Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks

In-app purchases
3.5
287K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

Join millions of readers across the globe and access your very own portable reading library. Take your bookshelf on the go. With over 8 million eBooks and audiobooks to choose from, there’s something for every type of reader or listener.

Discover unlimited reading and listening when you subscribe with Kobo Plus. Access over 1.5 million eBooks and 150,000 audiobooks with a subscription that’s right for you. With all your books together, the Kobo reading app is all you need to read and listen at home or on the go.

The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best ereader for ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, comics and children's books: enjoy instantly on your smartphone or tablet.

Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read, or browse Kobo’s free ebook selection to discover a new favourite. Read and listen to your favourite stories with a digital library in the palm of your hand.

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



The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:

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

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

• Discover 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 book.

• Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read for only $9.99 a month, and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks and audiobooks.

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

• Share your love of books and reading on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Post your favourite quotes, notes, and thoughts from what you’re reading or listening to.

• Access your ereader and read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese or Japanese.

Find us on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo

**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
Dec 9, 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

3.3
226K reviews
Paula den Ouden
January 3, 2025
Let's be clear, I like reading with this app. However, it is fairly buggy. It doesn't seem to remember your custom settings, so sometimes you'll open it to a very bright screen. That also happens when the screen times out and you turn it back on. I don't like apps that override system brightness settings anyway. It switched to light mode when I put the system on dark mode, very odd. The widget often opens to a blank page, which is fairly useless. Once I'm reading, it's pretty good though.
1 person found this review helpful
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Kobo Books
January 3, 2025
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!
Mel C
November 20, 2024
Both my Dad and I love this app but in the past week we have both had issues moving from chapter to chapter. It goes to a blank page then locks us there with no other setting. We have to close the app and re open for every chapter. I un-installed and reinstalled and it's still doing it. Our apps are up to date. We use Android. Please fix this.
5 people found this review helpful
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Kobo Books
November 20, 2024
Hi! We are sorry to hear you're having this experience with your App. Please try these steps: (Troubleshoot for Android). If you ever need more assistance, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or Twitter @kobo or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help and we will be happy to assist you further!
sirnicolai
December 3, 2024
Edited review now that I'm not so frustrated: Overall I think this App and the Kobo experience in general is: Inconsistent, which can be frustrating. Sometimes everything works well, other times it has weird issues. My number one problem is that the reading progress sync has never worked well, and there is no button to update your reading position when it doesn't work automatically, the only option is to do a full sync which can take ages, especially on the Kobo ereader.
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Kobo Books
December 3, 2024
Hello, this is not the experience we want for you, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via our Facebook page or twitter @kobo or contact our support team www.kobo.com/help so we can assist you with this issue. Thanks!

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!"