SoBrief: Book Summaries

Name: SoBrief: Book Summaries
Rating: 4.4 (353 reviews)
Author: Audiblogs, Inc.

by Audiblogs, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: Free to download
In-app purchases

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Official categories

Education
Books

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Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published
In-app purchases	Yes	Limited free	—	Store published

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App Store

Free to download
In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.4 353 ratings · App Store

5/5LOVE
I have the paid version & I love that I can get book recs based on my personality. Also I stalk all my fav books that I read like authors character details & read the summaries if I forget what was said in a book series 🫶🏽 it would be cool if I could upload my good reads history as well

Jejem1@6 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Where is my review?
Where is my review I wrote a couple days ago?? Was it deleted? Okay so here goes… All I’ve had since signing up or attempting to sign up, is issue after issue. I don’t want to bad mouth this app or tear it down verballyI love the idea of this app, if only it functioned like it was supposed to!!! I signed up for this app 2 times paying the annual fee of $50 both times and it’s still telling me that I haven’t signed up and I’m still using the free account (not that it works or anything) I tried to call and speak to someone to someone, but nope the AI person told me that only paying customers can speak to someone, umm hello that’s me, a paying customer times 2. At this point I just want my $100 back, I don’t care about this app anymore, here I am hoping to support this app, So brief & they have horrible customer service and the app doesn’t work at all. Please give me my money back and don’t erase my review. Thanks

Ashes Pashes 11 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5App that instantly tries to make you pay before you can even see what it does
Did the whole download and answered all the questions then it immediately asks for you to pay to see anything. It doesn’t let you view your profile after asking multiple questions and having you upload your books and your reviews so it can build your preferences. I never pay for an app unless I can verify that it does what I want. It wouldn’t let me out of the screen to try and get money from me. I read a few reviews after and apparently if you don’t pay it doesn’t let you view anything. Also multiple people have paid but the app still doesn’t show them what it claims to. I won’t be wasting anymore time on this.

Randipandi45 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Why is it advertised as free or semi-free when you have to pay for everything? Use Sumreads instead!
I saw the app advertised as free unlike Blinkist, so I downloaded and filled the opening survey, and then it said I had to pay money to do anything. Not even one book was free. I could've tolerated a semi-free approach with limited selection, but this was nothing free. Was free it one point, but not now? If so, that's very rude. That's without getting into the low-quality AI summaries which would be tolerable if it was free, but since it isn't, I'm better off paying for the high-quality human-written summaries of Blinkist, or my current favorite, Uptime. Use the website Sumreads instead, actually free AI book summaries!

CrazyPianoLady15 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5NOT GOOD
So I’m thinking I’m going to have a great app that I get book recommendations from, but before you even get to see how the app works you are being asked to pay for it. It’s an AI app that’s asking for a subscription. And then once you get out of the 5 pages asking you for money, you only briefly get to see how the app works BECAUSE THE WHOLE APP IS BLOCKED BY A PAY WALL. Why would I EVER buy an app when I don’t even know how it works or if it does what I want it to do. You used AI to make it but are asking people for EIGHTY DOLLARS to completely own the app. Do better. At least allow people to see HOW THE APP WORKS before asking for ANYTHING.

Jaylaxvert · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

App Store

1.2.1
1.2.3
- Sign in: Allows you to access bookmarks, history, and personal recommendations! - Audio: Listen to any book summary in 40 languages
1.2.4
- Book Scanner: Tap the camera icon on the search bar, and scan the barcode of any book to see an instant summary!
1.2.5
* New screenshots
1.2.6
Bug fixes and improvements
1.2.7
Swipe through books like Tinder! AI finds your perfect reads
1.2.8
Bug fixes and improvements
1.2.9 · 15 Dec 2025
Bug fixes and improvements

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Alternatives

Nonsense: Language Learning — Same category + similar ratings

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Page completeness: Live store listing
Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
Sources: App Store

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