BOOX Go 7 vs Kobo Libra Colour
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| BOOXGo 7 | KoboLibra Colour | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | April 2025 | April 2024 |
| Screen | ||
| Screen size | 7″ | 7″ |
| Resolution | 1680 × 1264 | 1680 × 1264 |
| Sharpness | 300 pixels per inch | 300 pixels per inch |
| Colour | No | Yes |
| Front light | Yes, adjustable warmth | Yes, adjustable warmth |
| Display detail | E Ink Carta 1300 glass screen with flat cover lens; capacitive touch; G-sensor for auto rotation | E Ink Kaleido 3 with FastGLR and Dark Mode; 300 ppi for black-and-white content, 150 ppi for colour; left/right rotation and landscape mode |
| Front light | Front light with CTM (warm and cold) | ComfortLight PRO, adjustable brightness and colour temperature |
| Reading and writing | ||
| Stylus | Yes | Yes |
| Page-turn buttons | Yes | Yes |
| Audiobooks | Yes | Yes |
| Storage | 64 GB (better) | 32 GB |
| Software | Android | Kobo |
| Formats | PDF, CAJ, DJVU, CBR, CBZ, EPUB, EPUB3, AZW3, MOBI, TXT, DOC, DOCX, FB2, CHM, RTF, HTML, ZIP, PRC, PPT, PPTX; PNG, JPG, BMP, TIFF; WAV, MP3 | 15 formats natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR) |
| Book store | Google Play Store (Android 13), so third-party book store apps can be installed | Kobo Store |
| Library loans | – | OverDrive and Libby in select countries |
| Stylus | Works with BOOX InkSense and InkSense Plus (4,096 pressure levels, USB-C charging), sold separately | Kobo Stylus 2, sold separately |
| Note taking | Notes app with templates, brushes, shapes, lasso and handwriting to text; annotation in books | Notebooks and colour markup in eBooks; backed up to Kobo Cloud; Dropbox and Google Drive |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 195 g (better) | 199.5 g |
| Water resistance | – | IPX8 |
| Materials | – | Exterior of at least 85.5% recycled content, including 10% ocean-bound plastic; repairable |
| Water resistance detail | Water-repellent against spills, splashes and light rain; not waterproof | Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water |
| Size | 156 × 137 × 6.4 mm | 144.6 × 161 × 8.3 mm |
| Colours | Black, White | Black, White |
| In the box | Go 7, USB-C cable, card tray eject tool, Quick Start Guide, warranty sheet | – |
| Connections and battery | ||
| Battery life (maker's claim) | – | Up to 5.7 weeks |
| Battery life detail | 2,300 mAh Li-ion polymer | Up to 40 days at 30 minutes of reading a day, front light at 30% and wireless off; 2050 mAh |
| Charging | USB-C (also OTG and audio) | USB-C |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, USB-C, microSD slot; octa-core CPU, 4 GB RAM | Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth, USB-C; dual 2.0 GHz processor |
| Audio | Built-in speaker and microphone; text-to-speech; Bluetooth headphones | Kobo Audiobooks over Bluetooth headphones or speaker (select countries) |
