Kindle Colorsoft vs Kindle Scribe

Kindle Colorsoft is $210.00 cheaper today, and has been the cheaper of the two on all 26 days we have held a price for both. They differ on screen, storage and battery and 2 more points, as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them. Every figure below was read from the retailer by us. A dash means we have no current figure for that one.

Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black

Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite

Price today: Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black: $289.99 (the better of the two)Go to Amazon; Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite: $499.99Go to Amazon
Record behind itDays with a recorded price in the last 90. We hold a verdict until 7 of them, or until one price has held for 10 days.: Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black: 26 days on record; Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite: 26 days on record
Lowest we recordedAnd the last day it was that price. A floor touched last week is a different argument from one touched in March.: Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black: $189.99 · Oct 4; Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite: $379.99 · Oct 4
Highest we recorded: Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black: $289.99; Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite: $499.99
Sold by: Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB (2024 model) – With color display that brings covers and content to life, now highlight in color – No Ads – Black: Amazon.com; Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” display with front light, paper-like feel, and no distractions — Write in notebooks, docs, and books. Pen included - Graphite: Amazon.com

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How they differ

Specs as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them, the differences first.

Screen: Kindle Colorsoft: 7″ color; Kindle Scribe: 11″
Storage: Kindle Colorsoft: 16 GB; Kindle Scribe: 32 GB
Battery: Kindle Colorsoft: Up to 8 weeks; Kindle Scribe: Up to 12 weeks reading
Waterproof: Kindle Colorsoft: IPX8; Kindle Scribe: No
Pen: Kindle Colorsoft: No; Kindle Scribe: Included
Warm light: Kindle Colorsoft: Yes; Kindle Scribe: Yes

Kindle ColorsoftKindle Scribe

Both lines are the best price we recorded on each day, on one money axis. Our record for each starts when we started watching it, so a shorter line is a shorter record and not a cheaper history.

How the gap has moved

Across the 26 days we have held a price for both, the gap between them was widest at $210.00 on Sep 15 and narrowest at $110.00 on Sep 18. Kindle Colorsoft has been the cheaper of the two on every one of those days. Today it is $210.00.

Measured from our own readings, carried forward day by day — a price stands until we record a different one. It starts on the first day we held a price for both, which is later than the day we began tracking one of them.

What they are

5 attributes the retailers describe differently, first. These are their words, not ours — we record prices, we do not test products.

Color: Black; Graphite
Weight: 0.47 pounds; 0.88 pounds
Dimensions: 6.96 × 5.02 × 0.3 inches; 9.6 × 7.4 × 0.21 inches
Model: SA58CB; PA2MA4
Released: July 2025; December 2025

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