Amazon Kindle User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience68.3% of reviews
Neutral8.8% of reviews
Negative experience22.9% of reviews

~ Based on 7,883 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Amazon Kindle Safe?

Amazon Kindle: Reading App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Amazon Kindle is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 5,800,719 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

97.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 5,800,719 App Store ratings for Amazon Kindle.

Is Amazon Kindle Legit?

Amazon Kindle: Reading App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Amazon Kindle is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Garbage interface, totally ruined the app

I was a very early ebook adopter, and at that time, the only option was Amazon. So in the 20ish years since then, I’ve spent literally tens of thousands of dollars on ebooks. That makes it very hard to walk away in a post DRM world.

The app updates have, over the last year or so, been much more focused on *selling* books rather than offering a platform to read books you already bought (kids, I promise, there was a time when you could not even buy books on the Apple kindle app).

The ads and algo on the front page means that I can’t even open the front page and see my purchases. Worse, I’m a librarian, so books I’ve looked up for work show on my personal feed because Amazon keeps mixing up my work account and personal account because I access them on the same device (just looked up! Not purchased! But the algo doesn’t care). And when I *do* get to my library, I have to first click “downloaded” so I can see which books I haven’t finished yet, then sort by recent. Every time. No option for default settings. And then if I want to switch between books and have an accurate take on recency, I have to close and refresh the app

So after a while of this, I turned off the device setting that would allow automatic app updates. Kindle is still updating, completely bypassing my device settings

If I could magically switch all my books to another platform, I would. I can’t. So I’m moving away from ebooks and going back to ink and paper. Just a terrible experience and a terrible way to treat long time customers
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Cutting out

I have this app for years but every time you up date the app there is more glitches and it’s frustrating and it cuts out while I’m reading

Latest iPad update

Why is it a perfectly functioning app is updated & made awful. Whoever thought the so called improvements were a good idea was wrong. I love reading books on the Kindle app on my iPad but I don’t like the app in its current state. Sorry but I’d like it back like it was before.

A “STURDY” Book

There are, in my opinion, no superfluous words in this book. I read it slowly in order to not miss something. Everything written here is important to training routines, to diet, and to behaviour outside of your gym workouts.
I am a fortunate man. I, in total ignorance, joined One Family Fitness 2 years ago. I had never been in a gym before in my life and here I was at 78 years joining a gym. With pure luck I took out a membership in the best gym I could have selected.
Jen became my coach almost right away. She asked Dino to assign her to me; another fortunate thing.
I didn’t realize until recently that I was being trained in Powerlifting using the 5 pillars described in this book.
Now the things she tells me and encourages me to do make so much more sense.
The Build System works very well for me. I am never pushed beyond what I can achieve. My shortcomings are nutrition and movement. The book tells you how to deal with these two pillars.
If you are a powerlifter or weightlifter this book was written for you.
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Not recording my streak

I was on a pretty lengthy streak and it did not record the last two days.

Excellant way to read

I find the app great especially for keeping track of what i have ready

Fácil y rapido.

Una aplicación que te permite tener tu biblioteca en cualquier lugar y es muy fácil de usar.

The easiness to read

I have a Kindle and I have the app on my phone. I can grab any at any moment and read. And sometimes that a the great escape from the waiting room or a long line.
Thnx.

Great program

This is the best thing I do for myself! I love getting up to 20 books, because sometimes I want to change it up and read something different and I can do that. Read a new one that just came out, then finish what I was reading.
I love the emails from authors I read telling me what is available and I love the fun challenges
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Not User Friendly

Kindle does not improve even after many years .I like that i can read boos but ability to of size and archive books is very poor or not intuitive

Good app

Update: 8/23/26. Help! In the middle of reading a book on my iPad, I left the app to deal with something else and when I came back to the kindle app it lost the ability to read in a two-column mode when in landscape. I have cleared all my apps, then updated my Kindle app, and I have done a hard shut down and restart on my iPad. The option is just gone! When reading in landscape mode I don’t like having to move my head to read the full line like I’m at a tennis match.

Update: 2/5/26 Still love the convenience of the app but during the last two updates the bright bar at the bottom of the page (when using the black background and whitish text) does not fade away as it used to. It is much brighter than the text itself and annoying when reading in bed in the dark,

Update: I still loving using the Kindle app. I think all of my books are syncing now across my devices.

I really like the fact that i can get my Kindle content on all my devices. I would like it better if ALL the books would Sync across the devices. Many, if not most, books will not Sync.
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New update

I love the Kindle App and have used it for years but since this newest update the app will just randomly close while I am in the middle of reading. I’ve never had this problem before and it’s been happening multiple times every time I try to read - this is very frustrating. Is there a way to fix this? I am a big reader and read for extended periods of time every day and this is making me not want to use this app. Please fix this. Thank you!
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Itherian

Great world building and character development. Well paced story

Going Deep

I use Kindle for many things but my favorite is for reading and studying high content books from whose content I will read on and off for years. I can easily footnote, highlight, copy, and search to find references I mad years ago. The other thing I like is its accessibility. It is always with me providing I have my iPhone or iPad, which I do 99% of the day . “Kindle, it’s always with you”
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Less good than it used to be

IMO the app was better before the update. I liked having my library as my homepage. I preferred the stat section how it was way back with the book counter and the ability to scroll back.

Kindle app

I absolutely love the app! I used to read loads pf physical books, I then moved onto books and kindle. I then went back to school and with work and studies requiring me to read a lot and often on screens my eyes couldn’t just take it anymore so the app allowed me to move into audiobooks and continue to enjoy fab books!
Now my studies are coming to an end I am slowly adding back my kindle into my reading routine.
I love how kindle and the app helped me throughout my reading journey ❤️
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Lo adoro

Kindle para mi es esa ventana que me da alegría, me pierdo en otras épocas, en mundos diferentes me hace llorar, me enamoro mil veces, pero sobretodo lo amo, siempre lo tengo conmigo, puedo tener tantos libros y lo más importante, amo leer y mis libros 📕son una parte muy importante de mi día a día ☺️
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Audio book go missing .

I have the books bot the audio is no longer available . Even though I paid for them

Kindle

I’m obsessed with my kindle. Best reading device I have brought.

Love It!

I always open up at the place I finished at! And I can highlight places I feel are important and I want to review again. I honestly prefer the Kindle Reading App to a book! ❤️