Join millions of booklovers across the globe and access your very own portable reading world. Go shelf-less and take your reading adventures on the go. With over 5 million titles to choose from, there’s something for every type of reader and listener.
Introducing audiobooks from Kobo—our brand new expertly curated collection. Discover the best deal on audiobooks when you subscribe. You earn Kobo Super Points every purchase. With all your eBooks and audiobooks together, the Kobo App is all you need.**
The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and children's books, to enjoy instantly on your smartphone or tablet. Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read.
Check out Kobo’s free eBook selection to discover a new favourite.
Take a look at our most popular and trending eBooks, updated hourly!
Browse now on the Kobo website.
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.
• Discover recommendations just for you for 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.
• 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 or Japanese.
**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.
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10 Sept 2025
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David Mowry
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15 September 2025
Used to be a great app. Since the last update though, it's very hard to use. The links for footnotes no longer appear to work. When you open a book, it automatically turns the screen brightness up to maximum, which makes it almost impossible to look at because it's so bright. You can't turn the brightness down either because it somehow overrides the phone settings. None of the settings seem to allow you to change any of this and re-installing it didn't do anything.
7 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
15 September 2025
Hello! We are sorry to hear that you are having this experience with the Kobo app. Please try to repair your account. To receive further support, please provide photos or videos through a message on our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help. Thank you so much!
Jerimia Suheli
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17 September 2025
I find out how to bring the brightness option to use system brightness, but there is no option for the navigation. I find it very annoying to must be able to tap the middle open ebook first in order to have the navigation bar appear. This method hinders me from quickly switching to other apps in a hurry. On top of that, I might accidentally press the scroll bar for the pages I am currently reading.
1 person found this review helpful
Kobo Books
17 September 2025
Hello! We apologize for the issue that is occurring with the brightness level. Please try repairing your account on the Kobo app. For better support, please contact us through our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help.
Emiel Bakker
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21 July 2025
I don't find this app intuitive at all. It doesn't give me the feeling I'm in control of my saved books, books I already have read or listened to etcetera. Also the search option is far from ideal. It's hard to find books, even when I search for an exact match with a writer. I still get so many other results and I just don't get why. I have a kobo+ subscription.
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Kobo Books
21 July 2025
Hello, we are very sorry to hear that you had this experience with your books and recommendations on our Kobo App. For better assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us through Facebook or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help. We are always happy to help!
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