Cambridge Reader vs Edison's Parent App
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.
Edison's Parent App
This app provides parents with essential updates and communication tools for their children's schooling. Access emails, circulars, news, homework, and academic content directly from their educational institution.
- Email communication
- Circulars and news
- Homework and assignments
- Academic content access
- Transport and timetable
- Parent-teacher communication
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Get access to important information about your children studying in schools using Digital Campus: - Email communication - Circulars - News - Notifications - Homework - Assignment - Academic Content - Transport - Timetable - Parent Teacher Communication - Weekly Plan ...and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Edison's Parent App at 3.4 against Cambridge Reader's 2.5. Edison's Parent App also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months). Cambridge Reader's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 5) and review sentiment (10% vs 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.
Edison's Parent App holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cambridge Reader has 52 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Cambridge Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Edison's Parent App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cambridge Reader ships an update every 6 months, Edison's Parent App every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cambridge Reader | Edison's Parent App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 11 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 | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cambridge University Press & Assessment (App) | EDISON INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Cambridge Reader
Edison's Parent App
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
Edison's Parent App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cambridge Reader
No in-app purchases
Edison's Parent App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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