MindEdge Learning vs Soomo Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MindEdge Learning
Access your online course content and interactive features on the go. This app syncs your progress seamlessly with the web version, ensuring you can study effectively from any mobile device.
- Mobile course access
- Interactive learning features
- Cross-device progress syncing
- Optimized for all screen sizes
- Student data saving
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More than an e-book, the MindEdge app allows students to be engaged by the same content and interactive features as in the Web version of the course, in a format that is optimized for mobile devices at any screen size. Student data and progress are saved, just as if the student were at his or her computer. The app is intended only for students of participating educational institutions.
Soomo Reader
Access educational webtexts on your iOS device for online or offline reading. Engage with course material by answering multiple-choice and short-answer questions, and utilize an integrated glossary for quick definitions.
- Offline reading of webtexts
- Interactive study questions
- Glossary term definitions
- Sync work across devices
- User-friendly navigation
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Use our Webtext Reader® to access Soomo webtexts on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Read your webtext online or offline, respond to study questions, and compose short answer responses. Features: • Download webtexts to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading • Enjoy a simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience • Answer questions including multiple choice, short answer, and response boards • Tap glossary terms for definitions • Sync your completed work between your iOS device and your web-based textbook Requirements: • Soomo Learning webtext account • Access to one or more Soomo webtexts • iOS 15.4+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soomo Reader at none against MindEdge Learning's 1. Soomo Reader also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. MindEdge Learning sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Soomo Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
MindEdge Learning ships an update every 5 months, Soomo Reader every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindEdge Learning | Soomo Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (248 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 248 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MindEdge, Inc. | Soomo Learning, LLC |
Customer experience
MindEdge Learning
Soomo Reader
Bugs and requests
MindEdge Learning
Reported bugs
75 issues- Cannot load quizzes on iPad
- Some material does not render
- In-lesson widgets and quiz questions do not work
- Interface elements stop working after one issue
- App crashes repeatedly
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- Cannot log in to access materials
- Today it won’t play sound
- App is extremely slow
- Scrolling is slow to react
- Sections of pages don’t scale to the screen
- Won’t keep user signed in
- Text to audio goes to a black screen and turns off
- Top bar jumps along the page
- App doesn’t work for SNHU
- Issues loading images, videos, and symbols
- Self-assessments have answers uncovered
- Doesn’t fit screen, looks like it was made for older devices
- Downloaded content doesn’t work in airplane mode
- Button for key concepts doesn’t work
- App auto-populates quizzes
- Won’t load pictures
- Videos auto-play
- Sometimes won’t load half a page
- Doesn’t support college despite school using MindEdge
- Login problems, support unresponsive
- Keeps directing to log on to web version first
- Audio shuts off anytime screen locks/goes to sleep
- Support couldn’t help with login
- Citation links send to enlarged citation with no back button
- Charts don’t fit the screen
- Drag to drop games are wonky
- Pages with a lot of images load slowly
- Exponents and parenthesis not showing correctly in math course
- Answers for quizzes are exposed at the end of sections
- Basic formatting errors make material look incorrect
- No “Begin” button for quizzes on iPad
- Answers displayed before attempting review questions
- Drop downs do not work
- All questions have answers always visible
- App hasn’t been playing content, rather downloaded for offline use
- Does not start up where you left off
- Isn’t setup to authenticate for SNHU students
- Course materials still open in browser
- Have to go back to course home every time clicking next
- Graph or picture content not there when clicking next
- Resolution locked to smaller than screen
- Answering questions sends to new page with question gone
- Pop-up for answer correctness is off-screen
- Pressing back sends to beginning of page
- Some questions have answer open already
- Graphics don’t always load unless downloaded for offline use
- Course navigation is a mess
- Quizzes might be broken or not present
- Just sends you to the browser to view documents
- Only reads one page at a time for listen to text
- Blanks screen for listen to text
- Doesn’t keep phone awake for listen to text
- Clickable links do not function
- Videos do not function
- Narrative voice is monotone
- Downloaded audio material will not play
- App doesn’t allow SNHU students to use it
- Cannot get app to refresh to the next course
- Crashes app if trying to return to page after hitting course navigation button
- Cannot advance with the course, only review opened on computer
- Videos won't play or are muted
- Slow, doesn’t remember where you were
- Cannot log into textbook with the app
- Kept getting stuck, couldn’t scroll thru pages
- Hardly ever opens, takes long to load
- Phenomenal performance degraded
- Constantly effing up
- Unable to sign in with correct information
- Crashes frequently
- Told user they don't have any material on the app
Requested features
12 requests- Allow reading along with audio
- Fix audio to not turn off when screen locks
- Improve scrolling and page navigation
- Ensure all content scales to screen
- Allow simultaneous text and audio
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- Improve compatibility with newer devices
- Add support for more colleges (e.g., SNHU)
- Fix login persistence
- Add a support link on the opening screen
- Allow advancement to next course/module
- Fix video playback issues
- Enable pinch to zoom
Soomo Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MindEdge Learning
- Access Control and Identity Management Scenarios$79.99
Soomo Reader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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