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Amazon Kindle App

App Service · Browsers, media players & utilities · 19 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/ereader

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Pros

  • If you have the same book on the kindle app and audible, not only can you play the audio file from the kindle app but it will also highlight the text you’re reading, as it’s narrated, and turn the pages for you. Kinda great!
  • It's much quicker to do it via the Kindle app on IOS or Android and then sync across.
  • Since it's Android you can still install Kindle app to get access to (what used to be) Comixology stuff (comics and manga)
  • I like the Paperwhite for at home or travel, and the Kindle app on my phone for waiting rooms or quick sessions.
  • I recently tried scrolling in the Kindle app, instead of page turns, just for testing purposes and with a speed-optimised refresh mode, it worked _surprisingly_ well - quite smooth and essentially no ghosting.

Cons

  • you could just use the kindle app, and if you wanted a travel one, the kindle basic has the send to kindle function with the app so you dont need a computer to add epubs when you’re out.
  • I use multiple ereaders, so if I take the book on using the pocketbook and couldn't read it via Kindle app, that's a deal breaker for me
  • People report crashing of apps like the Kindle app.
  • One issue I had with the kindle app on my phone is that it uninstalls or deloads books from it that I haven't read in a while. The book icon is still there but it wont open until I install the book again.
  • I think that’s the issue with most of the ereader brands’ Android apps - none of them is going to be as full-featured and convenient as their physical reader, and they’re designed for phones & tablets, so there are going to be some thing...

Sentiment

7 positive (37%) · 4 mixed (21%) · 8 negative (42%)

Trust + time weighted score: +6% · raw score -5%

What redditors said (10 of 19)

If you have the same book on the kindle app and audible, not only can you play the audio file from the kindle app but it will also highlight the text you’re reading, as it’s narrated, and turn the pages for you. Kinda great!
positive · u/r****r · r/ereader · comment · Aug 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It's much quicker to do it via the Kindle app on IOS or Android and then sync across.
positive · u/S****O · r/ereader · comment · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Since it's Android you can still install Kindle app to get access to (what used to be) Comixology stuff (comics and manga)
positive · u/T****n · r/ereader · comment · Jan 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
you could just use the kindle app, and if you wanted a travel one, the kindle basic has the send to kindle function with the app so you dont need a computer to add epubs when you’re out.
mixed · u/m***5 · r/ereader · comment · Dec 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I like the Paperwhite for at home or travel, and the Kindle app on my phone for waiting rooms or quick sessions.
positive · u/O****3 · r/ereader · comment · Dec 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I use multiple ereaders, so if I take the book on using the pocketbook and couldn't read it via Kindle app, that's a deal breaker for me
mixed · u/S****1 · r/ereader · comment · Dec 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
People report crashing of apps like the Kindle app.
negative · u/P****1 · r/ereader · comment · Dec 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
One issue I had with the kindle app on my phone is that it uninstalls or deloads books from it that I haven't read in a while. The book icon is still there but it wont open until I install the book again.
negative · u/e****5 · r/ereader · Dec 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I think that’s the issue with most of the ereader brands’ Android apps - none of them is going to be as full-featured and convenient as their physical reader, and they’re designed for phones & tablets, so there are going to be some things that don’t work super well on eInk screens (like various animations)
mixed · u/Y****3 · r/ereader · comment · Dec 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I recently discovered that while grouping books into collections on my Kindle app does automatically sync those over to my Kindle device, it does NOT carry over the manual sort order I set up. The Kindle device doesn't even seem to support a manual sort order at all. Incredibly frustrating.
negative · u/T****n · r/ereader · comment · Aug 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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