Kindle Unlimited vs Funimation: Which Is Worth It in 2026?
One of these services no longer exists — here is what that means for your money.
Verdict: Kindle Unlimited wins — Funimation no longer exists
- Funimation merged into Crunchyroll in 2024. Accounts, dubs, and most of the catalog migrated to Crunchyroll, and the Funimation app was shut down. If you are comparing against Funimation, compare against Crunchyroll — that is where its entire library lives now.
- For the anime library people remember from Funimation, Crunchyroll ($7.99/mo) is the real comparison today.
Kindle Unlimited
$11.99/mo
4M+ ebooks with a rotating selection of audiobook companions (Whispersync). Heavy on indie/genre fiction; most big-5 bestsellers are absent.
- Formats
- Ebooks, Audiobooks
- Credits / limits
- No credits — borrow up to 20 titles at a time, return anytime
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial
Funimation
Discontinued
No longer exists as a standalone service — Funimation shut down in April 2024 and its dub library moved to Crunchyroll.
- Formats
- Movies & TV, Anime
- Credits / limits
- N/A — service discontinued
- Free trial
- N/A — service discontinued
Run your own numbers
The verdict above assumes 10 hours of listening or watching a month. Set your real usage — or swap in a different service — and the math updates instantly.
I mostly want:
| Kindle Unlimited | Funimation | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99/mo | Discontinued |
| Cost per hour (10 hrs/mo) | $1.20 | — |
| Content fit | Ebooks, Audiobooks | Movies & TV, Anime |
| Credits / limits | No credits — borrow up to 20 titles at a time, return anytime | N/A — service discontinued |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial | N/A — service discontinued |
Kindle Unlimited wins — Funimation no longer exists
- Funimation merged into Crunchyroll in 2024. Accounts, dubs, and most of the catalog migrated to Crunchyroll, and the Funimation app was shut down. If you are comparing against Funimation, compare against Crunchyroll — that is where its entire library lives now.
- For the anime library people remember from Funimation, Crunchyroll ($7.99/mo) is the real comparison today.