Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily

Name: Blinkist: Book Summaries Daily
Rating: 4.8 (148512 reviews)
Author: Blinks Labs

Learn something new every day

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WANT TO LEARN FASTER AND SMARTER? With Blinkist, you can absorb the most important ideas from 8,000+ top books and podcasts in just 15 minutes. Blinkist summarizes their key insights into short, easy-to-digest audio and text summaries. That means you can turn spare moments - on your commute, during workouts, or even while doing chores - into valuable learning time. Boost your career, focus on personal growth, or simply stay curious, Blinkist makes it easy to fit learning into your busy life. Over 39 million people use Blinkist to read more and learn faster. Join them today. ——————— WHY CHOOSE BLINKIST Blinkist is designed to help you learn faster and make positive changes quickly: 95% of users read more than before 91% have developed better habits 87% already have made positive life changes No matter your goal, Blinkist helps you make the most of your time. ——————— WHAT YOU GET WITH BLINKIST *8,000+ summaries for smarter learning Access the key ideas from the world’s top nonfiction and fiction books and podcasts in just 15 minutes. *Daily microlearning session Start your day with a bite-sized book summary, handpicked by our team. *Personalized recommendations Set your goals and get tailored suggestions, based on your interests. *Audio and text summaries No time to read? With Blinkist you can also listen to summaries while commuting, exercising, or multitasking. *Expert-curated Guides and Collections Dive deeper into must-know topics with audio Guides, curated by our experts. *Blinkist Pro with Blinkist AI Take your learning to the next level with Blinkist Pro. With Blinkist AI, you can summarize articles, PDFs, and videos and get the key ideas from any content in seconds. *Offline mode Learning without Wi-Fi! Download summaries to listen or read offline. *Send-to-Kindle feature Prefer reading on your Kindle? Send Blinkist summaries directly to your device for a seamless reading experience. *2-for-1 Premium account Share Blinkist with someone close to you! With Premium, you can give a friend or family member a free additional account. *Science-backed learning for better retention Our summaries are designed using neuroscience-based techniques to help you retain key concepts and ideas more effectively. *Clear, focused summaries Our expert writers turn complex ideas into easy-to-understand, clear summaries. ——————— BASIC, PREMIUM & PRO: CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLAN FOR YOU - Blinkist Basic - the Daily Pick One free daily summary handpicked by our editorial team. - Blinkist Premium - the Full Package 8,000+ summaries Expert-led Guides Personalized recommendations Offline mode to read or listen to anywhere Send-to-Kindle feature 2 for 1: Share a free account with family or friends - Blinkist Pro - for the Learning Champion Blinkist Pro gives you everything included in Blinkist Premium, PLUS Blinkist AI, the revolution of learning: Summarize Any Content: Quickly turn articles, PDFs, or videos into key takeaways. Ask follow-up questions and become 10x more productive ——————— WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING "Blinkist is an intriguing app that encourages you to read more nonfiction books... It’s a fun and fascinating way to discover new and interesting topics" — The New York Times "Blinkist offers a terrific service—great ideas distilled down to their very essence. For those of us who are deeply curious about new ideas on success, happiness, innovation, progress, and more, it’s a great start." — Forbes ——————— RISK-FREE LEARNING Not sure if Blinkist is the right fit? No worries! Simply contact Apple Support within the first 14 days to request a refund—quick, easy, and stress-free. Get started today—there’s zero risk and endless learning waiting for you! Terms of Use: https://www.blinkist.com/en/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.blinkist.com/privacy.html Questions or Suggestions? Our customer support team is just an email away: support@blinkist.com

