McGraw Hill Express Library vs Cub Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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+
Cub Draw
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The iPad is already in the bag. Cub Draw puts the sketchbook there too. Cub Draw is built for young children who are still learning to read. Large picture-led controls let them draw with Apple Pencil or a finger, choose colours, add parent-approved stickers, and start from blank paper, mazes, or illustrated scenes. Every drawing saves automatically and stays editable. There is no pile of paper to clear out and no need to choose which pictures get cupboard space. With optional private family sharing, parents can see new drawings from their own iPhone or iPad. Open a favourite and send it as an image to Grandma, Grandpa, or anyone else through the Apple share sheet. They do not need Cub Draw to receive it. Built for little hands: - Large, picture-led controls - Apple Pencil and finger drawing - Portrait and landscape paper - Undo and redo for strokes and stickers - Past drawings stay editable For parents: - Keep past drawings together and editable - Manage stickers, templates, sharing, recovery, and deletion - See new work from another iPhone or iPad - Share a finished drawing as an ordinary image - Use an optional private Child Space to sync family devices through iCloud On unfolded iPhone Duo, select a child in Parent Mode and open Child Mode to draw in that child’s existing space. Returning to Parent Mode uses the parent gate. Folding pauses drawing and keeps parent controls protected. The same switch is available on parent iPads with a full-size layout. No ads. No tracking. No public profiles, chat or social feed. Core drawing is free. Optional colouring packs are available in Parent Mode. Start with seven free Amazing Journeys pages, choose from nine themed packs of 50 pages each, or buy the Nine-Pack Collection with all 450 paid pages. Each offer is a one-time purchase; future packs are not included in the collection. Children browse available pages by pack without seeing prices or purchase prompts. Optional sticker packs are available in Parent Mode. Choose from nine themes with 50 stickers each, or the 2026 Fall Season collection with all 450 stickers. Sticker packs and colouring packs are separate one-time purchases; future seasons are not included. Parents choose which Child Spaces can use each pack. Available downloaded packs have their own categories, and the sticker drawer remembers your place while you create. The 60 included stickers remain free. Family sync requires iCloud and an internet connection. Purchases, restore and first pack downloads need an internet connection. Downloaded pages and stickers work offline while access remains valid; shared child access needs a parent refresh within 90 days. Existing drawings keep their artwork. Core drawing remains local-first and works offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: McGraw Hill Express Library at none against Cub Draw's 10. Cub Draw's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cub Draw sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. McGraw Hill Express Library asks for nothing beyond the download.
McGraw Hill Express Library ships an update every 4 months, Cub Draw every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McGraw Hill Express Library | Cub Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (155 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 3.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McGraw-Hill | Nanda Pradipta Kusumadi |
Bugs and 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
Cub Draw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
McGraw Hill Express Library
No in-app purchases
Cub Draw
- Animal Adventures Stickers$0.99
- Busy Helpers Stickers$0.99
- Dinosaur Days Stickers$0.99
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- Fast Trains Stickers$0.99
- Magic & Make-Believe Stickers$0.99
- Fast Cars Stickers$0.99
- Space Explorers Stickers$0.99
- Undersea Wonders Stickers$0.99
- Mighty Machines Stickers$0.99
- 2026 Fall Season Stickers$5.99
Questions
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