Kobo Books - eBooks Audiobooks

Brian Flynn

I use this app on an android tablet, as my Kobo ereader stopped working. The app is easy to use, and has lots of adjustable settings to improve user experience. It loses 2 stars due to the constant "Recommendations" that I am bombarded with. I am quite capable of deciding for myself what I want to read, so please stop pestering me.

Stephen Just

Not optimized for dual screen phones. I have a Surface Duo 2, which is a great form factor for reading books. However, the Kobo app doesn't recognize this device type so instead of getting two pages when I span the app across both screens (like a physical book), a single page gets chopped in two. It'd be great if the developers could make this work.

Natasha Flamm

Kobo has tried to copy Audible, but isn't as good. They also have terrible customer service. Both are terrible in trying to trap you into using their subscription by offering a "free trial," but if you're not actually using it, they'll just continue to take your money with no chance of a refund. And then instead of letting you keep your racked up book credits that you haven't used, they take them away when you cancel your subscription. Don't subscribe.

Dawn Smith

Absolutely wonderful. I never thought of myself as the type to go digital when it comes to books. I've always been a fan of hard copy...and I still am....but this service has definitely changed my perspective. Their collection is vast, books are very affordable, and good reads I was passionate about getting my hands on were instantly at my fingertips. No wait time....and no worries about where to store incoming collections as your library grows (a bit harder with hard copies).

Chris Karounos

Better than Audible! Very well featured app that has always worked reliably for me. One thing that would make it better is the ability to break up audiobook downloads. This is an option on Overdrive and is really nice for being able to listen to the start of the book while the rest is downloading as well as conserving spaced used on your phone.

Adelena Lala

With the roll back of the May update, this is again my favorite e-book reading app. Most others have similar features like volume key page turning and portrait lock. But, this one has the best library system of the few I've tried with being able to group them into genres or authors and it's easy to find the summary if you want to reread one that you don't remember too well.

Scooter

I really miss the Audible app. So much easier to navigate, faster downloads, better user interface. I may have to switch back. Update: The lack of ability to manually set a boomark became a major problem. Unless you are uber careful, you will end up accidentally advancing or rewinding on the player timeline. Getting back to where you were is painful and time consuming. This happens more often than you would expect because of the layout of the player controls and menu to table of contents.

Dan Zahner

Was once good....now fonts are too small to be easily readable, even with font size set to max. (Running latest version of app on Samsung tab A running android 11.) Thanks for your quick response. Actually, running Android 10 (not 11...that was a typo).. Should be an easy fix though. But may be a recurring problem due to increasing screen resolutions on Android tablets.

Judi Hoynacki

Kobo was the first digital book app I used. Really enjoyed it. I haven't used it for awhile until just recently I wanted to go back and re-read some of my books. First it told me I had no books, finally found them. Finally got it to open but it is so sluggish!! I can't get pages to turn! I tried to change the font and style and again it took forever to just get the page to turn!! If I didn't have so many of my favorite books on the app I would definitely uninstall it and strictly use Kindle!