Amazon Kindle Colorsoft vs Kobo Libra Colour

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Kindle Colorsoft compared with Libra Colour

	AmazonKindle Colorsoft	KoboLibra Colour
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	April 2024
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	7″	7″
Resolution
Resolution	–	1680 × 1264
Sharpness
Sharpness	300 pixels per inch	300 pixels per inch
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Front light
Front light	Yes, adjustable warmth	Yes, adjustable warmth
Display detail
Display detail	Colorsoft display, 300 ppi in black and white and 150 ppi in colour; 16-level grey scale; flush front	E Ink Kaleido 3 with FastGLR and Dark Mode; 300 ppi for black-and-white content, 150 ppi for colour; left/right rotation and landscape mode
Front light
Front light	Adjustable front light with adjustable warm light	ComfortLight PRO, adjustable brightness and colour temperature
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	No	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	No	Yes
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	Yes	Yes
Storage
Storage	16 GB	32 GB (better)
Software
Software	Kindle	Kobo
Formats
Formats	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)	15 formats natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
Book store
Book store	Kindle Store	Kobo Store
Library loans
Library loans	–	OverDrive and Libby in select countries
Stylus
Stylus	–	Kobo Stylus 2, sold separately
Note taking
Note taking	–	Notebooks and colour markup in eBooks; backed up to Kobo Cloud; Dropbox and Google Drive
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 8 weeks	Up to 5.7 weeks
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 8 weeks at half an hour of reading a day with wireless off and the light at 13; Audible streaming over Bluetooth shortens it	Up to 40 days at 30 minutes of reading a day, front light at 30% and wireless off; 2050 mAh
Charging
Charging	USB-C; full charge in under 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB power adapter	USB-C
Connectivity
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3 and OWE)	Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth, USB-C; dual 2.0 GHz processor
Audio
Audio	Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader	Kobo Audiobooks over Bluetooth headphones or speaker (select countries)
Design
Weight
Weight	215 g	199.5 g (better)
Water resistance
Water resistance	IPX8	IPX8
Materials
Materials	–	Exterior of at least 85.5% recycled content, including 10% ocean-bound plastic; repairable
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	Tested to withstand immersion in 2 metres of fresh water for 60 minutes	Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water
Size
Size	176.7 × 127.6 × 7.8 mm	144.6 × 161 × 8.3 mm
Colours
Colours	Black	Black, White
In the box
In the box	Kindle Colorsoft, USB-C charging cable, Quick Start Guide	–