Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily

Blinks Labs GmbH

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About this app

A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE IN YOUR POCKET

Get powerful ideas in minutes—not hours or days with our summaries of today’s most transformative books.
With 6,500+ key insight summaries in audio or text, plus personal guidance through topics from our experts and curators, whatever you want to learn, you’ll find it here.
29+ million people already trust Blinkist to help them grow and maximize their potential and their time.
Join us and learn smarter, not harder.

GET THE KEY INSIGHTS FROM 6,500+ BESTSELLING BOOKS & PODCASTS
• Blinks: Read & listen to book summaries from top titles in 15 min
• Shortcasts: Get to the heart of transformational podcasts
• Sharpen your professional skills with the best business books & podcasts
• Grow with the most impactful self-improvement titles
• Discover new perspectives with bestsellers on economics, science, history & culture
• Find inspiration with the latest trends & ideas in your professional field

GROW WHEREVER YOU ARE: ENJOY BOTH AUDIO & TEXT
• Listen to audio versions of our book insights to easily fit learning into your day
• Learn hands-free at the gym, in the car, or doing chores with Autoplay
• Download book & podcast key insights to listen offline

LEARN & GROW TOGETHER WITH BLINKIST SPACES
• Curate Spaces—your learning playlists—to organize toward your goals
• Share your Spaces for FREE with anyone you want to learn with, even if they’re not on Blinkist yet

ENJOY PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS & EXPERT-CURATED LISTS
• Always know what to read or listen to next—we’ll suggest titles based on your interests & goals
• Let a pro lead you through today’s must-know topics and apply what you learn right away with interactive tools and activities.
• Discover new ideas & find motivation with recommended book lists curated by experts

BENEFIT FROM A PERSONAL TOUCH
• Focus only on top books—our editorial team carefully selects every book
• Listen to Blinks of Podcasts, made with the podcast creators for exclusive new insights
• Enjoy lovingly written summaries of key ideas by experts with a passion for explaining complex topics in simple, beautiful language

IN THE PRESS
"Blinkist is an intriguing new app that encourages you to read more nonfiction books... It’s a fun and fascinating way to discover new and interesting topics" -The New York Times

"There is no such thing as too much knowledge. If you would like to expand your horizons but don’t have the time to read, Blinkist is a speedy and convenient way of learning" -TheNextWeb

"Blinkist offers a terrific service—great ideas distilled down to their very essence. For those of us who are deeply curious about new ideas on success, happiness, innovation, progress, and more, it’s a great start." - Forbes

HOW WILL YOU LEVEL UP?
Getting started is simple. Download the Blinkist app now & sign up for a free 7-day trial with unlimited access. When you’re ready, choose a monthly or annual plan!

📚6,500+ Book summaries & 27 categories to explore
🔖 PERSONALIZED book recommendations from the Blinkist editors
🤝 A free EXTRA PROFILE on your account to share books with a friend
🧑‍🏫 Expert & curator led AUDIO GUIDES through today’s must-know topics
📖 A NEW curated book every day to easily fit learning into your routine
📙 READING LISTS with books from hundreds of topics
🎙️ AUDIO versions of all key insights from books

If you choose the Blinkist Basic plan you can still enjoy 1 title selected by us, every day. Ready to make headway? Download Blinkist today!

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Ratings and reviews

UPDATED REVIEW: I'm happy to update my existing two start review to my new five star review. The team has been exceptionally fast and helpful to resolve the bug, which now led me to be able to use the product on a daily basis. It's a great product which solves my exact problem statement to listen to well written summaries of most books on my "to read list", on my way to/from work every day. Whenever I really like the summary and its content, I find myself still either getting the book for my kindle, or listening to the full book in Audible. Awesome app, keep up the good work! ORIGINAL REVIEW: I love the app, but unfortunately it's impossible to use it consistently. I'm listening to my downloaded Blinks on the go, but every 1 minute or so the playback just stops and the app is completely unresponsive (no next, back, pause, play possible). Only once I close the app and start playing the Blink again manually, it plays for another 1 min until the same thing happens all over again. I already tried wiping all my data, clearing my cache, etc. but the issue returns shortly after. I'm more than happy to adjust my review once this is fixed.

The quality of the audio content is top & the selection of available titles, too! 5 stars. But the usability of the mobile app is so insanely bad, I cannot give more than 1 star in total. I have stopped using the app after listening to 7 books because of the app being so extremely annoying to use, having my prepaid annual subscription go wasted. Really, the complete UI/UX team should be fired & replaced and the entire interface rewritten so to provide a workflow that actually makes sense.

The service is great but the app can be improved in many ways. Very often, I can't control a blink playing on the background. Even when I'm reading a blink, the default action on the home screen is to play it instead of going back to read mode; that's very annoying. And navigating the library is a bit frustrating, as I can only use the predefined filters.

What's new

It ain’t broke—because we fixed it! This version brings you some minor fixes and upgrades that will keep things in tip-top shape. Waiting for a big update? Coming up soon, so stay tuned!