Blinkist Reviews & Product Details

Blinkist empowers busy professionals with powerful ideas, so they can broaden their perspectives, be more creative, make better decisions and ultimately grow and thrive in all areas of life. We distill key ideas from 5,500+ nonfiction books and podcasts from 27 categories in an engaging format you can read or listen to in 15 minutes. Our self-directed learning app, used by over 23 million people worldwide, will empower your employees at their point of need — anytime, anywhere.

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BLINKIST

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Blinkist Community

Languages Supported

German, English

Overview by

Clément Halloo (Director B2B Marketing at Blinkist)

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Get the key insights from the Blink and choose if you want to read of listen to them.

Personalized selection of Blinks, Shortcasts, Guides and Collections based on your preferences. Fully customizable for Enterprise customers.

Listen to the key insights from the most popular podcast in less than 15 minutes. Produced in collaboration with the podcast hosts.

Experts guide you through a specific challenge through curated selection of Blinks and Shortcasts, and additional content such as exercises, infographics, case studies and more.

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Angel Y.

Management Consultant

Consulting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/17/2026

"It promises a lot, but the outdated catalog and the recommendations frustrate the experience."

1.5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

What it promises is good, but it does not fulfill it efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

The catalog, although it seems extensive, is often based on texts that have been widely circulated for some time, and new titles do not appear very often. Furthermore, the application is designed to make you listen to what they recommend and not what you have chosen to listen to. I wanted to use it for when I go running or walking, and it's stressful to have to stop to correct the app. I don't plan to renew the subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ladda Love H.

Chief Marketing Officer

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/19/2025

"My Secret Weapon for Staying Smart (and Sane) on a Tight Schedule"

5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

What I love most about Blinkist? The sheer variety of books—from mindset to money moves—and a customer service team that actually listens. Add in the price point, and it’s one of the best value-for-impact tools in my stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

Downsides? Honestly, not many. If I had to nitpick, it’s that sometimes I wish there were even more niche titles. But the ability to read along silently or follow visually while listening is a huge win. I also love the history feature—it’s like a personal trail of every power thought I’ve picked up along the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blinkist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blinkist solves the time problem—plain and simple. As an entrepreneur, my reading list is longer than my calendar allows. Blinkist distills the essence of powerful books into digestible insights I can absorb in minutes, not hours. It cuts through the noise and gets me straight to the takeaways that move the needle—in leadership, strategy, mindset, and more.

It’s helping me stay sharp, informed, and inspired without sacrificing my schedule. I’m not just learning more—I’m applying more, faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason B.

Senior Adviser

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/10/2026

"Easy to Use with a Broad Selection"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

Ease of use, broad selection. Love the content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

Nothing, it's a great service. I'm very happy with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Devon Courtney T. K.

Wellness Advocate | Bridging Evidence-Based Practices with the Esoteric

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2024

"This is not learning - but you can use the app for recommendations for books to actually read."

0/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

Recommendations, Easy to use, Large library Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

The summaries are simplistic, I wish there was subject matter outside of self-help, Lack of diversity of authors summarized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blinkist solving and how is that benefiting you?

It does not solve a problem, when I am in a self-help book kind of mood I can see what blinkist has recommended based on previous recommendations i have gone through and see if there is a book I want to dive into. however, be aware that there aren't a lot of diverse reads recommended. For example, there is a whole spirituality section but you won't find Iyanla Vanzant, Howard Thurman, Michael Beckwith or any other black spiritualist - but you will find Wayne Dyer or Louise Hay. This is a bias that is glaringly noticeable and mildly offensive. The same goes for financial self-help they only recently got We Should All Be Millionaires. Blinkist fails to understand that people of color need to take advice from people of color because other self-help books are not taking into account privileges and biases that work in the author's favor. Also, you will not really learn anything from their summaries, use their summaries as recommendation guides to see if you want to read the book. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yolanda B.

Media Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/29/2024

"Read books with preferred by AI"

5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

The most I like in Blinkist is their collecting interest of any people and then suggest a best interseting books or magzine as per their needs and requirement. The platform is very ease to use and user friendly that gives wonderful experience to gain more knowledge with very ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

We can easily implement their platform with laptop or mobile phones also and they have audio books also that gives a more interet to complete any books withoy getting boered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jewel D.

IT Associate

Graphic Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/28/2024

"Amazing platform to prepare myself for new opertunity"

5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

The user interface of their websites is top notch quality because they give ease to use user friendly interface that provide custom prefrence as per my needs and interest. The working stretegy with AI is really abrodable because with automation they suggest exact what we need to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

I frequently use this platform for increase my new skill set and make my carrear with new opertunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/24/2024

"This is amezing app to get sumarrize information about book"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

Amezing way to sumarrize every books, this helps me in filter books and choose best one that matches to my interest Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

Not that much of interest it can bring compared to reading whole book, mainly when reading novel or fictional books Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/1/2024

"Good for surface level summaries"

4/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

The fact that they do some work to review almost all the books you'd consider reading Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

It's surface level at best. Some will be dooped to think you've "read the whole book" but certain genres like biographies or science books have a lot of details and stories you're missing completely with any type of summary Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian S.

Owner

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/8/2023

"Ain't nobody got time for self improvement"

5/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

Blinkist lets you listen to or read the key ideas from nonfiction bestsellers in around 15 minutes with their "Blinks." You can also get the main takeaways from podcasts in 15-minute listens with Shortcasts, or dive deeper with full-length audiobooks—all in one app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

I can't think of anything. It does exactly what it says it does. You can get a quick list of key points from so many non-fiction books. Mabey the only thing would be that more titles would be rad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James I.

Back End Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/1/2023

"A good substitute for being able to read the whole book"

3/5

What do you like best about Blinkist?

The best part of Blinkist is that everything is available in text and audio, so you can choose the medium that suits you best every time you log in. Unlike a whole-book summary, the "blinks" tries to give you the essence of the book in key take-away points. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blinkist?

For someone who likes to read long-form content, "blinks" are too condensed to give you broader understanding. In addition, the free plan is so crippled that you absolutely need to have the paid plan to really see the value of the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.