Does WebAssign, MyLab, ALEKS or Connect have an app?

Which homework platforms have an app?

Each publisher has a reading app, and only one of them lets you do graded work inside it: McGraw Hill’s ReadAnywhere, which runs SmartBook assignments. Everything else on this list is homework you do in a web browser, on a computer or a supported tablet. Phones are the weak spot. The two phone-friendly paths are SmartBook in ReadAnywhere and Pearson Mastering’s Mobile view in a phone browser.

If you were really asking for an app that does the homework for you, no publisher makes one. That is a different kind of tool, covered in the last section and in what each kind of homework automation app actually automates.

K-12 math platforms follow the same pattern: Carnegie Learning’s MATHia runs in a browser, and its system requirements say “phones and other small devices are not recommended” (Is there a MATHia app?). MATHia’s Mastery workspaces adapt to your own work, so no posted answer key matches your workspace (Is there a MATHia answer key?).

Does McGraw Hill Connect have an app?

Yes, and it is the most useful one on this list. McGraw Hill’s ReadAnywhere page calls it “a free McGraw Hill eBook reading app” for “a smartphone or tablet”, and answers the SmartBook question directly: “ReadAnywhere supports Connect courses with SmartBook, allowing students to access textbook content and complete SmartBook assignments on mobile devices.”

• Offline: “Students can download textbook chapters, take notes, and complete SmartBook assignments offline, then sync their work once the device reconnects to the internet.”
• Reading: highlighting and note-taking, and notes sync with your Connect eBook (McGraw Hill’s Connect help).
• Everything else: the pages we read describe the eBook and SmartBook only. For Connect homework, quizzes and anything timed, use a browser on a computer.

One habit worth keeping: open the app online before your deadline so offline SmartBook work has synced. McGraw Hill says work syncs “once the device reconnects”, so a SmartBook you finished on a plane is not in Connect until then. How SmartBook scores your work is in our guide how SmartBook grading works.

Does WebAssign or MindTap have an app?

Not for coursework. Cengage Read is an eBook app. Cengage’s Cengage Read page says it “does not include activities, attendance, polls, flashcards, and grades” and adds: “For coursework and grades, access WebAssign in your web browser.”

Cengage’s WebAssign system requirements list Chrome and Edge on Windows, Chrome and Safari on macOS, and “Safari 18 and later (iPad only)” on iOS. No iPhone. The page warns that “Features and content are not optimized for a small screen size and might be difficult to use,” recommends a “1366 × 768” display, and says “LockDown Browser assignments cannot be accessed on iOS.” The MindTap requirements are close: Windows and macOS browsers, Chrome on Chrome OS, and “Safari 18 (iPad only)”.

So a Chromebook is on MindTap’s list, an iPad is on both lists, and a phone is on neither. For answer-entry problems on WebAssign, see why WebAssign marks a correct answer wrong.

Does Pearson MyLab have an app?

Not a homework app. Pearson+ is Pearson’s eTextbook app; Pearson’s Mastering help links “the Pearson+ app for eTextbooks” for reading. MyLab assignments run in the browser. Pearson’s player tips say the player is “supported and tested only on touch-screen devices such as iPads and Android or Windows tablets,” and its tablet guide says “Answering questions on your smartphone is not recommended.” Some questions do not display on a tablet, and the player tells you to switch to a PC or laptop.

Mastering, Pearson’s science platform, has a real phone option without an app. Its Mobile Mastering page says you “may be able to” work regular Mastering assignments on a phone or tablet, that work “is synced to your view of your Mastering course on a laptop or desktop computer,” and that “You don’t need to download any special app.” The limit: students who sign in from a campus system such as Canvas “should continue to access Mastering from a laptop or desktop computer.” Signing in and the rest of MyLab are covered in our Pearson MyLab guide.

Does ALEKS have an app?

ALEKS’s system requirements list no app and do not mention phones. They say “All courses are desktop and tablet compatible” and list three kinds of device beyond a computer:

• iPad: iOS 18 or later in Chrome or Safari, on models with at least 3 GB of RAM: iPad 7, iPad mini 5 and iPad Air 3 (all 2019) or newer, and iPad Pro 2 (2017) or newer.
• Android tablet: Android 12 or later in Chrome. For college courses, “only Samsung Galaxy tablets have been tested.”
• Chromebook: Chrome, on devices still getting automatic updates from Google.

If you study on an older iPad or a non-Samsung Android tablet, test a practice topic before a deadline. ALEKS has other questions people ask, such as how its AI works and why there is no answer key; see does ALEKS use AI? and our ALEKS answer key guide.

Why does homework stay in the browser?

Three things keep graded homework in a desktop-class browser. Most courseware opens from a link inside Canvas or Brightspace, and that LTI launch is what sends your score back to the gradebook, so it is built as a browser flow. Answer entry is a keyboard tool: MyLab’s math palette and WebAssign’s equation editor are template editors you tab through. And proctored work needs desktop lockdown software, which is why Cengage says “LockDown Browser assignments cannot be accessed on iOS.” Publishers have split the job instead: reading travels, answering stays on a computer or tablet.

What can you do on a phone?

Plenty, if you aim at the right half of that split:

• Read and listen. ReadAnywhere, Cengage Read and Pearson+ all put the textbook on your phone. Reading the chapter on the bus makes the desktop session shorter.
• SmartBook. In ReadAnywhere, including offline, as above.
• Due dates and grades. Your LMS app (Canvas Student, Brightspace Pulse) lists what is due. A courseware score has to sync before it shows there. To see what a score does to your course grade, our free grade calculators work in a phone browser.
• Discussion posts. Text-entry work is the one assignment type that is comfortable on a phone. See how to write a discussion post. A first-week intro post is short enough to write on a phone; these introduction post examples show the usual five parts.

Skip the phone for problem sets with an equation editor, anything timed or proctored, and any activity your platform’s requirements page lists as unsupported on your device. A mistyped exponent is marked wrong like a wrong answer, and on a limited-attempt question that costs you a try.

Edpuzzle has one phone catch. It says Live Mode isn’t compatible with its Android app, so join Edpuzzle Live Mode on a phone through a mobile web browser.

Where Silent Student fits

We make Silent Student, so here is what it is. It is a desktop app for Mac (Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later) and Windows (Windows 10 or later, 64-bit). It is not a phone app, and it does not run on an iPad or a Chromebook. It signs in through your own LMS on your computer, sorts your courses by due date, and opens courseware from your Canvas links, including WebAssign, Pearson MyLab, ALEKS and McGraw Hill Connect, and works the assignments in a browser it controls. Plans start at $11.99 a month (pricing).

Before you use any tool like this, read your course policy and the publisher’s terms; each platform page above quotes what that publisher says about automated tools. For the bigger picture, see AI that does your homework.

Sources

Every quotation on this page was re-read against its source on October 20, 2026.

• McGraw Hill, ReadAnywhere app
• McGraw Hill Connect student help, Use the ReadAnywhere app
• ALEKS, system requirements
• Cengage WebAssign student guide, Cengage Read
• Cengage WebAssign student guide, System requirements
• Cengage MindTap student help, System requirements
• Pearson MyLab student help, Tips on using players
• Pearson MyLab student help, Use the player on a tablet
• Pearson Mastering, Mobile Mastering (updated September 18, 2025)
• Carnegie Learning Help Center, MATHia system requirements