Kindle Fire owners are always seeking the best apps for their readers. Kindle Fire is a very popular tablet, and it’s both fun to use and great for productivity. The Amazon Appstore has all kinds of free apps as well as paid ones that can be accessed right from your Kindle device or via cloud technology. Many of these apps are available on other Android devices, but there are some that work exclusively with the Kindle Fire.
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Best Apps For Kindle Fire
Alarm Clock
Alarm Clock app icon
What We Like
Attractive, modern design.
Accommodates multiple alarm times.
Displays live local weather conditions.
Includes white noise on a timer.
What We Don’t Like
Ads move around on the screen.
Limited number of alarms in free edition.
A good alarm clock is obligatory if you need reminders for things like waking up or going somewhere, and this app is the best one to use.
Alarm Clock not only gives you the time and lets you set multiple alarms, but it also shows the local weather and plays white noise as you go to sleep.
This free Kindle Fire app is easy to use, works in portrait and landscape mode, has a dimming feature, and functions even if it isn’t running or if your Kindle Fire is in sleep mode.
Download Alarm Clock
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Pandora
Pandora app icon
What We Like
Accurate algorithm predicts music users will like.
Creates stations based on favorite artists, songs, or genres.
Uses thumbs-up and thumbs-down to train the app.
What We Don’t Like
Ad-supported.
Strict skipping policy.
Bitrate of 192 Kbps available only for paid plan.
Pandora is definitely one of the most popular music streaming services available, and fortunately, it works through a free app for Kindle Fire.
It lets you create your own music stations based on the music you already know you like. From there, it finds similar music for you and plays it continuously at absolutely no charge. Pandora also provides comedy stations.
While there are advertisements at times (if you’re not subscribed to a paid plan), the app still provides a great way to find new music.
Download Pandora
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AccuWeather
AccuWeather app icon
What We Like
Snapshots and detailed forecasts.
Minute-by-minute and hour-by-hour forecasts.
Rain start and end times.
Clean interface with interesting graphics.
What We Don’t Like
No crowd sourcing options.
Requests extensive permissions on devices.
Battery-hungry.
AccuWeather is the best weather app you can find for Kindle Fire because it manages to pack tons of useful features into one free app. It also looks nice and organizes its information well to avoid clutter.
Some of the features include a minute-by-minute forecast for the next two hours, severe weather alerts, interactive radar maps, a 15-day forecast, and info like precipitation amounts, cloud cover, sunrise/sunset times, wind speeds, and more.
Download AccuWeather
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TV Guide
TV Guide app icon
What We Like
Shows what’s new in prime time.
Personalized watch list.
Optional alerts.
Filters by All, HD-only, and favorite channels.
What We Don’t Like
Includes only major TV networks.
No internet TV options included.
Not suitable for antenna TV service.
With TV Guide, you can not only see a schedule of what’s playing on your TV, but you can also schedule reminders to notify you of your favorite shows just minutes before they air. Reminders can be specific for both new episodes and recurring ones.
This Kindle Fire app will find your local cable or satellite provider to make sure the guide you see is specific to the actual schedules in your time zone. You can also set your favorite channels and easily switch between every channel, HD-only channels, and your favorites to create a personalized interface.
One popular feature of TV Guide is the section that tells you what’s new tonight. This means you don’t have to sift through the entire guide to find new episodes that air today.
Download TV Guide
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Flashlight HD LED
Flashlight HD LED app icon
What We Like
Turns on by default when the app opens.
Surprisingly bright.
Simple but effective design.
What We Don’t Like
On Kindles without a flash, the app turns the screen white, which isn’t as effective.
Doesn’t project light any distance; you must be close.
A flashlight app is essential for everyone with a Kindle Fire. Even if you don’t currently anticipate a need for one, you’ll be thankful you installed it when you need one.
Flashlight HD LED has a super simple design and works instantaneously when you first open the app or widget. You can even choose any color you want for the light.
Download Flashlight HD LED
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Evernote
Evernote app icon
What We Like
Supports formats that include text, sketches, photos, audio, PDFs, and others.
