Review: Kindle for iOS remains a compelling iBooks alternative
The iPad is a great device for reading. And there are a variety of apps focused solely on reading ebooks with the device—almost all of which work on the iPhone, too. So how do you judge a reading app? What are the criteria?
For me, I want an app with a pleasant reading experience—in other words, an app that gets out of the way and lets the words on the page shine. I also want an e-reading app to take advantage of the fact that it is an app: It should offer benefits like a built-in dictionary, easy and fast navigation and search, and customization options. And an ebook app is only as good as the content you put into it, so I want a store with a massive ebook selection, and one that’s ideally easy to browse from my iOS devices, too.
Amazon’s Kindle app shines on all those fronts. That’s why—despite competition from no lesser a giant than Apple—it’s still the best e-reading option in the App Store.
In terms of getting out of the way: Tap on a page as you read in the Kindle app, and all the accoutrement—the buttons, the progress bar, the whatnot—vanish. It’s just you and the book’s text.
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