Blinkist.com

Good skims, not depth

Summaries help me decide what’s worth a full read. A few feel a bit formulaic, but for mornings when time is tight, it does the job.

Fun snackable learning

Setup took seconds and the app tossed me into blinks that matched my picks. Tapping play during a commute felt effortless. Highlights synced back on my phone later.

Ideas on my commute

Signed up with Apple in seconds, picked topics, and the app queued blinks for offline. Audio is clean, with smart recommendations. The reading streak nudged me to listen daily.

A tiny win daily

That lightbulb moment on a 12 minute walk hit hard. One sentence about habits stuck, and I tried it before lunch.

Great app, some shallow

I felt inspired but sometimes wished for more depth. Still, the summaries kept me consistent and the narrators are mostly excellent.

The service is decent, depending on what you want to read.

The service is decent, depending on what you want to read. I mostly used it to summarise non-fiction books. The customer support is really bad. They answered quickly but showed no knowledge of their own rules and used rude language, or I just got a generic reply. I replied politely to explain my point and now I get ignored. I was honestly surprised since I have been a customer for a few years. Won't be coming back, won't be reccomending.

They don’t carry the books I want.

They don’t carry the books I want. So gltichy. And the customer service is awful. They tricked me into paying for 2 years. Auto renewal turns on by default and turning it off is super confusing. I just found out you have to click “cancel subscription,” which feels like you are losing a year you already paid for. They hide it so they can trap you. I complained to customer service and they just said it’s my fault or that I am st****d for not reading every tiny rule they hide in hard-to-see places. Clearly making money by sneaky auto renewal is their thing now. Biggest regret buying this.

Don’t sign up!

Don’t sign up! I got a one-year plan (not a repeating subscription) to test it out, but decided not to continue for different reasons. They renewed without telling me and now refuse to give a refund. I haven’t even used the app. From what I read in other reviews, once they have your payment info, they keep charging you. Now I have to go through small claims court. Look for another option!

This company keeps charging my card for an

This company keeps charging my card for an Infographics deal, but it doesn’t give any new content – I contacted Blinkest through their Facebook page – I want to stop this Infographics deal, but there’s no way to cancel....

I just went through a Blinkist article

I just went through a Blinkist article with well-known quotes from a famous political thinker, and I'm shocked to see they mixed up one quote by using a quote from someone else. Hard to believe this mistake was unintentional. I’ll stay away from this source from now on.

I went with the ‘premium pro’ plan

I went with the ‘premium pro’ plan during the special deal, but all I get is the same ‘free subscription’ blink of the day that’s availlable without paying, and the rest is still locked. No reason for me to sign up again!

The summaries were lackluster

The summaries were lackluster, and the customer service was even more disappointing. Despite canceling my subscription multiple times, they continued to charge my card.

New customer quite let down.

New customer quite let down. What they say is a 20 min read is actually just 5 mins. Just like the book summary on Amazon. My first read, cold water swimming, so simple it's almost a joke; I learned more from a 5 min Wim Hoff video. Same with the book on dreams, completely pointless. Edited: the short and shallow read made me certain not to spend money on this book. There was nothing to grab my attention.

This company is such a scam

This company is such a scam! They charged me randomly for a year's subscription, two weeks after my previous one ended. I checked all my emails from Blinkist—there was no mention at all that they would renew the subscription (even though it's common). It's a really obvious dark pattern and makes me not want to use this app again.

Decent value for money with a large

Decent value for money with a large book and audio library, but some summaries lack depth and quality.

absulutly briliant

The Customer Service Team was absulutly briliant and handled my question in the most proffesional manor! I like Blinkist and still tell my frends and familiy about it!

I've contacted customer service many times

I've contacted customer service many times asking for my invoices. Despite saying my invoices don't show up under the invoices tab, I'm always told to check there, even though I've said many times they're not there. It's been a year and still no solution. I need my Blinkist bills.

Gute idee, aber

Manches gefällt, manches nervt. Die Idee ist stark, aber einige Blinks wirken mir zu schablonenhaft, da fehlt Tiefe. Ausserdem hat mich die automatische Verlängerung kalt erwischt, weil die Kündigung im Store nicht super intuitiv war. Support hat geantwortet, jedoch eher generisch. Für neue Themen ist es okay, um reinzuschnuppern, doch ich picke nur noch gezielt. Wenn die Kommunikation rund ums Abo klarer wäre, gäbe es einen Punkt mehr. So bleibt es für mich ein nettes Add-on.