Cambridge Reader vs CESK Schools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
CESK Schools
This educational app offers a comprehensive and challenging academic program. It aims to prepare students for a rapidly changing world and develop them into committed, lifelong learners ready for global citizenship.
- Comprehensive academic program
- Challenging curriculum
- Preparation for a changing world
- Develops lifelong learners
- Fosters global citizenship
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A Choice for a brighter future Our Mission is to provide a comprehensive and challenging academic program that will prepare our students for a rapidly changing world and develop committed life-long learners ready for the responsibilities and expectations of global citizenship.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CESK Schools at 3.3 against Cambridge Reader's 2.5. CESK Schools also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 10%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months). Cambridge Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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.
CESK Schools holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CESK Schools has 319 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Cambridge Reader's written reviews are positive against 48% of CESK Schools's.
Cambridge Reader ships an update every 6 months, CESK Schools every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cambridge Reader | CESK Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 3.3 (319 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.2% of reviews | 47.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 319 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cambridge University Press & Assessment (App) | Pirmam for information technology services ltd |
Customer experience
Cambridge Reader
CESK Schools
User reviews
Cambridge Reader
From 52 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
CESK Schools
From 319 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 App GUI is nice
- 👍 Shows homework, quizzes, schedules
- 👍 Shows holidays
- 👍 Generally good app
- 👍 Works well
Room to improve
- 😞 Very bad teachers
- 😞 School got data breach
- 😞 Garbage app
- 😞 Fruadsters
- 😞 Worst Application Ever
Bugs and requests
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
CESK Schools
Reported bugs
14 issues- Data breach
- Hacked
- Access to credentials, grades, posts, accounts
- Grade incorrect (e.g., grade 8b showing as grade 5)
- App doesn't open
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- Homework place wouldn't show (blank)
- Glitchy
- Keeps having updates
- App doesn't work at all
- Malfunctioning after too many updates
- Loading screen issue (stuck on 'loading')
- Update required loop
- Homework shows as grey screen
- App won't load
Requested features
9 requests- Add chatting feature
- Chatting with teachers for double-checking
- Chatting with friends for projects
- Private chats for students without social media
- Private chat with teachers for help
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- Save button for images
- Ability to delete messages
- Call a teacher for homework/projects
- More quality on the app
In-app purchases
Cambridge Reader
No in-app purchases
CESK Schools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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