Hmmm
Great when it syncs with Libby but sometimes when it doesn’t I have to logout and reboot again. Annoying
Description
Join millions of readers around the world and access eBooks and audiobooks all with one app. Go shelf-less and take your reading adventures on the go. With over 6 million titles to choose from, there's something for every type of reader and listener.
Purchase eBooks and audiobooks directly from Kobo. They'll automatically appear in the app immediately afterwards.
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.
• Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read directly from Kobo and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks every month.
• 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.
• Share your love of reading on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Post your favourite quotes, notes, and thoughts from what you’re reading.
• 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, Turkish, Traditional Chinese or Japanese.
• Listen to audiobooks while you drive with CarPlay. Download them before connecting to CarPlay, or else you won’t see them.
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Purchase eBooks and audiobooks directly from Kobo. They'll automatically appear in the app immediately afterwards.
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.
• Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read directly from Kobo and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks every month.
• 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.
• Share your love of reading on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Post your favourite quotes, notes, and thoughts from what you’re reading.
• 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, Turkish, Traditional Chinese or Japanese.
• Listen to audiobooks while you drive with CarPlay. Download them before connecting to CarPlay, or else you won’t see them.
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User Rating
4.54 out of 5
61,022 ratings in Canada
5 star
44,826
4 star
9,977
3 star
2,269
2 star
958
1 star
2,628
Ratings History
Kobo Books Installs
Last 30 daysKobo Books Revenue
Last 30 daysKobo Books Reviews
Mostly Good
I really enjoy using the Kobo app. Reading books is mostly a smooth experience. Adjusting font size and background is easy and intuitive. Turning pages is mostly smooth and rarely lags. The Home Tab is easy to navigate and pretty well organized. Areas that I see need improvement are in the Tab where you see all of your e-books. I have over 1,000 in my library. If you are scrolling through and browsing your library, and you navigate away from the app for a moment, it restarts from the beginning of your list. It doesn’t save your place. If you only have a few books, it’s not a big deal, but with a larger library, a lot of functionality is lost because of this. I often navigate between Kobo and Goodreads and it becomes annoying really fast. Also, my wishlist is never properly updated. I can access only a small fraction of the titles I have in my wishlist. The pricing is not available on the app. The list is not sortable either. It’s only in order of date added. I would love to be able to sort by author or title, and be able to see the pricing and then sort by price. I would love if this functionality was available on the kobo.com website. Despite all of this, it’s still one of my most used apps.
Infuriatingly Slow
I’m using the App on an iPad mini, and every time I try to turn a page it takes 10-15 seconds to load the next one. Sometimes I can’t even tell if the input worked, because nothing changes on the screen for so long. If there’s one thing a reading app needs to be able to do, it’s turn the page. It’s bad enough that I’m considering re-purchasing my books on another platform. Do not use
Once gone
Very good read full of suspense.
Synchronisation
J’aimerais que l’application kobo et ma kobo communique plus facilement ensemble. Quand je lis sur mon application sur mon cellulaire ma kobo ne synchronise pas la dernière page lue..
Service
J’adorais Kobo j’étais membre depuis 5 ans mais ma liseuse ne fonctionnait plus alors j’ai décidé de m’en racheter une mais après 3 commandes différentes avec 3 liseuses défectueuses et aucun service de la part de Kobo j’ai tout annulé malgré le fait que je perds mes point et mes livres non lu qu’ils ne veulent pas me rembourser. Je suis toujours en attente de leur part concernant le remboursement de mon abonnement.
No vertical scrolling
Vertical scrolling or I’m going back to kindle app
Great app!
Reading is the one main constant still in our lives. Kobo Kees it happening!!
À blooming fortune
Entertaining read
New problem.
I accidentally deleted the ap, when I started it again it keeps trying to load bit no books show up. It just keeps trying but nothing. I have the app on my old mini iPad and have no problem with that. I just use it to read books from the library or the kindle app. It’s too slow for anything else. I tried “ fixing the app” but still no books, just constantly trying to download.
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Keywords
kobo books
kodo
kobo app
kobo plus
kobo books reading app
free ebooks
e book
ibooks
ebooks
online books
Kobo Books Competitors
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cloudLibrary
browse, borrow and enjoy
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125
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1 day ago | |
Everand: Ebooks and audiobooks
Ebooks, audiobooks, sheetmusic
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326
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1 week ago | |
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Support your bookstore
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23
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1 week ago | |
Chirp Audiobooks
No subscription required
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70
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2 months ago | |
Bookmory - book tracker & TBR
Book calendar & notes & timer
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122
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2 weeks ago | |
StoryGraph: Reading Tracker
Book recommendations and stats
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66
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1 month ago | |
TBR - Bookshelf
The most in depth book ratings
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62
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3 weeks ago | |
Fable: Books & TV
Find, discuss, & organize
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16
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1 week ago | |
BookFunnel
Read where you like
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5
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1 month ago | |
eBook Search - download books
Paper free book library
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22
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7 months ago |
Kobo Books Revenue and Downloads
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App Info
- Category
- Books
- Publisher
- Rakuten Kobo
- Languages
- Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish
- Recent version
- 10.15.2 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- Feb 26, 2009 (15 years ago )
- Also available in
- Canada, United States, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, United Kingdom, Turkey, France, Hong Kong, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, Philippines, India, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Ireland, Sweden, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Norway, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, Israel, Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Romania, Chile, South Korea, Poland, Finland, Argentina, Ukraine, Lebanon, Greece, Hungary, Peru, Czechia, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Belarus, Japan, Mexico
- Last updated
- 4 hours ago