Productivity Tools

By Alex · Updated Jan 14, 2023

If you're like most people, you probably have a long list of books you want to read but never seem to find the time for.

That's why book summary apps are so popular! These apps allow you to read summaries of books so that you can get the information you need in a fraction of the time.

In this blog post, we will discuss the best book summary apps in 2023.

There are a lot of different book summary apps and websites, so how do you choose the right one for you? The best way to decide is to think about what features are important to you. Here are some things we considered:

Our Take: Blinkist is the app to beat when it comes to book summaries. They have a large catalog of books, competitive pricing, high user ratings, and all the important features we expect to see in a book summary app.

Our Take: What we love about Shortform? The app goes beyond simple book summaries and relates to ideas to those from other books. It also makes the content actionable with targeted exercises.

Our Take: getAbstract boasts one of the largest library of summarized books. However, the app is not as engaging and interactive as others on this list.

Our Take: With its generous free plan and cheap premium plan, StoryShots is a great app for budget-conscious readers.

Our Take: We like Deepstash’s approach of focusing on ideas rather than books and fully recommend checking out their free plan.

Our Take: 12min is an overall solid book summary app. However, it’s inferior to Blinkist at a similar price point and does not come with any of the unique features of other apps on this list. We recommend checking out these other apps first.

Our Take: Lucid’s unique selling point are its easy to understand visualizations. The app is a joy to use and we definitely recommend checking it out if you are a visual learner.

Our Take: By offering progress tracking and spaced repetition the Headway app focuses on helping you learn and retain the knowledge gained from its book summaries.