SecureTestBrowser vs Snap&Read Universal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SecureTestBrowser
This secure mobile browser provides a controlled environment for taking online assessments. It prevents switching to other apps or using hardware functions like screenshots, ensuring a focused testing experience.
- Secure online testing environment
- Prevents app switching
- Disables screenshots
- Controlled hardware functions
- Supports iOS 11.4+
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This mobile secure browser from Cambium Assessment, Inc. ensures a secure online testing experience for students taking online assessments. When the mobile secure browser is launched, users cannot switch to other applications, including other web browsers, nor can they perform certain hardware functions, such as taking screenshots. This application is only supported on devices running iOS 11.4 or higher. The mobile secure browser requires the app self-lock to be enabled either through ASAM or Automatic Assessment Configuration (AAC). About the Cambium Assessment, Inc. CAI, is one of the nation’s leading providers of academic assessments and has been providing accessible, secure online standards-based statewide adaptive testing services since 2007.
Snap&Read Universal
This app reads text aloud from various sources like websites, images, and PDFs. It can simplify complex vocabulary, translate text into over 100 languages, and annotate documents. Offline access to saved images is also available.
- Reads text aloud from images, PDFs, and websites
- Simplifies complex vocabulary
- Translates text into over 100 languages
- Annotates PDFs and images
- Offline access to saved images
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Snap&Read Universal reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites, images, photographs, PDFs, and more. Snap&Read also adjusts complex text to be more readable, and can translate text into over 100 languages. You can even take a picture and have the text within that picture read aloud. Snap&Read has both an App (for reading aloud, translating, simplifying, and annotating PDFs and Images) and a Safari extension (for reading, simplifying, and translating websites). If difficult vocabulary is too challenging, Snap&Read can dynamically level the text. Essentially, Snap&Read will pick out the difficult words/phrases and swap them out for easier to comprehend vocabulary/phrases. To see the original word, just tap on it to toggle between the original word and the simplified word. THIS... "The Time Traveller was expounding a recondite matter to us." BECOMES... "The Time Traveller was explaining a unknown matter to us." Finally, if you have paper, magazine, book, etc... you can use the Camera feature to take a picture and read. If you’re on the go and don’t want to bring your books… you can save the images to your picture library and access them all later right from the Snap&Read App even if you have no internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snap&Read Universal at 40% against SecureTestBrowser's 20%. Snap&Read Universal also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
SecureTestBrowser ships an update every 6 months, Snap&Read Universal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecureTestBrowser | Snap&Read Universal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.7 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cambium Assessment, Inc. | Don Johnston Incorporated |
Customer experience
SecureTestBrowser
Snap&Read Universal
Bugs and requests
SecureTestBrowser
Reported bugs
16 issues- Device doesn't turn off, gets stuck
- App crashes and lags
- App freezes, requires restart
- Black screen issues
- App locks iPad, cannot play other games
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- App makes iPad bricked
- App doesn't work, shows 'not supported'
- App doesn't allow grade selection for practice tests
- Grade dropdown does not work
- Navigation freezes, requires hard reset
- Screen jumping, tools not working
- App gets stuck trying to load test
- Voiceover is too fast to understand
- No sound for read-aloud questions
- App doesn't let user use their name properly
- App is 3 iOS updates behind
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to circle angles, underline info, mark out extra info
- Ability to draw lines to count sides on figures
- Ability to write measurements next to objects
- Ability to label graphs
- Incorporate on-screen pencil/drawing tools like Prodigy
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- Assign application to devices, not just users (for Apple Admin)
- Update to support newer iOS versions
Snap&Read Universal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SecureTestBrowser
No in-app purchases
Snap&Read Universal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SecureTestBrowser free?
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Do SecureTestBrowser or Snap&Read Universal have ads?
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