CosmoLink vs Cengage Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CosmoLink
This app helps students and staff stay connected to their university. Access academic information, campus maps, and contact details. Receive important news and event updates.
- Access grades and course schedules
- Campus news and events
- Staff contact directory
- Campus navigation
- University connection
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Stay connected to ENMU-Roswell using CosmoLink. Access your grades, course schedule, etc., and stay informed with the latest news and events. Search for a staff member’s contact information or find a place you need to go on campus, all from the same app.
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: Cengage Read at 4.2 against CosmoLink's 2.8. Cengage Read also leads on ratings volume (4.2K vs 5) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). CosmoLink's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18). 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 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cengage Read has 4.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CosmoLink's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cengage Read's.
CosmoLink ships an update every 8 months, Cengage Read every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CosmoLink | Cengage Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.2 (4.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 19.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 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 | 6.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kryptos Mobile | Cengage Learning |
Customer experience
CosmoLink
Cengage Read
Bugs and requests
CosmoLink
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
CosmoLink
No in-app purchases
Cengage Read
No in-app purchases
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