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

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149K Ratings

Editors’ Choice

Keep meaning to read more, but just can’t find the time? This is where you’ll find thousands of summaries with key insights you can read or listen to in digestible 15-minute Blinks.
Love it!
03/29/2022

katecburgess
I so very rarely do any kind of online reviews, especially in the app world because it’s often like you’re constantly trying out a million or two all of the time for some period of time.I will be real and say that this blew me away and I really love it so far. I am an avid reader who’s constantly in pursuit of knowledge and bettering myself, learning, becoming, evolving. That’s just my constant desire and goal. I found myself spending endless free time in between the covers of a new book almost daily - and the natural change over to ebooks has become another highly enjoyable hobby of mine. There are so many books on so many topics that I cannot wait to read, study and learn from! So when the cool idea of Blinkist showed up in my App Store search one afternoon, I was curious. I was hesitant at first. How could that like cliffs notes style of summarizing really be that interesting or helpful? But I do enjoy it a lot! Every day I can’t wait to see what the daily featured Blinkist will be. I truly do enjoy reading these key concept chapters. It hasn’t replaced reading the books I am most curious about oe excited to read - it’s become more or a preview into it to help me identify if this is something I want to explore further and read the whole book. It’s like a supplement or preview. And also a great refresher and key concept kind of neat little handbook. I love it so far. My only issue with it that I hate is the cost of it. Being a mom and living in a world where money is kind of crazy these days - I have to cut corners when I can. I am loving the free trial but I hate that I can’t justify a 100 subscription. It’s amazing and fun though. I am enjoying it a lot.
Love it!
03/29/2022

katecburgess

I so very rarely do any kind of online reviews, especially in the app world because it’s often like you’re constantly trying out a million or two all of the time for some period of time.I will be real and say that this blew me away and I really love it so far. I am an avid reader who’s constantly in pursuit of knowledge and bettering myself, learning, becoming, evolving. That’s just my constant desire and goal. I found myself spending endless free time in between the covers of a new book almost daily - and the natural change over to ebooks has become another highly enjoyable hobby of mine. There are so many books on so many topics that I cannot wait to read, study and learn from! So when the cool idea of Blinkist showed up in my App Store search one afternoon, I was curious. I was hesitant at first. How could that like cliffs notes style of summarizing really be that interesting or helpful? But I do enjoy it a lot! Every day I can’t wait to see what the daily featured Blinkist will be. I truly do enjoy reading these key concept chapters. It hasn’t replaced reading the books I am most curious about oe excited to read - it’s become more or a preview into it to help me identify if this is something I want to explore further and read the whole book. It’s like a supplement or preview. And also a great refresher and key concept kind of neat little handbook. I love it so far. My only issue with it that I hate is the cost of it. Being a mom and living in a world where money is kind of crazy these days - I have to cut corners when I can. I am loving the free trial but I hate that I can’t justify a 100 subscription. It’s amazing and fun though. I am enjoying it a lot.
Cannot rate this highly enough.
12/16/2024

BrunettesinBikinis
(Full disclaimer, because I know people can be (rightfully, perhaps) skeptical of very effusive reviews like these: I’m not being paid to write this, nor am I a Blinkist “partner”, etc. — these are completely my own thoughts, and I’m writing them on my own initiative and volition.) This app is absolutely amazing. I’m grateful and ecstatic that I discovered it, but annoyed I haven’t been using it longer. It condenses almost every book conceivable — philosophy, politics, relationships, you name it — into what you need to know, breaking it down by chaptered themes, with examples; obviously, I’m not recommending this as an alternative to actually reading the books, but if your objective is just to glean, in a very practical, manageable format (just the perfect length — not as cursory as an internet summary, not as lengthy and tedious as a critical essay), the essentials, you can’t do without this. It allows you to expose yourself to SO much, so easily and quickly, and it makes learning really quite fun. It’s also an excellent substitute for the infamous, mindless “doom-scrolling”, given it’s organized similarly. Almost every book is available with voice narration, too.
Cannot rate this highly enough.
12/16/2024

