Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily

Name: Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily
Rating: 4.8 (153026 reviews)
Author: Blinks Labs

By: Blinks Labs App

Learn something new every day

Overview

Version:

11.27.0

Last updated: 2026-08-05

Features & Capabilities

Want to learn faster and smarter? Blinkist condenses 8,000+ top books and podcasts into 15-minute audio and text summaries, turning spare moments—commutes, workouts, chores—into valuable learning time. With tens of millions of users, Blinkist helps you boost your career, build habits, and stay curious every day.

Key features include daily microlearning, personalized recommendations, audio and text formats, offline access, and Send-to-Kindle. Blinkist Pro with Blinkist AI expands learning by summarizing articles, PDFs, and videos, plus science-backed methods for better retention and clear, focused summaries.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Books GenAI Content

By:

Blinks Labs

Rating:

4.80

(153,026) 391 new ratings

Version:

11.27.0 Last updated: 2026-08-05

Version code:

889029257

Creation date:

2013-11-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

259.33MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,545 ▼ 3

Other rankings

#2 in Essential Education Apps

#5 in The Best Book Summary Apps

#11 in The Best Career Development Apps

#3 in summary writer keyword 52

#11 in summary keyword 56 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

Blinks Labs

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blinkist-book-summaries-daily/id568839295

Website:

https://www.blinkist.com

User Reviews

Blinkist is praised for concise, well-structured summaries and the quick, topic-rich Shorts, making it easy to learn on the go and use for mentoring. However, recurring issues include steep, opaque pricing with auto-renewals and refunds concerns, ongoing bugs and playback/ highlighting problems, dissatisfaction with AI voice reading, limited title availability, and intrusive ads with mixed customer support experiences. Overall, strong concept and value when working, but pricing, reliability, and UX are common drawbacks.

Pros

Clear, digestible book summaries and outlines that cover key topics
Shorts provide quick overviews to discover new topics and dive deeper later
Wide range of topics and easy access to a large amount of knowledge in one app (great for learning on the go)
Strong outlines and structure that can be used for mentoring or coaching
Engaging content presentation and packaging that users enjoy

Cons

Very expensive pricing with upfront annual payment and auto-renewal without clear notice
Frequent technical issues and UX bugs (scrolling instability, playback glitches, highlights not working correctly)
Switch to AI voice/reading perceived as monotone and negatively affecting engagement
Content availability gaps (many preferred titles not available, including faith-based options)
Intrusive ads and complaints about customer service/support around billing and refunds

Recent reviews

First, the library is surprisingly limited! Many popular and key titles I searched for simply aren't available. Second, the customer support is a complete dead end. Whenever you run into an issue and reach out for help, all you get are canned responses along the lines of "sorry you're running into this problem," with absolutely zero action taken to actually fix or resolve the issue. Apologies don't solve problems. Save your money and look for better alternatives.