Amazon Kindle for Android

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJanuary 4, 2026

Amazon Kindle provides you with a huge array of e-books, magazines, and more that can be synced to multiple devices via cloud storage. The newest additions to the e-book reader application are somewhat small but helpful; however, more personalization options are still needed.

Pros

Superb e-book reader: Amazon Kindle's reader now offers multiple highlighter colors, following the recent update and also offers a very helpful copy/paste function. Navigating books is very easy with the reader's sidebar menu that allows you to jump from chapter to chapter. Font size and page design can be manipulated to ensure the best readability possible.

Excellent organization: Downloaded texts are neatly stored in the Kindle application and are helpfully arranged by title, author name, or most recently read. This is very helpful for those that have large libraries of purchases.

Enormous library: Amazon Kindle offers you hundreds of thousands of texts for download, so you will never get tired of this application. Many full-length books and magazines are offered for free as well.

Cons

Few personal options: While the Kindle e-book reader can be customized extensively, the application itself cannot be changed in the slightest. A dark color scheme that can be difficult to see is the only option available, so you may be displeased with the lack of control you have over Kindle.

Bottom Line

Very few applications give you all the features provided by Amazon Kindle. The e-book reader and library of books can easily be labeled the best on the market. We recommend downloading Amazon Kindle because very few applications on the market are as expansive and sturdy as Kindle.

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GENERAL

Release: August 19, 2020

Latest update: January 4, 2026

Version: 8.137.0.100-2.0.60928.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Android

Operating System: Android 15.0

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 49,638

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

2.7/5

7 User Votes

very slow search, only the built-in dictionaries
Peter_bacsiOctober 23, 2013
Pros
It allows me to read most of my kindle library.
Cons
Very slow search: apparently no index is used. I cannot add another dictionary (say Russian).
Summary
It's more than I expected for FREE!
queshockboyJuly 5, 2013
Pros
Ability to highlight & bookmark, and then return to those locations easily. Adding a bookmark is as simple as touching the top right corner of screen and the corner of the page 'folds'. Very cool. Ability to change font size and background color, white, black or sepia. So reading in varying light conditions is comfortable. Carousel view of all my downloaded books, with visible % percentage of read. Ability to lock view in by touching lower right-corner and locking or unlocking small lock icon. (portrait or landscape).
Cons
Cannot change font type. (Serif or Sans-Serif) depending on type of literature. No major cons.
Summary
Totally GREAT App! I wanted to buy an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, which has all the extra features not available on this app. But am travelling in Europe and Asia, so i got started with this app on my Android phone for now. Very impressed! I have full access to the Kindle Store and i can preview or purchase books. Can't wait to get my own Real Kindle Paperwhite, but for now this is a great way to start reading all of my downloaded .mobi books! Thanks Amazon Developers for this great Android App! ps. I am using Kindle Version 4.1.0.66 on a Samsung Android phone, Excellent!!!
>60'000 employees and Kindle is still a bag of bugs!
jas0921June 7, 2012
Pros
&#8226; The main feature that I can't find elsewhere like in the free Aldiko reader is the highlighting and notes feature. &#8226; A second minor advantage is the easy access to commercial books. If you just want to read freely available classics go elsewhere.
Cons
&#8226; The latest version 3.5.1.1 (as of summer 2012) is a disaster. Startup time on my Droid/Milestone deteriorated from ~20 seconds to a full 2 minutes. So long in fact that the Android OS repeatedly asks whether to force close the slow application. I'm getting Astro to be able to reverse future "downgrades". &#8226; The notes/highlight feature crashes and completely deletes your personal data. I have read a total of 10 ebooks using Kindle for Android. With dozens to hundreds of highlights. For 4 of those books my highlights where completely wiped out. That's hours of work gone and a huge disappointment. &#8226; The highlights synchronisation feature does not work reliably. Before the last notes crash, I synchronized with the Amazon servers. Yet after the crash, the server didn't contain the notes that I thought I had backed up. Meaning that even though the reading position was properly updated the notes and highlights were actually not copied to the server.
Summary
When it comes to reading I seen no advantage of the Kindle Android app over for example the small company competitors like Aldiko. The highlight and notes feature is the ONLY thing that I cannot find there and it is a powerful feature, esp. if you want an reader for professional ebooks. Yet, despite tens of thousands of employees the Amazon Kindle reader is far from professional, got much worse in the latest version, and regularly wipes out your data and wastes your time. I went through a drawn out trouble shooting process with Amazon over the phone and the only thing that I got at the end was the useless comment that it was a known bug and that it may be (!) resolved with the next release for which they couldn't give me a date or even an estimation. I'm looking for more professional solutions elsewhere. If you need an ebook reader for work or intensive leisure use, you should too.
Good one to kill the time when you want to.
Techy-SamMay 17, 2011
Pros
Good one to kill the time when you want to.
Cons
Works a little slow even on 3G.
Summary
Good one t o kill the time when you want to.
The Kindle site will not work for me!
cooperman101February 5, 2011
Pros
None yet as I cant get on it..
Cons
None yet as I cant get on it!
Summary
I have a new tablet running android 2.1 and although I got to the Kindle site via Android market, it will not let me sign up???
Good app, works well as expected
McloggertonJanuary 2, 2011
Pros
simple app. Does a great job as listed. Book marking and movement all work well.
Cons
non white coloring would be nice
Summary
Want to read on your phone. Get it
Can't download unless you have an Android phone
refdadDecember 26, 2010
Pros
Love the Kindle. Have the app on my Iphone and PC
Cons
I have an Android Tablet, it can't access the Marketplace so how do I get the Kindle App??
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Amazon.com

