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Jul 3, 2025
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Eric Carlsen
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July 2, 2025
I went with a Kobe e-reader for features for the price. It's still great, but this app is awful. It's stuck at loading the library and no books show up. I tried everything customer support said, multiple times. No luck. It's worked in times past and is okay then. But these sync issues happen often. When I check out or buy a new book it often doesn't appear. (I've tried repairing my account, repeatedly. It doesn't work).
8 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
July 2, 2025
Hi, We are sorry to hear you’ve had this experience, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Facebook or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help. We are always happy to help!
Jonathan Hankey
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June 8, 2025
Slow, crashes a lot, buggy (it doesn't retain the last page read of you reopen a book properly, it goes the the last page read minus 1 page for some reason) or simply doesn't open without first killing the app entirely. I was looking at a kindle replacement since their latest update... Kobo isn't gonna be it.
10 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
June 8, 2025
Hi! We are truly sorry that you are experiencing issues with your App. May we request you to re-install the App on your device. If the issue persists, 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!
Elena U.
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March 22, 2025
Overall pretty good but definitely some glitches. There is no way to have the app automatically match the device brightness, you can only adjust it manually from inside a book and through some settings, and the app doesn't remember what you did for very long. IE if I am reading a book and then a few minutes later I get a text and go deal with that, when I return to the book it reverts to the previous setting - going dim when I adjusted it brighter or vice versa.
21 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
March 22, 2025
Bonjour ! Nous sommes sincèrement désolés que vous rencontriez des problèmes avec l'application. Veuillez nous envoyer un message direct et nous serons ravis de résoudre tout problème que vous pourriez rencontrer. Merci !
What’s new
Our latest update to the Kobo Books App offers hands-free reading with Read Aloud's text-to-speech feature, available for select eBooks.
Plus, you'll find enhanced support for Android accessibility tools like TalkBack.