Amazon Kindle: Reading App vs Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks

Amazon Kindle: Reading App

AMZN Mobile LLC
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 504.5M installs
VS

Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks

Kobo Books
Google Play
$193.1K/mo
~$2.32M/yr · 28.0M installs
Revenue winner Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks wins +19306800% vs other
Installs winner Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins +1699% vs other
MAU winner Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins +414% vs other
Rating winner Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins +8% vs other

Why Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks earns roughly 193068× more per month than Amazon Kindle: Reading App - $193.1K vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks runs a $7.07/mo subscription that compounds; Amazon Kindle: Reading App relies on one-shot IAP or ads.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Amazon Kindle: Reading App
vs
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$193.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$2.32M
Lifetime installs (est.)
504.5M
28.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5.0M
982K
App Store rating
4.86★
4.49★
Total ratings
5.6M
301K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$7.07
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers

Amazon Kindle: Reading App

AMZN Mobile LLC
App Store
Category
Book
Price
Free
Released
Mar 4, 2009
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
184.1 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
7.58
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +4 more
View full Amazon Kindle: Reading App report →

Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks

Kobo Books
Google Play
Category
Books & Reference
Price
Free
Released
Jun 15, 2010
Last updated
Mar 16, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Amazon Kindle: Reading App or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks earns about $193.1K per month, while Amazon Kindle: Reading App earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$193.1K more per month for Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks). Annual revenue: Amazon Kindle: Reading App ≈ $0/year, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks ≈ $2.32M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Kindle: Reading App or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App leads with about 504.5M estimated downloads vs 28.0M for Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks - a 18.0× gap. Amazon Kindle: Reading App's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.6M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Amazon Kindle: Reading App and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Amazon Kindle: Reading App is in Book and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks is in Books & Reference. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Amazon Kindle: Reading App from book monetization patterns, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks from books & reference.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Amazon Kindle: Reading App and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks offer? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App: no IAP detected on the public listing. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks: IAP range $0.05 - $999.99 per item. Amazon Kindle: Reading App runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks runs "Subscription (~$7.07/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Amazon Kindle: Reading App or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Kindle: Reading App 5.6M ratings, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks 21K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Kindle: Reading App vs Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Amazon Kindle: Reading App and $193.1K for Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Book / Books & Reference) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Amazon Kindle: Reading App or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks to a different App Store app? v
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