Go beyond paper with conveniently portable reading experiences across variety of genres at your fingertips.

On the bus, on your break, in your bed--never be without a book. Built for book lovers, the Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips.

Find your next great read with Kindle. Choose from over six million Kindle books (including those with Audible narration), magazines, audiobooks, and comics and start reading in seconds. Explore new releases, Amazon Charts best sellers, and titles across genres like romance, science fiction, children's books, self-help, religion, nonfiction, and more--and try any book before you buy with a free sample.

Subscribe to Kindle Unlimited to enjoy unlimited reading and listening. Explore over 1 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and current magazines for just $9.99 a month.

Over 1,000 books, magazines, comics, and more included with Amazon Prime.

With Kindle Daily Deals, save up to 80% on a new selection of books every day, including romance, science fiction, non-fiction, and books for young readers.

Turn your phone or tablet into a book with the free Kindle app--so you can read anytime, anywhere. Explore these reading features in the Kindle app:

- Read your way. Customize your text size, font type, margins, text alignment, and orientation (portrait or landscape)--and choose whether to turn pages from left to right or continuously scroll. Read comfortably day and night with adjustable brightness and background colors. Go to the Aa menu in your book to get started.

- Look up words, people, and places while you read. Breeze through words you don't know and characters you can't remember with the built-in dictionary, X-Ray, Wikipedia lookup, instant translations, and search within your book. Simply tap and hold a word to view its definition, or use the Google and Wikipedia links to get more information.

- Track your reading progress. See what percent of the book you've read, real page numbers (for most top titles), and how much time you have left in the chapter or book based on your actual reading speed.

- Bookmark places you want to revisit, and make highlights and take notes throughout your book. Open My Notebook to see all your notes in the same place.

- Hop, skim, and jump with Page Flip. Flip between pages or get a bird's-eye view of your book with Page Flip--don't worry, we'll save your place.

- Zoom in on high-definition color images in Kindle books, magazines, comics, and manga.

- Sync your books across devices. When you're reading a book, the Kindle app will automatically sync where you left off--along with any bookmarks, highlights, or notes--so you can start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another.

- When you can't read, listen. Switch seamlessly from reading your Kindle book to listening to the Audible book, all within the Kindle app.

- Get notified when authors you love have new releases, or when books you're interested in go on deal.

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User Reviews

very slow search, only the built-in dictionaries

It's more than I expected for FREE!

&gt;60'000 employees and Kindle is still a bag of bugs!

Good one to kill the time when you want to.

The Kindle site will not work for me!

Good app, works well as expected

Can't download unless you have an Android phone

Developer’s Description

>60'000 employees and Kindle is still a bag of bugs!