Kindle app
Amazon
A fact sheet from the app's own listing and pages. For the trade-offs against other apps, read the job pages that mention it.
By the Best Reading Apps editors · Checked 2 November 2026 · Desk research
Price: Free
- Kind
- App
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad and Mac on the App Store. Amazon says the Kindle app is also on Android, PC and the web.
- Price
- Free app. Buy books one at a time, or borrow with Kindle+ (renamed from Kindle Unlimited in October 2026) for $11.99 a month plus tax. [1] Price checked 2 November 2026.
- Rating
- 4.9 out of 5 from 5,883,423 ratings, US App Store. Age rating 13+.
Facts
- Over six million Kindle books to buy, with free samples, plus adjustable fonts, margins, backgrounds and page turning. [2]
- Built-in dictionary, X-Ray, Wikipedia lookup and search to look up words, people and places while you read. [2]
- Syncs your place, bookmarks, highlights and notes across devices, and lets you switch from the Kindle book to the Audible narration in the app. [2]
- Kindle+ costs $11.99 a month plus tax in the US, lets you borrow up to 20 titles at a time, and thousands of its ebooks include companion audiobooks. [1]
- Rated 4.9 out of 5 from about 5.9 million ratings on the US App Store. The listing text still refers to Kindle Unlimited, the subscription's old name. [2]
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Sources
- Amazon News, Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+: Everything you need to know (updated 22 October 2026), Read 2 November 2026.
- Apple App Store (US), Amazon Kindle: Reading App, Read 2 November 2026.