Blinkist -
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Seller: Blinks Labs GmbH (
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Category: Education Reviewed Version: 6.24.0
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Price: Paid Options The app is free to download on android and iOS. With the free account you can only read one summary in a day. To enjoy the all the features and get access of premium content you have to get subscription. The app has two subscription plans i.e. monthly and annually. In monthly plan you have to pay $12.99 to get unlimited access to the content. On the annual plan, you get 50% off which means you will pay $6.67 per month.
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Blinks Labs Gmbh, commonly known as Blinkist is a German book-summarizing app which was founded in 2012. The app offers summaries of over 4000 bestselling non-fiction books which can be read in 15 minutes. The app is basically made for easy and smooth learning of the user.
You can read and listen to the audio of your favorite book summaries. No need to go through all the unnecessary information in a book as this book summary app makes it easy for you. It gives you the core idea and information of the whole book. This book summary app saves your time as you can read and listen to the summaries anywhere, anytime.
App Features and Capabilities Discover: The app offers you different ways to explore books and find new titles. This tab has a list of different categories so that you can choose according to your interest. You can search for a specific title, author and keyword. The app generates personalized reading recommendations for you. It has got new section where recently added titles are available. Users get trending blinks in this tab which are popular right now.
Library: The app has this feature where you can save and add your favorite titles. The library of this app shows all the books that you have read in green bar and in progress reading in blue bar. You can also filter your library for only audio books and by how much progress you have made. You can save book and download audio of the book with one tap in library. You can read in offline mode from the books downloaded in your library.
You tab: The app has this very simplistic profile of yours in it. It only shows a list of your favorite books. You can share your favorite books directly to Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Email and many other services from here.
Customize Settings: The app has simple changeable settings in it. You can easily change language from English to German in the app. You can activate email for daily notifications. It has special feature for auto downloading the audio of the books. Another special option is auto-deletion of audios after you are done listening.
Pros
- The size and picture quality is great so you can read your book summary with a simple flick of finger on your iPad and iPhone.
- The app helps you skip all unnecessary information in the book so you get only good points of the book.
- You can learn about more and different topics faster with Blinkist app.
- The summary is to the point and gathers all the important information so that you actually get the conclusion of the book.
- With this app, you will likely remember more without taking notes.
- The audio section is a heaven for blind people as they can listen to the favorite books and enjoy.
Cons
- Premium content is not available for free.
- Customer support needs betterment as it always appears to be under maintenance.
- Due to lack of context you might interpret facts the wrong way.
- You will miss out on big ideas and insights from truly great books as they are not depicted in summary accordingly.
- The app sometimes crashes especially while you are in the middle of reading.
- It is not easy to read for a long time on screen as it gives strain issue to eyes.
Other Information to Know This app is owned by Blinks labs Gmbh ranked at #90 in the category of Education. The app has a rating of 4.8 stars on app store. App is available on google play store with a rating of 4.5 stars. It is free to download and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod. This app is available in English and German language. The size of app is 92.7 MB.
