Amazon Kindle Alternatives

Amazon Kindle is described as 'The Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips' and is a very popular Ebook Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Amazon Kindle for a variety of platforms, including Android, Android Tablet, iPhone, iPad and Web-based apps. The best Amazon Kindle alternative is calibre, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amazon Kindle are Librera Reader, Project Gutenberg, KOReader and Book's Story.

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Amazon Kindle alternatives are mainly Ebook Readers, but if you're looking for Ebook Libraries or PDF Readers you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Amazon Kindle.
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Amazon Kindle alternatives page was last updated Feb 17, 2025
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  1. illuminsight icon

    illuminsight

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    💡 illuminsight 👀 effortlessly generates insights for selected text within your EPUB-format books, showing you relevant, contextualized data at a glance.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Discontinued

    The app has not been updated since 2019. The app's official website redirects you to another website not related to the app.

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1.  Wiki

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  2. Lucidor icon

    Lucidor

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    Read e-books in the EPUB file format, and organize and browse catalogs in the OPDS format. Lucidor depends on Pale Moon being installed.

    52 Lucidor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Moodle
    • Pale Moon
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    Discontinued

    last update at 2013.

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  4. PerfectReader icon

    PerfectReader

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    PerfectReader is a powerful PDF Reader & Annotator.

    Features

    PDF ANNOTATING The long-awaited feature now comes to PerfectReader 2. You now can mark up texts (highlight, underline, strikeout), handwrite with the Ink tool, create Sticky Notes, and make FreeTexts. Annotation.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    PerfectReader Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Dark Mode
    4. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    5.  Integrated Search
    6.  Integrated Web Browser

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    Kobo Books

    Kobo Books is an application with a large library of eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and children's books, accessible on smartphones or tablets. The app includes a search system for finding books by author, title, topic, ...

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    Bookoid

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    Bookoid helps you select from a vast collection of books and easily manage your personal books library. Easily find the the book you want and also explore from a range of book listings. Build your library as you discover great books on the app.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    Bookoid Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  Discovery engine
    3.  Book Recommendation

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  7. KyBook icon

    KyBook

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    KyBook is the iOS application for reading and cataloging e-books in a modern, user-friendly style. KyBook supports all the major e-book formats, OPDS catalogs and Cloud Storage.

    2 KyBook alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Toad Reader icon

    Toad Reader

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    Get a beautiful white label eReader platform for your company. Your look-and-feel, your url, and your publications will be integrated into our first-class iOS and Android apps. Your EPUBs will be distributed to users as you choose through our professional cloud distribution...

    37 Toad Reader alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Toad Reader Features

    1.  White-labeled

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    • Toad Reader is the most popular SaaS alternative to Amazon Kindle.

    • Toad Reader is Paid and Open SourceAmazon Kindle is Freemium and Proprietary

  10. Kindlian

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    Kindlian is a cool add-on for your Kindle. It's a desktop app that allows to view and manage Kindle books and collections. It works on Windows XP/Vista/7/8 and supports Kindle 3, 4, 5, Touch, and Paperwhite. A Mac OS X version is planned, but not yet available.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Readarr icon

    Readarr

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    Readarr is an ebook and audiobook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new books from your favorite authors and will grab, sort, and rename them. Note that only one type of a given book is supported.

    8 Readarr alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Readarr Features

    1.  Author search
    2.  Release Management

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  12. Albite READER icon

    Albite READER

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    Albite Reader is an open-source e-book reader for Java Mobile released under the Apache 2.0 License and developed by Svetlin Ankov.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BG flagBulgaria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
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    Discontinued

    The last update was in October 2011.

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  13. Marvin icon

    Marvin

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    Marvin is an eBook reader for people who are passionate about their books. Get Marvin and find out why readers are calling it "the most brilliant eReader to come out in a long time"

    48 Marvin alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    2.  Adapted article view
    3.  Share on Twitter
    4.  Content curation

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  14. QReader icon

    QReader

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    QReader allows to read texts on smartphones (electronic books - eBooks). It is the high quality book reader, easy and powerful.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60

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    MagicScroll

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    MagicScroll is an elegant and very convenient Web App which allows you to read eBooks in your browser without installing any extra software on your computer. The service don’t require any kind of registration and it is completely free to use.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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