Eric Carlsen
19
Wednesday, 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). Edited
Kobo Books
Wednesday, 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!
Rob Lyons
68
Sunday, January 5, 2025
It is a shame. They did a major update to the app late 2024, and it absolutely sucks now. Missing features and tons of terrible bugs: Brightness is full manual, no auto and doesn't follow the device settings; no longer can use volume buttons as page turn; screen brightness setting resets constantly, regularly doesn't load the app, just a blank screen, until you close and reopen the app, the lost goes on. The UI changes were nice, but the actual app IS HORRENDOUS.
Kobo Books
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Hello, this is not the experience we want for you, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Facebook/Twitter or our support team via chat at http://kobo.com/help so we can assist you with this issue.
Nicholas Halderman
3
Monday, June 30, 2025
It doesn't save properly when it goes to the background. So often it won't open back to the same page you were on, and reverts to a prior brightness setting. It always either uses its own brightness, or else, if you choose "use system brightness," wants to *control* the system brightness itself; either way is frustrating thanks to the tendency to forget the setting and revert. I don't demand a ton from a reader app, but this one screws up things I hadn't even thought of.
Kobo Books
Monday, June 30, 2025
Hi! We are sorry to hear you're having this experience with your Kobo app. Please try to repair your Kobo account. If you ever need more assistance, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help we will be happy to assist you further!
Kristen Hay
2
Sunday, May 18, 2025
unfortunately, there is a flaw in the audiobook app. it doesn't keep your place in the book. It also doesn't allow for bookmarking it, so when it jumps around, you can't find where you last were. It's happened constantly to me and my husband. I contacted the company and told them the issue and that I'd need a refund for both credits since I couldn't save my place in the books and they refused. Said they would only give me credits for new audio books, which is useless to me. bad company policy.
Kobo Books
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Hi! If you are experiencing issues with “Kobo App”, you can try repairing your account. If you still experience difficulties, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help and we would be more than happy to help. Thanks!
René
42
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
I can no longer use my credits for audiobooks, the only option is to purchase at full price. The "help" link only leads to an error message on both the app and the website. Please let us fine-tune the playback speed. The playback speed adjustment is currently extreme. Speeding up to 1.05 to 1.10 or down to 0.95 or 0.9 would be great. I'd never isten to anything at +3.0 speed... The search results aren't easy to navigate. Membership read/listen library is awesome! I hope that doesn't change. Edited
Kobo Books
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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 for us to assist you further with your concern.
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