🆚 Google Play Books vs. Kobo

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Ebook technology
Ebook technology

About

Google Play Books is a digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase.

It claims to host one of the world's largest ebook collections with over five million titles, supports cross-device syncing, offline reading, and sharing of purchases within a Family Library.

Kobo is a subsidiary of Rakuten that operates a digital bookstore, a subscription service, and a line of E Ink e-reader devices.

It offers a digital library of over 1.5 million ebooks and 150,000 audiobooks, supports open formats like EPUB, provides offline reading and cross-device syncing, and integrates with public libraries for borrowing.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Tokyo, Japan

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ❌
Kobo Plus Read$7.99/month
Kobo Plus Listen$7.99/month
Kobo Plus Read & Listen$9.99/month

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #5
Ebooks › Rank #6
Audiobooks › Rank #3
Audiobooks › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Play Books ebook technology is 1.2 times more popular than Kobo.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks
Audiobooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Play Books is more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany, while Kobo is more popular in the United States, Canada, and Italy.
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Germany
France
Indonesia
Italy
Turkey
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Play Books is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, education and reference, and online shopping, while Kobo is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, business, and personal pages sites.
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Business
Personal Pages
Online Shopping
Humor/Comics
Internet Services
Politics/Opinion

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#62,231
#68,590
#101,127
#121,778
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Name
Rank
#68,590
#121,778
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See also

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