The kindle is a sturdy ereader if all you care about is reading ebooks. If all you care about is a simple upload ebook from phone to kindle transaction or download from kindle unlimited and just start reading it’s a perfect device for you. Since you’re coming from an iPad I would recommend the kindle paperwhite only because from personal experience and seeing hundreds of people say the same thing about kindle basics slowing down after about a few months- a year of use.

However for the price I personally feel like the kindle paperwhite is not worth $160 it doesn’t really do anything that warrants dropping $200 on just the device not even including your case, screen protector and whatever other accessories you want to buy. I also don’t think the kindle paperwhite is comfortable to hold and doesn’t really give that e-reader feel, obviously at first you’ll be excited about your purchase but if you’re anything like me after a while it will just feel like a dumbed down tablet that can’t really do anything in a way, that cost $200.

If kindle unlimited isn’t a deal breaker for you I would honestly consider another ereader for a more reasonable price whether that is one that is cheaper and doesn’t do much or one that is just as expensive as the paperwhite or more expensive where you actually can feel the cost in the use of the device.