Kindle app keeps crashing on my iPad

I was able to solve my crashing by deleting the app. Luckily I was able to backup the books not sourced from Amazon in my hard disk when it bought a new IPad. The books from Amazon are still there when you reload the app. But it sucks as reloading took a while.

the app so far hasn’t crashed anymore when before deleting, like you, I couldn’t even open it as it just goes back to home screen

It seems to be a known issue since 2021 but the solution isn't mentioned clearly anywhere.

I had the same issue on my iPad and with different application version and I solved it by offloading the application.

Go to storage (on iPad that would be Settings > General > iPad Storage > Kindle and click "Offload App") This should delete the application's cache and uninstall it but won't remove it from device. Now go to the home again & click the Kindle app icon to reinstall it. It should work normally & it won't need to download books again.

I hope this would help someone.

Ensure that you have updated your iPad to the most recent version of iPadOS - at time of writing, this being iPadOS 15.5.

Also ensure that your Kindle App has been updated to the current version. A bug, fixed in the most recent Kindle App update, has been known to cause the Kindle App to freeze or crash.

I've had this problem for a few months, and it has something to do with cloud synching between devices. If you turn on Airplane mode before you launch the Kindle app, you won’t have the problem, but then of course you cannot download any other books and highlights or notes you've made on another device won’t synch. I downloaded a book to my iPhone yesterday from my Library, and now the problem is back on my iPad (it had gone away for a while). I was surfing to see if the issue had been resolved, and I guess not!

As I’ve posted elsewhere [oh, and here just above 🙄🙂], my advice still holds until we get a better answer from Amazon:

I've had this problem for a few months, and it has something to do with cloud synching between devices. If you turn on Airplane Mode before you launch the Kindle app, you won’t have the problem, but then of course you cannot download any other books and highlights or notes you've made on another device won’t synch. I downloaded a book to my iPhone yesterday from my Library, and now the problem is back on my iPad (it had gone away for a while). I was surfing to see if the issue had been resolved, and I guess not! DO NOT waste your time with reinstalling, resetting, etc.

Sorry, that doesn’t fix the freezing problem that I’m experiencing. This is what I’ve posted at Amazon:

It freezes when it is trying to sync to the cloud. If what you want to read is already onboard your device, quit the app (using the App Switcher) and turn on Airplane Mode before relaunching the app. The inelegant solution (but the only real one until the Kindle developers get in gear) is to leave Airplane Mode off, launch the app and leave it in the Kindle HOME screen while it syncs. It could be quite a while depending on a number of factors including your internet speed, your library, number of user highlights and notes, etc. Watch the spinning daisy/pinwheel network activity indicator – it's on the upper left on an iPhone and on the upper right on an iPad. When it disappears, you're good to go.

The developers need to add a notification or dialog box that warns the user what the delay is about or an option to not sync.

Same thing's been happening to me - but I'm not on iOS 15.5. I'm running the latest Kindle app (6.64 as of today), and iOS 14.8.1 (on both my ipad and iphone).

It was happening on both my iphone and ipad, so I deleted the app and reinstalled it, and now it's working again on both devices.

I had the same problem: immediate crash after loading the app.

After showing the “tree” image only the library could be seen with my downloads for a sec.

Updated to iOS15.7 and Kindle 6.65.0.100

Tried reinstalling, flight mode, etc. to no avail.

PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER I MANAGED TO SWITCH OFF/CLOSE THE BAR (X) BELOW THE ALL/DOWNLOADED SECTION. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL TRIES.

I have no idea why it worked, but ever since the app is starting w/o any problem. I hope this helps you all.

Delete Kindle app and reinstall helped on iPad. No loss of data.

That stinks. I am definitely *not* going to risk installing v6.63! Turning off Airplane Mode before launching the app still works for me on v6.61.

I deleted the Kindle App and restored it. Now it works fine again!

Try turning the Wi-Fi off before launching the app. That fixed the issue for me.

This is guaranteed to work. Delete the app. You should have it on another device. Then redownload the app. You will have to sign in to your Amazon account. In the meantime, I checked the Amazon website for downloaded apps and devices, the emails they use to send us books. All interesting and changeable.

Yeah, sorry – it’s a pain. My. iPad Kindle app is usable now without having to turn on Airplane Mode, so it must have cloud-synced adequately in the background. I just downloaded v6.63 on my iPhone to see if maybe the update fixed it, but no, it still freezes unless Airplane Mode is turned on before launching the app. At least that trick still works. I feel sorry for any students who are using the Kindle app for textbooks and have made extensive notes or highlighting – presumably syncing takes even longer.