Apple Books vs Amazon Kindle: Reading App
Apple Books
Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 8.7M installs
VS
Amazon Kindle: Reading App
Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$1.58M/mo
~$18.91M/yr · 480.8M installs
Revenue winner
Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins
+157591400% vs other
Installs winner
Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins
+5450% vs other
MAU winner
Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins
+713% vs other
Rating winner
Amazon Kindle: Reading App wins
+8% vs other
Why Amazon Kindle: Reading App is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Amazon Kindle: Reading App earns roughly 1575914× more per month than Apple Books - $1.58M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Amazon Kindle: Reading App runs a $4.88/mo subscription that compounds; Apple Books relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Amazon Kindle: Reading App has ~480.8M lifetime installs vs Apple Books's ~8.7M - 55.5× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Amazon Kindle: Reading App sits at 4.77★ vs 4.43★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Apple Books
vs
Amazon Kindle: Reading App
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$1.58M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$18.91M
Lifetime installs (est.)
8.7M
▶
480.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.0M
▶
8.2M
App Store rating
4.43★
▶
4.77★
Total ratings
79K
▶
4.6M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$4.88
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Book
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 2, 2010
- Last updated
- Dec 12, 2025
- File size
- 17.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.3
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
- Category
- Books & Reference
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 28, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Apple Books trajectory
Amazon Kindle: Reading App trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Books or Amazon Kindle: Reading App? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App earns about $1.58M per month, while Apple Books earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.58M more per month for Amazon Kindle: Reading App). Annual revenue: Apple Books ≈ $0/year, Amazon Kindle: Reading App ≈ $18.91M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Books or Amazon Kindle: Reading App? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App leads with about 480.8M estimated downloads vs 8.7M for Apple Books - a 55.5× gap. Apple Books's App Store downloads are estimated from 79K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Amazon Kindle: Reading App reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Books and Amazon Kindle: Reading App in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Apple Books is in Book and Amazon Kindle: Reading App is in Books & Reference. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Apple Books from book monetization patterns, Amazon Kindle: Reading App from books & reference.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Apple Books and Amazon Kindle: Reading App offer? v
Apple Books: no IAP detected on the public listing. Amazon Kindle: Reading App: IAP range $1.99 - $11.99 per item. Apple Books runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Amazon Kindle: Reading App runs "Subscription (~$4.88/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Books or Amazon Kindle: Reading App? v
Amazon Kindle: Reading App edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Apple Books 79K ratings, Amazon Kindle: Reading App 178K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Books vs Amazon Kindle: Reading App revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Books and $1.58M for Amazon Kindle: Reading App 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 Apple Books or Amazon Kindle: Reading App to a different App Store app? v
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