Alternatives to Amazon Kindle
Amazon's free Kindle reading app for phones, tablets and computers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Amazon Kindle
Amazon's free Kindle reading app for phones, tablets and computers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Amazon Kindle.
Kindle for Web
Amazon's browser-based reader for Kindle books, formerly called Kindle Cloud Reader.
Kindle for Web reads the same Amazon Kindle library in a browser with nothing to install, but it only works on computers through the web.
Google Play Books
Google's ebook and audiobook store with a reader for Android, iOS and the web browser.
Google Play Books swaps Amazon's store for Google's, adds audiobooks, comics and browser reading, and requires a Google account, with no Windows or macOS app.
Apple Books
Apple's app for buying, reading and listening to ebooks and audiobooks on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Apple Books ties purchases to Apple's store instead, combines ebooks and audiobooks with iCloud sync and family sharing, and runs only on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Everand
A subscription service for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks on mobile and the web.
Everand replaces per-book purchases with a paid subscription covering ebooks and audiobooks on Android, iOS and the web, with monthly limits outside its unlimited catalog.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Push to Kindle
Sends web articles to a Kindle or other e-reader in readable form.
Libby
Borrows ebooks and audiobooks from a local library for free with a library card.
Calibre
The ebook library manager: view, convert, edit and catalogue books in every major format, and talk to e-readers.
Kindle Comic Converter
A desktop and command-line converter that optimizes comics and manga for e-ink ebook readers.
hoopla
Library app for borrowing ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies and music free with a library card.
