Price: Blinkist vs Headway
On the US App Store Blinkist Premium costs $12.99 to $15.99 a month or $79.99 to $119.99 a year. Pro adds Blinkist AI and costs $139.99 a year. On blinkist.com in Europe Premium costs €79.99 a year, with a first-year discount.
Headway sells a yearly plan for $89.99 on the US App Store after a 7-day free trial. On makeheadway.com it bills every 4, 12 or 24 weeks: $39.98, $79.98 or $119.98 after a lower first payment of $19.99, $39.99 or $59.99.
Blinkist Premium is the cheaper yearly plan at its lowest App Store price. Headway’s web plans renew at double the first payment, so check the renewal price before you pay.
Library and languages
Blinkist has 9,000+ book and podcast summaries. The help center counts 8,000+ Blinks: 5,000+ in English, 2,000+ in German, 500+ in Spanish and 100+ in Portuguese. The team adds about 25 titles a week.
Headway has 2,500+ nonfiction summaries and adds 3 to 5 a week. It covers 11 languages, so a reader in Polish, Japanese or Czech gets summaries only on Headway.
Habits, streaks and sharing
Headway builds the app around a daily habit. You keep the streak by reading or listening to 3 key points a day. Quizzes, recaps and spaced repetition bring ideas back later.
Blinkist has Weekly Goals: you set how many days a week to finish a title and keep a streak of weeks. Blinkist also has Spaces, where you share titles with friends or a book club. Basic members in a Space can open titles that paid members recommend.
Reviews and refunds
On the US App Store Blinkist has 4.8 from 156K ratings, Headway 4.6 from 117K. On Trustpilot Blinkist has 4.3 from 1,539 reviews and Headway 3.9 from 6,648. Negative reviews of both apps are mostly about renewals and charges.
Blinkist refunds the first web or Google Play purchase within 14 days. Headway treats website purchases as final, unless the law requires a refund. On the App Store, Apple decides for both.
