My Past Papers vs Cambridge Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Past Papers
Access a comprehensive library of past exam papers, mark schemes, and examiner reports for GCSE, iGCSE, A-Level, and more. Organize your subjects for targeted revision and practice with materials from various UK and international exam boards.
- Vast library of past papers
- Mark schemes and examiner reports
- Personalized subject dashboard
- Support for multiple exam boards
- Targeted revision tools
- Downloadable resources
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Searching for past papers? Look no further. Get instant access to a vast library of GCSE, iGCSE, A-Level, BTEC, Scottish Higher, Cambridge National past papers, mark schemes, and examiner reports – all at your fingertips. Ace your exams with My Past Papers! Create a personalized dashboard with your subjects for targeted revision and quick access to the exact papers you need. Covering AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CAIE, Eduqas, WJEC, and CCEA exam boards, we offer a huge collection of past papers to help you practice, prepare, and achieve your best results. Download My Past Papers today and ace your exams!
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.
- Access Cambridge ebooks offline
- Download videos and audio
- View enhanced online content
- Requires web registration
- Supports iOS 11.0+
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Past Papers at 74% against Cambridge Reader's 10%. My Past Papers also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Cambridge Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
My Past Papers holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of My Past Papers's written reviews are positive against 10% of Cambridge Reader's.
My Past Papers ships an update every 4 days, Cambridge Reader every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | My Past Papers | Cambridge Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better | 2.6 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better | 9.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C-Squared Development | Cambridge University Press & Assessment (App) |
Customer experience
My Past Papers
Cambridge Reader
User reviews
My Past Papers
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Comprehensive past papers
- 🆓 Free to use, no ads
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 📚 Great for revision and practice
- 🖨️ Option to print papers
Room to improve
- ⚠️ Some papers don't load
- 📉 Limited content for some subjects/boards
- ⏳ Slow loading times
- ❓ Difficulty checking answers
- 🎛️ Navigation can be awkward
Cambridge Reader
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat 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
My Past Papers
Reported bugs
5 issues- Papers not loading
- App crashes or freezes
- Unable to leave papers
- Nat 5 History papers disappeared
- Downloaded papers not opening within the app
Requested features
7 requests- Annotation feature to write on papers
- Mark schemes at the end of papers
- Option to save papers as files
- Sorted topic questions
- More recent papers (e.g., 2023)
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- A-Level and BTEC papers
- Ability to write and check answers within the app
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
My Past Papers
No in-app purchases
Cambridge Reader
No in-app purchases
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