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24 alternatives to Blinkist for Android

Hacking the way we read books.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Blinkist for Android launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1BH
   Blinkist – Hacking the way we read books, now on Android▲7

   2014 · blinkist.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Blinkist▲288

   Key insights from 2,000+ bestselling nonfiction books

   2013 · blinkist.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   BeeLine reader▲65

   Read faster with this visual hack.

   2014 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BeeLine Reader App▲88

   Speed reading for mobile

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Booklights▲169

   Make America Read Again 📖

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Blinkenlights▲106

   A minimal status dashboard app

   2015 · blinkenlights.jazzychad.net · its alternatives →

7. 7
   One App for Android▲87

   Read Product Hunt, HN, DN, Reddit, Medium on Android

   2014 · one.hackplan.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Stack 2.0▲145

   The social network of reading - powered by AI

   2017 · getstack.co.uk · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Real-Time Technology: Moving Beyond Static Apps▲63

   A look at users and technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hardware Hacker▲63

    Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

    2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Buch▲71

    A Telegram book reader bot

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Pointer▲95

    A reading club for developers

    2015 · pointer.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Readr▲113

    A free reader that answers your questions and reads aloud

    Sep 2026 · readr-ai.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Bookup▲76

    Hookups for books!

    2017 · bookupapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AI
    An immersive, social reading app for book nerds▲5

    This is a first draft of an app that I am working on that is the "anti blinkist (the book summarization app)". I call it Augre (aug-ur - short for augmented reader) and the whole idea is that I want to immerse more, not less in a book. I want to dive deeper into the text, chat with others who are reading the book and get into delicious discussions. It's still early but here are a couple of features: 1. A really solid cross platform epub reader 2. Left sidebar which augments the reading experience with tables, images, maps (and other artifacts coming soon) 3. Book chat where you can chat with…

    2025 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Accelerator▲119

    Read faster, one word at a time

    2015 · acceleratorapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Unread for iPad▲68

    A clean, distraction-free reading experience, now on iPad

    2014 · jaredsinclair.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Litographs Book Club▲84

    Thoughtful book recommendations from indie booksellers

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hooked▲173

    Fiction in the form of text messages

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Techie News▲72

    A new simple and fast HN Reader for iOS

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dash▲24

    Speed read books anywhere

    2014 · tiffanyzhong.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Shelf Joy▲126

    A Facebook bot to deliver hand-curated book suggestions

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →