Instaread: Book Summaries

In-app purchases
3.6
838 reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Quench your thirst of knowledge in record time! Instaread offers key insights from thousands of bestselling books. Available in audio & text. In 15 minutes.

● Get smarter in 15 min or less
● Thousands of professionally written titles & constantly growing
● Instaread Originals on important topics and people
● Available in text & audio
● 7-day free trial
● Beautiful and smart cover-illustrations
● Download content to read/listen offline
● Save to your library


Titles include:
‘Getting Things Done’ by David Allen
‘The 4-Hour Workweek’ by Tim Ferriss
‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael A. Singer
‘The 5 Second Rule’ by Mel Robbins
‘Good to Great’ by James C. Collins
‘Blink’ by Malcolm Gladwell
‘Unshakeable’ by Tony Robbins
‘Eat Fat Get Thin’ by Mark Hyman
and thousands more!

ONLY THE BEST NONFICTION BOOKS
● Only the absolute best books make it into our app.
● Highly curated content ensures useful learning and avoids waste of time.

INSTAREAD ORIGINALS
● “Success Stories”: A series on leadership in business, politics, and the arts.
● “Short Cuts”: Today’s hottest topics distilled.

CREATED BY PROFESSIONALS
● Subject-matter experts extract key insights from books and craft Instaread Originals.
● Multiple professionals including writers, editors, voice actors & artists carefully craft every Intaread to perfection.
● All content is fact-checked for accuracy & quality.

IMPROVE YOURSELF & STAY INFORMED
● Unlock the knowledge from the world’s greatest books & get access to profound ideas.
● Apply game changing ideas to improve important aspects of your life.
● Keep up-to-date with the latest developments in business, science, health, tech, history, culture & more.

AUDIO & TEXT
● All Instareads are available in text and in audio.
● On the road, at the gym or at home cooking? Use the audio feature to multi-task.
● Switch between audio & text effortlessly.
● Read & listen at the same time.

ONLINE & OFFLINE
● Download any amount of Instareads to your device.
● Access content on the plane, train or any location with limited connectivity.


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In the Press

“...this cool service lets you read or listen to [...] highlights versions of hundreds of bestselling books.” CNET

“...a nearly instantaneous way of diving into a book, understanding its meaning and boiling down key takeaways – all in a matter of minutes.” TheNextWeb

“...[through this app] you can get expanded back-cover synopses complete with thematic takeaways to help you focus your reading list” Mashable

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Instaread offers two subscription options: Monthly subscription and a Yearly subscription (with first week FREE). Cancel subscription anytime. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the price of the annual or monthly subscription depending on what is chosen. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you change from an annual to a monthly subscription or from a monthly to an annual subscription during the free trial period.

For Subscription FAQs please see instaread.co/faq. The privacy policy can be viewed at instaread.co/privacy. The terms of use can be viewed at instaread.co/terms.
Updated on
Aug 30, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.5
823 reviews
Matt Brosseau
May 19, 2022
I've been a lifetime subscriber to Instaread since before they launched an Android app. It's an incredible service and I love the new content that gets added with such regularity. The only thing keeping me from giving the app a full 5-star review is the lack of dark mode. I can appreciate the black/white aesthetic of their brand, but almost every app I use regularly has a dark mode option and I vastly prefer it to the traditional view.
22 people found this review helpful
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U&U HB SJ
January 3, 2021
I prefer to read the text & listen to the audio at the same time. But the problem is that every time you press the rewind 15 sec or fast forward 30 sec button and then try to go back, instead of quickly returning you to the page you were on the app takes you to the very beginning of the book. This is extremely time consuming. Please provide the rewind 15 sec and fast forward 30 sec buttons at the very bottom of every page just like pause button.
195 people found this review helpful
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Instaread, Inc.
January 3, 2021
Thank you for your feedback. We are working on addressing this issue.
Ellen Joy Maunes
May 9, 2023
I paid for the monthly but i don't know if it went through. I downloaded articles for offline use, but when I'm not connected to the internet, I cannot even access them. Even when I'm online and has a stable internet, the audio automatically stops and I kept on pressing play/pause over and over again so it would work again. I like the app BUT PLEASE IMPROVE SERVICES.
10 people found this review helpful
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Instaread, Inc.
May 10, 2023
Hi Ellen, Sorry about the inconvenience. We are unable to reproduce this issue internally. We need more info from you to solve this problem. Could you share your device name/model and the email you used to sign-up? You can share this info here or via email by sending it to hello@instaread.co. We look forward to getting this issue fixed. Thanks!

What's new

“Bug fixes and performance improvements.”