# Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily

> Learn something new every day

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id568839295](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id568839295)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id568839295`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Blinks Labs
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (155,653 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.32.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2013-11-13
- **Size:** 314 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blinkist-book-summaries-daily/id568839295)
- **Website:** [https://www.blinkist.com](https://www.blinkist.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.blinkist.com/en/privacy](https://www.blinkist.com/en/privacy)

## Description

**Blinkist** helps you learn faster with concise audio and text summaries of 9,000+ nonfiction and fiction books and podcasts. Explore key ideas in about 15 minutes, discover a daily handpicked summary, and receive personalized recommendations based on your interests and learning goals.

Use Blinkist during commutes, workouts, or downtime with offline access and audio playback. Premium includes expert-curated Guides, Send-to-Kindle support, and a shareable account, while Blinkist Pro adds AI-powered summaries for articles, PDFs, and videos, along with follow-up questions for deeper learning.

## Rankings

- #2,537 — Overall
- #2 — Essential Education Apps
- #5 — The Best Book Summary Apps
- #11 — The Best Career Development Apps
- #3 — summary writer
- #7 — summary

## Review summary

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

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