Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
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3.7star
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10M+
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About this app
Join millions of book lovers and explore Kobo’s all-in-one digital reading app—your portable eBook and audiobook library on the go.
Discover over 8 million eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and children’s books at your fingertips. Whether you’re into romance novels, crime thrillers, fantasy epics, or motivational non-fiction, Kobo has something for every reader and listener.
Subscribe to Kobo Plus and enjoy unlimited access to a huge catalog of over 1.5 million eBooks and 150,000 audiobooks—read or listen as much as you want with one affordable monthly subscription.
EBOOK FEATURES
• Access millions of popular eBooks from global bestsellers to indie gems
• Customize your reading experience: adjust font size, style, and brightness
• Switch to Night Mode for comfortable bedtime reading
• Lock screen orientation in portrait or landscape mode
• Highlight text, make notes, and search within books
• Explore curated collections and trending reads updated hourly
• Read offline anytime, anywhere—perfect for travel and commutes
AUDIOBOOK FEATURES
• Discover thousands of audiobooks across genres like fiction, self-development, memoirs, and more
• Enjoy seamless listening with our easy-to-use audiobook player
• Set a sleep timer—ideal for bedtime listening
• Adjust narration speed to your preference
• Sync your audiobook progress across devices
• Listen offline without Wi-Fi
• Preview audiobook samples before committing
ALL-IN-ONE DIGITAL LIBRARY
• Search by author, title, genre, or keyword to find your next great read or listen
• Start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another
• Enjoy both eBooks and audiobooks from your Kobo library, all in one app
• Download your titles for offline access and enjoy uninterrupted stories wherever you go
MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT
Read and listen in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.
KOBO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION
• Unlimited reading and listening with Kobo Plus Read or Kobo Plus Listen
• One subscription, thousands of eBooks and audiobooks
• Cancel anytime
STAY CONNECTED
Follow us on social media for the latest updates, reading tips, and recommendations:
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo
Note: Audiobooks are available worldwide except in Japan and Turkey. You can listen on smartphones and tablets running Android version 4.4 or higher.
Download the Kobo app today and rediscover the joy of reading and listening—your next great story is just a tap away.
Discover over 8 million eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and children’s books at your fingertips. Whether you’re into romance novels, crime thrillers, fantasy epics, or motivational non-fiction, Kobo has something for every reader and listener.
Subscribe to Kobo Plus and enjoy unlimited access to a huge catalog of over 1.5 million eBooks and 150,000 audiobooks—read or listen as much as you want with one affordable monthly subscription.
EBOOK FEATURES
• Access millions of popular eBooks from global bestsellers to indie gems
• Customize your reading experience: adjust font size, style, and brightness
• Switch to Night Mode for comfortable bedtime reading
• Lock screen orientation in portrait or landscape mode
• Highlight text, make notes, and search within books
• Explore curated collections and trending reads updated hourly
• Read offline anytime, anywhere—perfect for travel and commutes
AUDIOBOOK FEATURES
• Discover thousands of audiobooks across genres like fiction, self-development, memoirs, and more
• Enjoy seamless listening with our easy-to-use audiobook player
• Set a sleep timer—ideal for bedtime listening
• Adjust narration speed to your preference
• Sync your audiobook progress across devices
• Listen offline without Wi-Fi
• Preview audiobook samples before committing
ALL-IN-ONE DIGITAL LIBRARY
• Search by author, title, genre, or keyword to find your next great read or listen
• Start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another
• Enjoy both eBooks and audiobooks from your Kobo library, all in one app
• Download your titles for offline access and enjoy uninterrupted stories wherever you go
MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT
Read and listen in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.
KOBO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION
• Unlimited reading and listening with Kobo Plus Read or Kobo Plus Listen
• One subscription, thousands of eBooks and audiobooks
• Cancel anytime
STAY CONNECTED
Follow us on social media for the latest updates, reading tips, and recommendations:
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo
Note: Audiobooks are available worldwide except in Japan and Turkey. You can listen on smartphones and tablets running Android version 4.4 or higher.
Download the Kobo app today and rediscover the joy of reading and listening—your next great story is just a tap away.
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Ratings and reviews
3.7
226K reviews
Starla Whitaker
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March 22, 2025
update: dropped to 1 star because it is actually impossible to read outside in the spring sun with white or even black bg with brightest tone/screen. 1. Highlighting finally works over paragraph breaks, yay! 2. New fonts and colors are good. 3. Brightness (tone) is independent of the phone - incredibly frustrating. 4. Open app and need to click into book rather than just opening the book. 5. Needs options to change remainder in book/time. 6. Needs option to have the clock always visible.
19 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
October 13, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! If you have any questions or need assistance with, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or twitter @kobo or contact our support team www.kobo.com/help.
Rob Lyons
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January 5, 2025
It is a shame. They did a major update to the app late 2024, and it absolutely sucks now. Missing features and tons of terrible bugs: Brightness is full manual, no auto and doesn't follow the device settings; no longer can use volume buttons as page turn; screen brightness setting resets constantly, regularly doesn't load the app, just a blank screen, until you close and reopen the app, the lost goes on. The UI changes were nice, but the actual app IS HORRENDOUS.
55 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
January 5, 2025
Hello, this is not the experience we want for you, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Facebook/Twitter or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help so we can assist you with this issue.
Laurette Bradley
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April 24, 2025
It works, but is pretty minimal. EVERYTIME you switch to the app from another app it does a second of flashing and blinking -- very distracting. I'm reading a book with lots of geography, but no maps, so I switch to the map app a lot. And each time I come back to the Kobo app ... BLAM, FLASH, BLAM. It seems like the developers just got tired and decided that this was good enough. But it really isn't.
1 person found this review helpful
Kobo Books
April 24, 2025
Hi! We are sorry to hear you're having this experience with your “Kobo App”. Please try these steps Troubleshoot the Kobo Books app for Android. If you ever need more assistance, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help we will be happy to assist you further!
What’s new
With our new Shopping Cart feature, you can purchase multiple books in one transaction. Plus, you can now adjust your reading brightness to match your device's brightness level under Reading Settings.
