Blinkist Reviews 1,248

Great for sampling topical books to decide if they're worth a full read, capturing core ideas without fluff. Ideas for improvement include: - summary format could be improved via AI (easier to re... See more

started bad w/ confusion on missing my discounted offer rate, but Jean helped resolve it, gave me advice on aligning my phone access as well. This didn't seem to work very well at first as I guess i... See more

Its a good option if you need crux of the concepts in concise ways than reading a whole book. Suitable for certain category of books especially self help where o focus on key takeaways can cover... See more

Absolutely love Blinkist… it’s a game-changer! It offers high quality summaries across massive range of topics. The clear sub-topic mini-summaries breakdown complex ideas into bite-sized chunks which... See more

I reached out to cancel an auto-renewal that had already been charged to my credit card. (I have too much going on right now to properly utilize the subscription.) I have to say I was pleasantly surpr... See more

I’ve been using Blinkist for many years, and it has consistently helped me absorb key ideas from books quickly. The summaries are clear and well-structured, and the audio feature is amazing. The narra... See more

I have received first class customer service from Talida. I made a mistake when signing up my husband for a Christmas present - I used a non existent email so didn’t receive any emails or links to ac... See more

To me, the best app for tackling my book backlog in a short time. It's a way of using my time the best possible way, either when waiting, commuting or traveling by plane. Do yourself a favour and... See more

Really great experience with Blinkist support. Huge thanks to Katarina, who helped me with my refund super quickly and very efficiently. Everything was handled smoothly and professionally, and I rea... See more

I’m a techie and don’t have time to focus on things outside my scope. The selection of topics they provide fills in the blanks. The technical support is outstanding. I initially had a log in issu... See more

Installed the App because I saw it advertised in a newspaper I respect. Immediately apparent this is a hard sell, mostly of self help books in online précis form. The suggested titles bear no relation... See more

This is another year (maybe the 7th or 8th) in which I am renewing our subscription to Blinkist. I personally do not use its resources (I just pay for it), but my colleagues who use it really want to... See more

I contacted a wonderful lady named Jean when I had a problem sharing my premium Blinkist membership with a close one. Jean worked diligently to resolve the issue. Her communication skills were excell... See more

I had trouble cancelling my subscription and then forgot to reach out to the team before renewal date. I was very impressed they were most helpful and gave me full refund! It would save your team... See more

Thought i’d spend my last 5mins talking about the scale of customer abuse this company comes out with. The staff are either bots or soulless beings. Zero interaction with the people paying for their w... See more

Great app! Lot of contents and high quality in general. I had an annual subscription which lately I didn’t enjoy at all because of other duties… I was charged automatically for a new year but promptly... See more

I’ve been using Blinkist for a while now and it’s become one of my favorite apps. I love being able to listen to spoken summaries of popular books before deciding whether to buy or read the full v... See more

Excellent customer service - its a sign of a great company when you want to take a break from your subscription and they deal with you so well. They offered me lots of options and time to consider the... See more

In 28 years of working for and with large multi national companies my recent experience with Blinklist was by far the most exemplary service Ive ever encountered . A real human replied to my emails... See more

I got charged 139 euros even though I already unsubscribed. I sent an email to their customer service to ask for a refund and received a reply from a bot offering full-refund/partial-refund/upgrade.... See more

Blinkist have thankfully decided to refund us. It's a shame they didn't look at the inactive account on first point of contact. Dreadful. Very poor customer service. Didn't answer question. S... See more

Auto renews subscription with no warning and then it is impossible to contact anyone on their website . Emails bounce back, no chat to get any help. Don’t subscribe unless you want to stay with them... See more

My subscription renewed automatically without giving me any prior notification. Support responded in time to provide an alternate solution which I felt satisfied. So please remove auto renewal feat... See more

I’m afraid recently Blinkist support staff seem so very stretched that their response times are too long with a confusing sign up process. I need something resolving and it has taken over 4 weeks and... See more

Further to my previous review I have not received my refund even after having shown a screenshot of the payment in my bank and providing the last 4 digits of my card. The silly AI doesn't understand a... See more

I highly recommend Blinkist. It is a great experience for reading or listening to non fiction books. It does this through a quick snap shot synopsis that is very easy on time management and has helped... See more

I love this app and have recommended it to many people! A wide selection of audiobooks truncated down to like 22 minutes to give me bullet points. It’s a great way to see if I might like the book. I... See more

I’ve had a Blinkist membership for a year but couldn’t use it much due to a busy schedule. When it was automatically renewed, I requested a refund as I was unsure about continuing. I was impressed... See more

Responsive customer service; they took the time to get it right even when the request involved processing a refund. I like Blinkist overall and would consider coming back when I've got a bit more... See more

If there was a zero star option I would give it. I somehow ended up with a free and paid account, and the paid account kept automatically renewing even though I received no email. Blinkist claims th... See more

I strongly advise everyone to stay away from this company. Two years ago, I tried their service with a “90% off” one-year premium offer. I cancelled the premium subscription immediately on their web... See more

Have been using Blinkist for couple of years and has significantly helped. But I was not in a position to renew at the full cost. I spoke the support and they were so understanding and the whole conve... See more

Don't subscribe! I signed up for one year (not a reoccurring subscription) to see if it would be useful, and for various reasons chose not to renew. Without any contact they renewed, and now won't r... See more

Blinkist is an excellent app with a huge selection of books and a very intuitive, user-friendly design. It makes it easy to learn something new even when time is limited. I also had an issue that was... See more

I signed up for this app tonight (12/13/25). When attempting g to create my account, it repetitively returned to a “Login failed” notice. I tried everything…. Attempted to contact Customer Service... See more

Talida was lovely- 5 stars for her. My problem was the chatbot telling me to to type “Talk to a Human” (LOVE that you have that!)to get a human, but then it just left me there... without clarification... See more

I appreciate not only the good reads on this app with great voices but when something goes wrong, they work diligently to fix it. Having said that, the fixing moved a bit slow but it is no longer a pr... See more

I had an annual subscription to Blinkist which I used on and off and it was a great experience overall. What I did not realise is that the subscription auto-renews without a prompt so one day I just s... See more

The Blinkist team was incredibly timely and helpful. I actually needed to cancel our subscription due to lack of use in this current season of leadership, yet they treated me as if I was going to comm... See more

I was charged for an annual subscription to Blinkist and didn’t even realize I had started one. Regardless, I contacted customer service and they promptly responded with an offer to fully refund or t... See more

Unbelievable customer service I am automatically charged for the yearly subscription but as a German customer I emailed them in German and stated the law for the refund they still even not respondin... See more

When I signed up I made mistakes-some were typing errors and a few computer errors. I am not an IT type person. I finally reached out and Jean came to my rescue. We started slowly to work the problem.... See more

Horrible app and website. I was given a discount code for the subscription plan but the app does not accept them so navigated to their website and used code to sign up for the year. Followed email lin... See more

I’ve had a great experience with Blinkist. I used to start reading books but almost never finished them. Now, with Blinkist, I can quickly understand the main ideas of an entire book in just a few m... See more