shuts down on iPad Pro and iPhone
  • Constantly get data access errors
  • Cannot see dashboard or load timetable wizards
  • Register buttons unresponsive
  • Unable to save registers
  • MFA does not accept paste in iOS
  • App shuts down on start up
  • App crashes on start up
  • App stops working after updates
  • App doesn't load on iPhone 7 or iPad
  • Stuck on loading screen
  • App doesn't open
  • Crashes the whole time
  • No support for 2018 iPad Pro
  • App doesn't support One Login
  • Force quits after 10 minutes
  • Error when clicking 'lock app' and waiting for Touch ID
  • Data errors when looking up information
  • Login issues, asking for credentials repeatedly
  • Session expired dialogs

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add rewards and sanctions functionality
  • Implement dark mode properly
  • Improve navigation and UI design
  • Add quick merit/concern features to registers
  • Allow report writing
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  • Improve timetable details
  • Enable alerts like on a browser
  • Fix toolbar visibility on iPhone 12 mini
  • Add Touch ID/Face ID sign-in
  • Support SSO/One Login
  • Allow editing/moving/authorizing detentions
  • Improve selection of students from lists
  • Allow selecting a group of students to email
  • Provide display/font size options
  • Integrate with iReport

Cambridge Reader

Reported bugs

42 issues
  • Randomly goes back a page
  • App doesn't fit screen
  • Cannot split screen
  • App glitches and freezes
  • App crashes frequently
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  • Books disappear or don't load
  • Login issues (invalid credentials, password problems, spaces in password)
  • App reloads after switching apps
  • Textbooks not showing up
  • Outdated codes
  • Cannot register/add books
  • Pages not loading
  • App resets when closed
  • Notes disappear
  • Cannot scroll horizontally
  • Lack of landscape mode
  • Lack of zoom functionality
  • App is slow and laggy
  • App doesn't support split screen
  • App quits unexpectedly
  • Book codes not working
  • Book codes need to be entered every time
  • Cannot download more than a few books
  • Page select/scroll bar is difficult to use
  • Books not appearing in account after login
  • App doesn't show full page
  • Password reset not available
  • App doesn't work on iPad
  • App is worse than previous version
  • Cannot zoom out
  • App doesn't allow horizontal scrolling
  • Updated version available but book doesn't update
  • Cannot flip to next pages
  • App pauses the screen
  • Login loop with Cambridge.go account
  • Book disappears after adding both workbook and student book
  • Bookmark not showing
  • App is not compatible with iPhone 7 screen size
  • UI is clunky
  • Page closes when touched the wrong way
  • App is skunk
  • User interface looks like ayoos

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add landscape mode for iPhones
  • Allow split screen functionality
  • Improve scrolling (horizontal and vertical)
  • Fix page loading issues
  • Enable note-taking within the app
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  • Improve zoom functionality
  • Add animations
  • Fix issues with adding books/resources
  • Allow access to all subscribed titles on mobile
  • Make the app fill the whole screen on iPad Pros
  • Add password reset functionality

In-app purchases

None

iTeacher App

No in-app purchases

None

Cambridge Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iTeacher App free?
iTeacher App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cambridge Reader free?
Cambridge Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iTeacher App or Cambridge Reader?
iTeacher App is rated higher. iTeacher App averages 4.1 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Cambridge Reader averages 2.5 from 52 ratings.
Do iTeacher App or Cambridge Reader have ads?
Neither iTeacher App nor Cambridge Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTeacher App or Cambridge Reader?
iTeacher App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cambridge Reader every 6 months. Most recently, iTeacher App was updated on September 22, 2026 and Cambridge Reader on September 24, 2026.

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