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Blinkist
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Subscription app delivering 15-minute text and audio summaries of nonfiction books and podcasts, plus expert guides and AI content tools.
1.4M visits/mo
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Shortform
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Paid library of in-depth non-fiction book, article and podcast guides with exercises, meant to teach ideas faster than reading full books.
929K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
Annual: $16.42/mo (billed annually)
Monthly: $24/mo
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦AI-powered narration
- ✦Instant chapter summaries
- ✦AI recaps
- ✦AI explanations
- ✦Character summaries
- ✦15-minute book and podcast summaries
- ✦9,000+ title library
- ✦Text and audio formats with offline access
- ✦Expert-led interactive Guides
- ✦Personalized recommendations
- ✦AI summarization of videos, articles and documents
- ✦In-depth guides for 10,000+ non-fiction books, articles and podcasts
- ✦Read or audio-listen format with offline mobile access
- ✦Interactive comprehension exercises per guide
- ✦Community discussion threads on each book guide
- ✦Highlighting, notes and PDF downloads
- ✦Weekly new guides for bestsellers and articles
Use cases
- →Quickly understand the plot and characters of a book.
- →Listen to a book being read aloud with AI narration.
- →Refresh your memory on key events in a book.
- →Get explanations for complex concepts or plot points.
- →Learn book key ideas quickly
- →Listen while commuting or exercising
- →Discover new nonfiction across topics
- →Summarize other content with AI
- →Learning the key ideas of a non-fiction book without reading the full text
- →Reviewing and retaining ideas from a book already read
- →Building a habit of continuous learning during commutes or downtime
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