Macmillan vs McGraw Hill Express Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macmillan
Access podcasts featuring a variety of people from Macmillan Learning, including editorial, marketing, and authors. Gain content knowledge and hear stories relevant to campus life.
- Content knowledge podcasts
- Campus life stories
- Interviews with authors
- Insights from editorial and marketing teams
- Audio learning content
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Podcasts to help you gain content knowledge and stories you can tell on campus. These podcasts feature a variety of people at Macmillan Learning, including Editorial, Marketing, Authors and many others.
McGraw Hill Express Library
Access and read McGraw Hill textbooks on your iOS device. Download books for offline access, search your library, and create notes and highlights to enhance your studies. Sync your progress across devices.
- Download books for offline reading
- Search entire library
- Create notes and highlights
- Sync across devices
- User-friendly navigation
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Use McGraw Hill Express Library to download and access McGraw Hill 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. 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. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read, and all your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based McGraw Hill India Bookshelf apps. Requirements: • McGraw Hill India Bookshelf account • Access to one or more McGraw Hill textbooks • iOS 15+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: McGraw Hill Express Library at 2.7 against Macmillan's 1.4. McGraw Hill Express Library also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 10). Macmillan's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
McGraw Hill Express Library holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McGraw Hill Express Library has 153 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Macmillan's written reviews are positive against 3% of McGraw Hill Express Library's.
Macmillan ships an update every 7 months, McGraw Hill Express Library every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macmillan | McGraw Hill Express Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (10 ratings) | 2.7 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 3.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Podbean Tech LLC | McGraw-Hill |
Customer experience
Macmillan
McGraw Hill Express Library
Bugs and requests
Macmillan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
McGraw Hill Express Library
Reported bugs
16 issues- Cannot log in
- App does not recognize school account
- App does not recognize user account
- Cannot create a new account
- Cannot access ebooks
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- Sign in button does not work
- QR code feature does not work
- No QR code on website
- App does not work on iPad
- Incorrect password or email error
- No books show up in app
- App no longer works
- Message to account not received
- Cannot create an account
- Account doesn't exist error
- Customer service hung up
Requested features
7 requests- Fix the app
- Make app work on iPad
- Allow access to ebooks
- Resolve login issues
- Provide FAQ for book access
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- Ensure app has McGraw Hill logo
- Make QR code feature functional
In-app purchases
Macmillan
No in-app purchases
McGraw Hill Express Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Macmillan free?
Is McGraw Hill Express Library free?
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Do Macmillan or McGraw Hill Express Library have ads?
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