The App Google, Apple, and The UN Love

The Blinkist app won a Google Design Award, a United Nations World Summit Award, an Android Excellence Award, and has been named ‘One of the World’s Best Apps’ by Apple.

But why the hype? Because Blinkist is transforming how we read.

Blinkist summarizes key insights from over 3,000 — and counting — of the world’s best nonfiction books into snappy 15-minute reads and listens. It’s a new way to discover books and ideas — making reading more accessible for those with limited time. With 10 million knowledge-hungry knowledge-hungry users worldwide – Blinkist is constantly adding interesting and engaging titles to the app.

“Blinkist is perfect for digesting information quickly and on the go, offering quick-hit access to the latest must-not-miss books.” — Apple

The Future of Learning

When Blinkist launched in 2012, most apps were there to distract, not to educate. The Blinkist founders wanted to blaze a new trail in education and to solve the problem of not having enough time to read.

The Blinkist Founders (from left to right): Holger Seim, Tobi Balling and Niklas Jansen “Back then, apps were a way to pass the time and we wanted to build something more meaningful — like a reading app, that could have a positive impact on people’s lives.” — Holger Seim, CEO of Blinkist

This new attitude towards apps and the future of e-learning resulted in Blinkist being noticed by Google and Apple. Blinkist recently received an Android Excellence Award from Google, and the app is frequently featured as Apple’s App of the Day.

“With Blinkist, those hefty reads you’ve been putting off for months can be easily navigated via a brief yet concise synopsis.” — Apple

Designed for Life-long Learners

Great design keeps the end user in mind, and Blinkist’s focus on its customers’ experience resulted in the app winning a Google Design Award.

“Blinkist’s engaging presentation is enhanced by clear and simple text. The end result is a user experience which is distinct and engaging.” — Google Material Design Awards, 2017

Head of Design at Blinkist, Temi Adeniyi, spoke about how the design team was fuelled by “creating an enjoyable and rewarding product for our customers,” with a “beautiful, functional design that keeps readers at its heart.”

Content is King

Blinkist may be well-designed, but it’s the crucial insights from nonfiction books that won the United Nations World Summit Award For Education and Learning. Each pack of insights is built on neuroscientific research to ensure the knowledge that’s been read or listened to is more likely to stick.

“With Blinkist you can boost your knowledge and gain new perspectives so that you can be a better professional, a better partner, or a better you.” —The United Nations

The Blinkist library covers a wide selection of subject areas; find the leading titles on business, politics, science, relationships and many more in the app.

Whether it’s the latest must-read releases (say, Tara Westover’s Educated), or a self-help classic, (take, Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People), the key learnings are instantly accessible through Blinkist.

“I read a lot of management, self-improvement, and entrepreneurial books through Blinkist because I can gain specific knowledge on my industry or on ways to improve myself.” — Steven Renwick, CPO of Regis24.

Blinkist then recommends new titles based on previous reads ensuring the right people are getting hold of the books they really want.

Try it for Free!

You’ve heard why Apple, Google, and the UN are all big fans of Blinkist. If you’re a curious life-long learner, download the app, start your free trial and find out what all the fuss is about.

Built By Science

The titles on Blinkist are created using neuroscientific principles, which ensures they’re easy to understand but hard to forget. All the content is created using relevant examples and case studies—that are instantly applicable to a reader’s life.

To make sure this happens, we have an expert team of (human!) readers who distill all the books into their key insights. We don’t use robots, because Blinkist believes people engage with books better than any AI could. This promises the content on Blinkist is always a cut above the rest.

Whether it’s the latest must-reads or a self-help classic, the key elements of each book are instantly accessible on Blinkist.

“I read a lot of management, self-improvement, and entrepreneurial books through Blinkist because I can gain specific knowledge on my industry or on ways to improve myself.” — Steven Renwick, CPO of Regis24.

If you’re a hungry go-getter, find out what Apple and Google are talking about by downloading Blinkist today. Start your 7-day free trial and dive headfirst into the world’s best nonfiction titles.