Shortform Reviews 942

I’ve used so many book, information summary services over the years. Shortform is head and shoulders above the rest. Two things that make this service useful to me are; 1. Not only are the summaries approachable, easy to read, and I can get the salient points of the book quickly (to decide if I want to read the entire book), they 2. Provide cross references to other books and articles that I either have read or need to read. The articles, and podcasts provide so much additional content, along with ‘quality of life features’, e.g. reading the book aloud, a great way to come up to speed while driving. All this makes Shortform one of my now go to subscriptions worth every penny.

The trial should not have download restrictions. The audio voices are not naturalistic. The range of books needs to be wider

Have used it for to days now, and so far have it only been pleasant. The outstanding amount of content have som thing for everyone i think. Only thing i think it could use is the feature of going to your own library with the thing you have previously picked.

love it - easy to use in daily life

Good service. What I liked most was the additional commentary and links to related content. On the not so bright side, I live outside the US and with an unfavorable exchange rate so price is a bit expensive, unfortunately. You should adjust the cost according to the local currency.

Stay away from this service, I do not recommend. I canceled my subscription before my card was charged for another year (there was not any reminder that my earlier deal continues as full price order for another whole year) but they still managed to renew the card.

I emailed them right away I noticed my card had charged that I dont need the service and could they cancel it now when I inform them the same day the renew was done but they only stated they would return 50 percent. Unbeliavable that these days any service can be this way. Stay far from this service, they charge you even you dont want (read also other reviews)!!!

The service is excellent. Shortform does a great job of summarizing complex concepts into listenable books. While the service is available from apps and web browsers, the interface seems to favor looks over functionality. This is especially noticeable on the iOS Phone app. The buttons are very small, in fact all the text is and hard to see in the car. THey are light colored and contrast poorly against the white background. Perhaps the developers would consider an in car interface, simplified design with the current playing book, and large buttons to the current and favorite lists.

What a mess. Passwords don't sync across platforms: resetting PW 3 times in 2 days is insane. And as far as I can figure out, for the book I wanted, Neil Howe's 580 page "The Fourth Turning is Here," Shortform offers exactly one long page of 7,400 words--in which they seem to try to make Howe's already A++ vocab even more complex. If there's a book search function, it sure isn't evident on the web app. I read 5-10 books a month; this experience was completely unimpressing. Cancelled.

Horrendous experience = Low value service and misleading fees! Why? Well, before the trial period ended, the company assures that they remind users that the trial period had ended and the subscription fee had been charged, which they didn't receive! Instead, the company charged an annual subscription fee, which is visual and subliminal, which is more suggested when creating an account. After the charge, I requested cancellation of my subscription and a refund, as such a procedure misleads the customer. I received a negative response and was refunded 50% of the yearly fee for having had an active account for solely 5 days. It seems like the company earns mainly on the gullibility of potential users.

Just gave it a try, and i wasn't disappointed. Great summarizing and audio narration. Looking forward to more reading and listening. Thanks.

The monthly price is a little high. But very good quality.

Honestly love shortform they have the best articles and the best summarys truly phenomenal!

Was scammed by Blinkist couldn't access service or cancel got bank involved canclled my credit card. They took money out 12 months later from my new card. Finally got subscription cancelled. Blinkist promised a refund then said no because my bank was involved. A scam. Avoid trust pilot 1.6 rating Shortform is excellent.

I like the book summaries - longer and more detailed than alternative platforms. And that is why I chose Shortform. However, given the level of professionalism associated with the summaries and the relatively high comparative cost, I would have enjoyed a better experience with the platform interface. Simple in the extreme and perhaps lacking some of the functionality that would be useful. I would also suggest that the choice is comparatively limited.

Easy to navigate the site and amount of content on the subject

The shortened content is amazing! Better in some ways than original. App still needs some work especially audio part.

Make a book a quick read. I am able to get fresh ideas and decide if I want to spend the time reading the whole book.

Nice i really like it ,i don't have to read the whole book for some basic ideas or concepts , don't have to waste a lot of time really nice