“The app is neat, but the content and book summaries are too short and shallow for my taste. I assume they’re largely AI-generated with little to no rigorous quality control. It was also strange that I had to contact customer service just…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 962 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★333,233 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
318 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
WANT TO LEARN FASTER AND SMARTER?
With Blinkist, you can absorb the most important ideas from 9,000+ 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 42 million people use Blinkist to read more and learn faster. Join them today.
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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.
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Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 11.34.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.34.0, updated 2026-09-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 10.10.8 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 10.10.9, updated 2026-09-30.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 10.10.8, scanned 2026-09-27.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 4 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AppLovin MAX, Chartboost, ironSource / Unity LevelPlay, Unity Ads
Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Cancellation copy routes the user away from a direct control: "Before you go, would you mind sharing why you're canceling?"
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 506 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 506 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 506 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“worst tactic. it's impossible to cancel subscription after getting in. keeps renewing I just learnt this subscription is purchased when I reviewed some transactions. when I was in you website it's so hard.. it seems impossible to cancel…”
“Worst tactic app. Makes it so hard to unsubscribe. and getting into subsription is smooth walk in, noone would know, until review wallet and transactions. also no customer support at all. dont fall into offers or trial game for this.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 11.34.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$12.99
Highest$139.99
Blinkist Premium (1 month)$15.99
Blinkist Premium (1 Month)$12.99
Blinkist Premium (1 year)$99.99
Blinkist Premium (1 Year)$79.99
Blinkist Premium (1 year)$119.99
Show 3 more purchases
Premium$89.99
Premium$14.99
Pro$139.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.