Syncs automatically.
Personal checklists and reminders.
What We Don’t Like
Many features require a paid subscription.
Evernote is a free note-taking application that syncs the notes from your Kindle Fire to your online account so you can access them from anywhere.
Different sections of notes can be built to organize them into Notebooks, and you can even fill out tags for notes so they’re easier to search for later.
With Evernote, you can search through file attachments such as PDFs and images added to Evernote through the Kindle Fire and can search for text within those as well as your notes.
Download Evernote
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Calculator Plus
Calculator Plus app icon
What We Like
History function keeps a running total you can see.
Use backspace to correct a mistake rather than start over.
Intuitive, full-screen design.
What We Don’t Like
Ad-supported.
Lacks many advanced calculator functions.
Calculator Plus is another free app for the Kindle Fire. It provides basic buttons for normal calculations but also has some advanced ones.
The best thing about Calculator Plus is that it provides a history of your calculations so you can clearly see what you did in the past without having to write the results down.
Also, the app uses the full screen of the Kindle Fire so you have more room for using the buttons and seeing your calculations.
Download Calculator Plus
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Crackle
Crackle app icon
What We Like
Streams movies and TV shows from huge media library.
No cable subscription needed.
Exclusive original content.
What We Don’t Like
Contains advertisements.
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Crackle gives you access to free full-length movies and TV shows straight from your Kindle Fire.
It’s easy to quickly move through the films to find something based on its cover image, but each film has more information as well, like a rating, the genre, and description.
If you create a free account with Crackle, you can make a watchlist of movies and shows you want to see at a later time, and Crackle also gives you a list of recommendations based on your viewing history.
Download Crackle
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BeFunky Photo Editor & Collage Maker
BeFunky Photo Editor & Collage Maker app icon
What We Like
Simple user interface.
Fonts and colors to add text to images.
Seamless transition between photo editor and collage maker.
Lots of overlays, stickers, and backgrounds.
What We Don’t Like
Minimal instructions.
Limited photo retouching tools.
Requires a camera-equipped Kindle Fire.
BeFunky is a free online photo editor and one of the better free photo collage makers you can find. Similar to the BeFunky website, both the editor and collage maker are available in this app.
BeFunky claims to be the most feature-filled photo-editing app in the world. There are dozens of photo effects as well as overlays, fonts, frames, and stickers that you can use, but you can also do basic things like crop, sharpen, and rotate your pictures.
Download BeFunky Photo Editor
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Malwarebytes Security
Malwarebytes Security app icon
What We Like
Scans and cleans infected device.
Audits installed apps for privacy concerns.
Real-time protection feature.
Intuitive, easy-to-use interface.
What We Don’t Like
Free download, but the service is not free.
Ad-supported.
It’s important to have some sort of antivirus and anti-malware scanner on your Kindle Fire, and you can’t go wrong with Malwarebytes Security app.
This is an on-demand virus scanner that’s popular with computers users but also useful and effective for mobile devices. It scans Trojans, spyware, malicious code from text messages, and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).
On top of the malware scanning capabilities, there are automatic updates and a privacy manager that checks your other Kindle Fire apps for ones that may be using your personal information, such as your GPS location, text messages, calendar, and contacts.
Malwarebytes Security also automatically detects possible security vulnerabilities on your Kindle Fire and can give you recommendations on how to patch the holes to regain security.
Best free apps for amazon fire tablet
Duolingo (Free)
Duolingo (Free)
Learning a language requires a heap of time and dedication – and it’s much harder once you’re an adult. But Duolingo makes it easy to get started and give it a shot: the app is totally free and offers more than a dozen languages to soak in. You can learn in small chunks of time, and the lessons and tests scale nicely in difficulty to keep you engaged and ever-learning.
