Kobo Books - eBooks Audiobooks

In-app purchases
4.1
285K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Join millions of booklovers across the globe and access your very own portable reading world. Go shelf-less and take your reading adventures on the go. With over 5 million titles to choose from, there’s something for every type of reader and listener.

Introducing audiobooks from Kobo—our brand new expertly curated collection. Discover the best deal on audiobooks when you subscribe. You earn Kobo Super Points every purchase. With all your eBooks and audiobooks together, the Kobo App is all you need.**

The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and children's books, to enjoy instantly on your smartphone or tablet. Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read.

Check out Kobo’s free eBook selection to discover a new favourite.

Take a look at our most popular and trending eBooks, updated hourly!

Browse now on the Kobo website.

The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:

• Customize the way you read. Enjoy crisp, clear text in the size and style you prefer. Try Night Mode to make reading easier on your eyes before bedtime, and lock the screen in portrait or landscape mode.

• Our beautifully designed, easy-to-use player makes it simple for you to move through your audiobook with a single touch. Never worry about losing your spot, and see how much time is left at a glance. Schedule it to turn off after a set amount of time—perfect for listening before going to sleep.

• Discover recommendations just for you for eBooks and audiobooks we think you’ll love. Read thousands of free eBook previews or listen to audiobook samples to help you find your next favourite.

• Start reading on one device and pick up on another. The Kobo App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading across all your devices.

• Rate and review the books you’ve read or read reviews from booklovers like you!

• Read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, or Japanese.

**Audiobooks available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. You can listen to audiobooks on smartphones and tablets running Android version 4.4 or higher.
Updated on
Mar 19, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
224K reviews
Dave Richards
April 16, 2024
Doesn't work on airplane. Will not be purchasing any more books for this app. "No Internet Connection Available Kobo can't start because you are not connected to the Internet. Please check your connection and try again." Also missing many qol features such as multiple fonts (there's only 4), background (only black or white, nothing like sepia or paper), can't adjust bumper width for turning pages, footnotes are handled terribly, back button is whack. Easy to implement, so it's contempt.
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Sunshine Schenekl
April 12, 2024
I've used the trial period and will let this app go. The app is ok, basic, needs some features but runs good. No bookmark and the chapter button is in a really bad spot, I've hit it many times, screwing up my progress. Need a bookmark or to move the chapter button to not be touchy. They don't have a good selection of audio books in the kobo plus section so I'm letting it go. I won't pay a subscription to still need to pay for what I want to read. Everand's subscription has better books.
4 people found this review helpful
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Kobo Books
April 12, 2024
Hi, We are sorry to hear you’ve had this experience, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Facebook/Twitter or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help. We are always happy to help!
Jose
February 23, 2024
Kobo has a good library and the eReaders are great, however the app is not a highlight. Room for lots of improvementa, the app is not intuitive, searching for books is a frustrating experience, recommendations are off. One would like to see a well design homepage where to sort new books, recommended ones, trending, categories, ratings, top rated, etc, etc. You need to invest in UX experts...
26 people found this review helpful
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Kobo Books
February 23, 2024
Hi, We are sorry to hear you’ve had this experience, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Facebook/Twitter or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help. We are always happy to help!

What's new

"For our passionate readers who love books as much as we do, we update the Kobo Books app as often as possible to continually improve on its reliability and performance.

Here's what's new in our latest release:

• Bug fixes and general improvements.

Thanks for reading with Kobo Books!"