Thinkr - The Smart Reading App 12+

As a mom who works full-time, it’s difficult to find time to read. However, I have a great desire to stay relevant. Thinkrapp has compiled a library of some of the most current (and also some classic) nonfiction titles and summarized them in a format that’s easy to follow. I find myself reading while I wait for appointments or listening on the commute to or from work and in 15-20 minutes feel like I have a good grasp on the books major points without having to try and find the extra time to read the whole book (impossible!)

Been using this app for about a week now, and am greatly impressed with it. It's easy to use and well designed. Well worth its $10 per month fee.

In the next version I'd like to see the developers add two features that many audio readers really appreciate and use often:

1) the ability to control at which speed they hear the summaries read, either slower or faster depending on the topic - at 10% intervals (90% of normal speed, 80% of normal, 70%, etc.).

2) the ability for the listener to click backward (or forward) in 10-second intervals to quickly review material.

These two highly valued features would radically improve an already superb app!

I can’t even capitalize on the super condensed versions available through this app because it has required me to log back in every single time and re-download the books I had in my library.

It often rejects my credentials and has never allowed Keychain to store them. Today it informs me I have to sign in again and then pick a subscription rate. That would have been acceptable had it not been presented as a “free” app when I originally downloaded it - and if it listed “in-app purchases in the App Store.

I love the concept but it isn’t working for me. Figure it out, clean it up, present the costs clearly and make it be something I can just click on and enter my library. I’m out until then.