Kobo Books 12+
eBooks & Audiobooks
Rakuten Kobo Inc.
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- Free
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Description
Join millions of readers around the world and access eBooks and audiobooks all with one app. Go shelf-less and take your reading adventures on the go. With over 6 million titles to choose from, there's something for every type of reader and listener.
Purchase eBooks and audiobooks directly from Kobo. They'll automatically appear in the app immediately afterwards.
The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:
• Customize the way you read. Enjoy crisp, clear text in the size and style you prefer. Try Night Mode to make reading easier on your eyes before bedtime, and lock the screen in portrait or landscape mode.
• Our beautifully designed, easy-to-use player makes it simple for you to move through your audiobook with a single touch. Never worry about losing your spot, and see how much time is left at a glance. Schedule it to turn off after a set amount of time—perfect for listening before going to sleep.
• Read thousands of free eBook previews or listen to audiobook samples to help you find your next favourite.
• Start reading on one device and pick up on another. The Kobo App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading across all your devices.
• Share your love of reading on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Post your favourite quotes, notes, and thoughts from what you’re reading.
• Rate and review the books you’ve read or read reviews from booklovers like you!
• Read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese or Japanese.
• Listen to audiobooks while you drive with CarPlay. Download them before connecting to CarPlay, or else you won’t see them.
What’s New
Version 10.12.1
Our latest update to the Kobo Books App includes performance improvements to the reading experience, so page turns are now faster and more responsive.
Ratings and Reviews
Problems with May 2018 update
With latest (May 2018) update, all my side-loaded PDFs have gone (yes, I’ve done the Adobe login) and the dictionary feature has gone missing. It’s a good app when it works, but updates often break things....
And no, you can still not highlight across pages....
—- OLD—-
Latest version (Feb 2017) has a new problem. One can no longer highlight text across more than one page. If seems that every time there's a cosmetic upgrade, core functionality takes a step back.
Now March 2017 version tries to add 'sort by date added', but the sort is completely wrong. Looks close to random. Not working...
Problems recently
I’ve been using this app for around 2 years and the experience had been a pleasant one.
However, recently there has been issues with the page responsiveness (during the changing of pages), as sometimes it can take around 2-3 seconds before the page changes after swiping.
Another minor issue I’ve faced is that the font colour for the charcoal and dark themes are grey in colour. This makes it difficult to read the text in low brightness/light conditions. Furthermore, the font colour for the main application in dark mode is white, which makes the difference even more apparent.
Nonetheless, aside from these recent issues, the overall experience I have with the app has been a good one. Thus, I hope that these issues can be quickly remedied in the near future.
Works. Does what it's supposed to do.
I have no qualms with much of the app besides
1. Multi-page highlighting. Would it be possible to allow us to drag a highlight over a page turn without having to muck with the font size to put everything on the same page first?
2. Picture quote function. Still a square - no doubt a vestige of the old Instagram days. 9:16 has since become the new hotness, guys.
App Privacy
The developer, Rakuten Kobo Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Search History
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Rakuten Kobo Inc.
- Size
- 166.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
- Copyright
- © 2024 Rakuten Kobo Inc.
- Price
- Free