[tomsem]

I had not looked at the Windows-native Kindle app for quite awhile, so I went ahead and installed it.

Overall, despite the improvements since I last looked at it, I would still greatly prefer to run the Android app using WSA, though there are issues with both.

The Windows app looks like crap unless you run it full screen, when finally you do not have to see the application menus and reading options (especially since it doesn't support Dark mode when set system wide, or have an app preference for it). It's nice that you can easily adjust the page width by dragging the edge of the reading area (I generally prefer 1 page display), wish you could do that with the iPad/macOS/Android app when you are running it on larger displays. But then to make any other adjustments, you have to exit full screen mode. Awkward it is.

The Android app is crap in full screen mode. You pretty much have to use 2 column, and then the margin adjustments are too limited to make that truly comfortable on a large monitor. It's best when not in full screen, and then you have ability to adjust both the app window shape and the margins within it.

The Windows app is missing expected Library Filters found on all the other platforms, no Immersion reading, no X-Ray, no Page Flip, no Word Runner (did you know Word Runner does not work with personal documents? I didn't!).

Windows app does not let you view Scribe Notebooks or for that matter next to nothing that is in the MORE section of the Android app (too much to list). No access to Kindle Vella (does anybody use that?).

The Android app doesn't have the more accessible (side by side) Show Notebook found in Windows app and iPad/macOS app.

Neither app seems to work with Narrator (there's some message that WSA needs 'additional software'). What's the current state of Accessibility? does the Windows app work with some 3rd party screen reader? it used to.

At least on my Windows system, the Android app seems to launch quicker. And you can give it access to the local file system (like the Windows app).

In conclusion I hope they find some way to run the Android app on Windows without WSA (but it needs to handle full screen mode better) and without Amazon App Store (should install like a native app and be available in Microsoft Store again). I think a Windows native app will always lag behind the other platforms, and be deficient enough that few people will want to use it, just as it has always been. The existing Android app is a lot more compelling right now.

They also need to support two page display of Print Replica (it is silly not to be able to do this on large displays), but that's not specific to Windows.