If you're looking for alternatives to amazon In every sense, both for the sales platform, as well as for its virtual assistant Alexa, for the Kindle book app or Audible audiobooks, and even for other services of this American technological giant, here are some of the apps that you should install in your Android to replace each of these applications.
Amazon: eBay
Alternatives to Amazon start with a similar store, a platform where you can buy almost anything, both new, used, reconditioned, in your country or abroad, and all with safety and guarantees. That site is called eBay, and it has a native app for Android. It is free, and will allow you to discover offers and sales, buy and sell comfortably.
You can find from household appliances, technology products, cars and other vehicles, fashion and accessories, jewelry, garden, and much more. Of course, if you go for the refurbished ones, they are certified, to give you all the confidence, with 12-month guarantees and return options if you are not satisfied.
Kindle: Google Play Books
Amazon began as a book store, and gradually expanded to what it is today. However, they continue to maintain their original business, with the addition of electronic books on their Kindle. If you are looking for alternatives to Amazon in this regard, one of the best ebook stores is Google Play Books. With it you can enjoy comics, manga, and books of all themes and for all tastes.
No subscription required, simply by choosing the one you like, you pay through the app, and you can enjoy reading at the same time. In addition, you will be able to read comfortably, track reading progress, ability to save books on the SD memory card, and much more.
Audible: StoryTel
Amazon also has a specific service or app for audiobooks, books designed for people with vision problems who can't read or for those who don't like to read and prefer to listen. As alternatives to Amazon in the case of Audible, you have Storytel, one of the most popular apps with the best audiobooks. Thousands of incredible titles to listen to unlimitedly by paying a subscription.
You'll find bestsellers, novels, biographies, classics, self-help, economics, science, children's, in English, and much more. Of course it allows listen to the content in streaming or download it to do it offline. It also has the ability to add custom notes and bookmarks, as well as the ability to use filters to really find what you need.
Alexa: Google Assistant
Alexa is one of the most famous and advanced virtual assistants. However, if you are looking for alternatives to Amazon and its services, you can opt for Google Assistant. This company's assistant is easy to use, it's perfectly integrated with Android, since it's been developed by the same company, and you'll be able to order almost anything you imagine using voice commands.
Also, if you have devices from the smart home or IoT, you can also control them by voice in a simple way. Call, dictate text, schedule reminders, check the weather, a recipe, or information you don't know, use it as a personal trainer, make yourself smile with a joke, or learn English by having conversations in this language.
Amazon Prime Video: Netflix
Amazon Prime Video is the streaming service to watch content on demand. As an alternative to Amazon Prime you can use netflix, the other great streaming platform with thousands of documentaries, series and movies, some totally exclusive. One of the best platforms of this type and that currently reigns in the sector.
It has content of humor, suspense, horror, action, science fiction, children, etc. Everything and for the whole family, with the possibility of watching it online or without an Internet connection if you download it, and with frequent updates to its content library.
Amazon Prime Music: Spotify
Amazon Prime Music is the other platform of this giant. In this case it is dedicated to music, but if you are looking for an alternative, one of the best options is the Spotify app. A free music streaming service (with ads) or paid if you go premium to remove ads. That will give you access to millions of albums, from artists from all over the world and from all styles.
Easy and intuitive, with the ability to listen to the radio and podcasts, make your custom playlits, and with an integrated player to enjoy and be able to stop, pause, go forward or backward, see information about the music, etc.
Amazon Prime Photos: Google Photos
Google Photos could replace this other Amazon service. Google's platform is one of the best known, and it integrates perfectly with Android. There you can save your photo galleries, organize them, and share them easily. And, since they are in the cloud, they will not be lost even if you lose your mobile or it breaks down.
It includes up to 15 GB of free storage with each account, although you can extend it if you pay a subscription. Synchronize your photos, free up space on your storage, manage photos intelligently, automatic creations with collages, slides, animations, etc.
Amazon Chime / Twitch: Streamlabs
Surely you have heard of the famous Twitch, that streaming service that they use so much gamers and streamers to communicate or their programs by live streaming. Well, you can do without this platform with Stramlabs, a free app that can be one of the best alternatives for Amazon.
chat easily, broadcast live, communicate while playing, gain friends and followers from all over the world, etc. Also, Streamlabs allows you to link to your Twitch or Youtube channels if you already have them. Of course, you have widgets for recent events, alerts, tips or donations, etc.
Amazon Drive: pCloud or Tresorit
Last but not least, if you are looking for alternatives to Amazon Drive, you can also count on many cloud storage services. But two highly recommended, because they are European and safe, are:
- pCloud: A service to store, preview, share files with 10 GB of free storage, although you can get more storage space by subscription.
- Treasury: Another free encrypted cloud storage tool designed to store, sync, and share. With different subscriptions to choose from and have the guarantee of access to your data from anywhere.