BrunettesinBikinis

(Full disclaimer, because I know people can be (rightfully, perhaps) skeptical of very effusive reviews like these: I’m not being paid to write this, nor am I a Blinkist “partner”, etc. — these are completely my own thoughts, and I’m writing them on my own initiative and volition.) This app is absolutely amazing. I’m grateful and ecstatic that I discovered it, but annoyed I haven’t been using it longer. It condenses almost every book conceivable — philosophy, politics, relationships, you name it — into what you need to know, breaking it down by chaptered themes, with examples; obviously, I’m not recommending this as an alternative to actually reading the books, but if your objective is just to glean, in a very practical, manageable format (just the perfect length — not as cursory as an internet summary, not as lengthy and tedious as a critical essay), the essentials, you can’t do without this. It allows you to expose yourself to SO much, so easily and quickly, and it makes learning really quite fun. It’s also an excellent substitute for the infamous, mindless “doom-scrolling”, given it’s organized similarly. Almost every book is available with voice narration, too.
This app used to be good before AI
Jan 4

Native Code
This app is suffering from AI in two ways. On one hand AI is going to kill its business model because it’s no longer a premium service to get book summaries in audio form. If blinkist used only human reviewers that were not using AI then I’d argue it would still be worth a premium price. But when your “blink” is filled with so many padding words and phrases, a hallmark of AI generated slop, then it defeats the very concept of having short summaries. And that’s the second way AI is killing this service. The quality of the blinks is terrible. Half of everything in the blink is empty text. Reading other reviews it seems like blinkist is in a downward spiral in how they run their business too. Ppl complaining of scammy practices regarding renewals etc. what I observed first hand is they are desperate to get new subs. You can google around and find a link to 80% off of an annual membership. I didn’t use it but the link was live and took me to a page trying to get you to buy now with a fake countdown timer deceiving you with some false scarcity. The other thing I noticed is the moment I cancelled my “free trial” the service stopped working even though I’m entitled to 6 more free days per Apple’s policy. So clearly this is a sinking ship. You’d do better looking for edification elsewhere. It’s sad because when it first started up (a decade ago?) before AI it was actually a really good service that put some effort into generating blinks that were worth reading.

Developer Response
Hi there, we appreciate your feedback and we’re sorry your experience felt disappointing. While we use AI to create more of what our learners love, humans are very much still an essential part of our curation, editing and narration. As we're always striving to improve, we'll pass your message along to our team. In the meantime, we hope you'll enjoy one pre-selected Blink per day on our free account. All the best, Team Blinkist
This app used to be good before AI
Jan 4

Native Code

This app is suffering from AI in two ways. On one hand AI is going to kill its business model because it’s no longer a premium service to get book summaries in audio form. If blinkist used only human reviewers that were not using AI then I’d argue it would still be worth a premium price. But when your “blink” is filled with so many padding words and phrases, a hallmark of AI generated slop, then it defeats the very concept of having short summaries. And that’s the second way AI is killing this service. The quality of the blinks is terrible. Half of everything in the blink is empty text. Reading other reviews it seems like blinkist is in a downward spiral in how they run their business too. Ppl complaining of scammy practices regarding renewals etc. what I observed first hand is they are desperate to get new subs. You can google around and find a link to 80% off of an annual membership. I didn’t use it but the link was live and took me to a page trying to get you to buy now with a fake countdown timer deceiving you with some false scarcity. The other thing I noticed is the moment I cancelled my “free trial” the service stopped working even though I’m entitled to 6 more free days per Apple’s policy. So clearly this is a sinking ship. You’d do better looking for edification elsewhere. It’s sad because when it first started up (a decade ago?) before AI it was actually a really good service that put some effort into generating blinks that were worth reading.
Developer Response Jan 18
Hi there, we appreciate your feedback and we’re sorry your experience felt disappointing. While we use AI to create more of what our learners love, humans are very much still an essential part of our curation, editing and narration. As we're always striving to improve, we'll pass your message along to our team. In the meantime, we hope you'll enjoy one pre-selected Blink per day on our free account. All the best, Team Blinkist

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