Download Duolingo
Spotify (Free)
Spotify (Free)
Amazon’s own Prime Music offering for subscribers is a nice bonus, but the selection is spotty compared to dedicated streaming services. Spotify is the best full-fledged service around, and it’s a crucial download on Amazon tablets if you want nearly all of the latest and greatest tunes in a heartbeat. You can listen for free with ads, or pay a monthly fee for the premium option.
Download Spotify
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VLC for Fire (Free)
VLC for Fire (Free)
Got a bunch of local video files you want to cart around on your Fire tablet? Grab VLC for Fire. As on other platforms, this free, open-source app is an absolute godsend, supporting a vast array of video formats and letting you play just about anything with minimal fuss. It’s not the most attractive app we’ve seen, but that’s fine: it does its useful job very admirably.
Download VLC for Fire
Swype (£0.63)
Swype (£0.63)
Amazon’s built-in software keyboard is totally fine. No problems here. But don’t you want something great? Swype is a sweet upgrade, primarily because it gives you the option to enter words with zigzagged swipes between letters, which can be faster with some practice. That’s not all, either: you can also employ various themes to shake up the look of the keyboard. Make it yours!
Download Swype
Also read › The 40 best free apps for Android
Netflix (Free)
Netflix (Free)
Does Netflix really need an explanation at this point? The streaming movies and TV service is ubiquitous because it is so reliably stocked with great content – well above and beyond what Amazon delivers with its Prime membership. Netflix’s original series have proven the biggest differentiator of late, with brilliant fare like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Daredevil.
Download Netflix
Skype (Free)
Skype (Free)
Amazon didn’t have much success making its own smartphone, but your Fire tablet can be a pretty serious communications tool – just grab Skype. The popular multiplatform app lets you hold video and audio calls with ease over a wireless connection, with text chat as well, plus you can call proper phone numbers around the world for a small fee (depending on where you’re calling).
Download Skype
Comics by Comixology (Free)
Comics by Comixology (Free)
It might kill the collecting aspect, but reading comics on your tablet is so amazingly convenient – and Comixology has the best platform around. You’ll find more than 75,000 comics with an ever-updating selection from all the big studios and creators, along with smaller indie fare, plus there’s a rotating stash of free books. And frequent sales help you stock up on great books.
Download Comics by Comixology
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OfficeSuite Free (Free)
OfficeSuite Free (Free)
Microsoft’s own Office apps haven’t yet made the leap over to Amazon’s devices, but no worries: OfficeSuite provides a suitable alternative. It lets you create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs, turning your tablet into a writing, spreadsheet-building, and presentation-designing machine. A £10 Professional version adds some power-user features, as well.
Download OfficeSuite Free
Facebook (Free)
Facebook (Free)
Planning to laze around on your sofa and catch up on your social media feeds? Don’t use the web browser: grab the official Facebook app for a much smoother experience. Unlike the cluttered web interface, the native app is designed to play nice with smaller screens and make it easier to get the info you need in a hurry. And the extra size over your phone is helpful for media.
Download Facebook
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Vine (Free)
Vine (Free)
You’ve got a couple cameras on that Fire tablet, right? True, they’re not high-resolution shooters, but you don’t need anything amazing to shoot some wacky videos and share them with the Internet. Vine is all about quick, amusing clips, and you can fill your feed with those from friends, strangers, and web celebrities. Might as well use a tablet camera for something, right?
Download Vine
ES Mobile File Explorer (Free)
ES Mobile File Explorer (Free)
Power users, take note: if you plan on using your Fire tablet for more than just apps, games, and streaming media, you might want to grab ES Mobile Fire Explorer. It lets you easily tap into your device’s file system to manage content and clear unwanted junk off your device. It’s essential if you’re bringing a lot of local media or documents onto your tablet.
Download ES Mobile File Explorer
SoundCloud (Free)
SoundCloud (Free)
Spotify might be essential for listening to the big, popular artists you already know and love, but SoundCloud is a different beast entirely: it’s a community of creators and collaborators sharing their demos, remixes, and other aural pleasures. The app makes it easy to tap into SoundCloud’s diverse array of free music offerings, so plug in some headphones and dig around ’til you like what you hear.
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