Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource vs myEVOLVE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
Access and read Elsevier textbooks on your iOS device. Download books for offline study, search your entire library, and add notes and highlights. Sync your progress across devices for a seamless learning experience.
- Download books for offline reading
- Search entire library
- Create notes and highlights
- Sync across devices
- Pinch to zoom figures
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Use Elsevier® eBooks to download and access Elsevier textbooks on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Read your books online or offline, search across your full library, and create notes and highlights to help you study. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based Elsevier eBooks apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks account • Access to one or more Elsevier textbooks • iOS 17+
myEVOLVE
This app streamlines communication between parents and schools, offering features for news, document access, event booking, and secure payments. It provides a centralized platform for managing school-related information and activities for your child.
- Home-school communication
- Book clubs, trips, and events
- Digital consent forms
- Secure school payments
- Student profile and attendance tracking
- Push notifications for important updates
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The myEVOLVE app provides you, the parent or carer, with a smart, secure and easy way to engage with your child’s school from the convenience of your mobile phone. Home-School Communications - Read the latest news from school - Save time and paper by directly accessing letters from within the app - Access important school documents - View the school calendar - Report absence to school - Push notifications to alert you of important tasks that need your attention e.g. important school news, consent forms requiring completion, payments due, etc. Bookings - View the school's extra-curricular clubs programme - Book places on clubs - View school trip opportunities that are available for your child - Book places on school trips - Book tickets for school events e.g. concerts & productions Consent - Push notifications to inform you when consent forms have been sent to you - Digitally complete consent forms from within the app - Quick, secure and convenient process. Pay - Fast, convenient, and secure payments. - Pay for extra-curricular clubs - Pay for school trips - Pay in full or instalments - Pay student bills e.g. School Photographs, bus passes, DofE registration fees etc. - Pay for school shop purchases e.g. textbooks, equipment, uniform etc. - Top-up your child's wallet for school meals - Keep on top of bills with push notifications and reminders Student Profile - View your contact details to ensure they are up-to-date - Access to student timetable - View and monitor attendance - View awards, commendations and behaviour marks - Keep track of involvement in trips, clubs & school sports *In order to use myEVOLVE your school will need to be using the EVOLVE platform. The features available to you will depend on those activated by your child's school. Your school will provide you with account activation details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource at every 3 months against myEVOLVE's every 23 months. Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource also leads on review sentiment (16% vs 0%). myEVOLVE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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.
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource ships an update every 3 months, myEVOLVE every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource | myEVOLVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elsevier Inc. | eduFOCUS |
Customer experience
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
myEVOLVE
Bugs and requests
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
Reported bugs
3 issues- Repeated sentence/paragraph playback
- Highlighted text disappearing across devices
- Inability to download or access purchased books
Requested features
5 requests- Allow handwritten notes and annotations
- Improve page-turning and scrolling functionality
- Enhance diagram and image viewing experience
- Integrate seamless cross-device synchronization
- Provide more customization options (e.g., font, layout)
myEVOLVE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
No in-app purchases
myEVOLVE
No in-app purchases
Questions
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