3AM User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience83.3% of reviews
Neutral11.7% of reviews
Negative experience5.0% of reviews

~ Based on 60 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is 3AM Safe?

3AM: Read fanfics of Archive.. appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for 3AM is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 1,319 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,286 App Store ratings for 3AM.

Is 3AM Legit?

3AM: Read fanfics of Archive.. is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for 3AM is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Amazing! But…

This reader is wonderful! Perfectly organized, fluid, responsive, useful, extremely helpful when reading! However, there are only two things I dislike: the lack of ability to download, which I could just as easily do myself on AO3 for free, and the inability to access or log in to my ao3 account if I could. It could allow me to transfer over marked later lists, bookmarks, and management of works, although I recognize this is a reader.
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Response from developer

Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed the app! You can view your own AO3 profile page in 3AM, although just the public content. Just search yourself on the "following" tab or share your AO3 user profile link from the browser to 3AM.

I like it

I really like the app. It has some features I really wanted from AO3 like downloading easier, finding fandoms my work count, etc. I do wish there was a multi select for options or all works in a collection. It would make it easier to quickly mark all the stuff you have read and all the stuff you plan to read.
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Response from developer

Glad you liked the app, and thank you for the suggestion! 💙

Feed feature feels limiting

This app works great for reading on AO3, but as someone who isn’t interested in a lot of fandoms I feel that forcing the user to search within certain canons or ships is limiting. I don’t understand why the main search feature can’t be more like AO3’s search where we can search all stories at once. Instead we need to individually add either fandoms or ships and can only search within one of them at a time.
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Response from developer

Hi, search is not limited to your fandoms, just turn off the toggle right below the search bar.

what amazing app you have and I have a question

I can’t find what I’m looking for on here on your app and could you guys like allow all the fanfiction more or of all of it to be access from this app and also could you put a thing on your app or on your website that we could put our email address as a guest and to find our comments that we previously put on a body of fanfiction work that would actually be helpful
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Response from developer

Hi, 3am is not affiliated to AO3, it is a third party app designed for a better reading experience on mobile, and currently it does not support accessing locked works with your AO3 account. Sounds like you signed up on AO3 and haven’t received an invite yet, as far as I know that usually takes a few days, but I can’t help you with that, since I’m not AO3. If you have more questions regarding using the 3am app, you can email help@3am.app, thanks!

my favorite app ever

LITERALLY THE BEST WHAT this app has actually changed my life. i listen to books while playing block blast and it makes it so much easier to pay attention, its just so amazing. all the young dudes, the cadance of part-time poets, all the young dudes (sirius' version), art heist, baby!, literally every single marauders fic ever makes me so happy
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Response from developer

Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed the app! 🩵

good so far! can we have a word count filter?

Hi! liking this app so far - i got tired of reading on my browser. however when creating my own custom search i noticed there wasn’t an option for word count which is something i always sort by since i like longer fics and it’s over saturated with ones that are like ~5-10k. Thanks!

Response from developer

Edit: The latest version supports word count filter in custom feeds, feel free to update! Original response: Glad to hear you liked the app! Word count filter will be added soon. Thank you!😊

Good, hard to find certain things

This app is so amazing! Love it!!!! But it really needs to work on its search mechanics, it’s so incredibly hard to find a certain genre! You’re only able to find very broad topics and I think it would be better if they widened their range of hashtags that you can search from.

Response from developer

Glad to hear that you liked the app! Feel free to try the custom feed features which provides many different ways to filter fics by tags.💚

Navigation

It’s really hard to find books by tags the website is so much easier, I have to find books on the website and transfer them to here

Response from developer

Have you tried creating a custom feed? Or tapping on tags you like?

Great but

I feel like that adding “log in with ao3” feature in the basic pack rather then the paid add on would improve this app greatly. Otherwise fantastic!

Response from developer

Glad you liked the app! Although, the app does not have a “log in with Ao3” for either freemium or paid currently.

First time review

I love it so far I love the format way easier to navigate than wattpad! I love how you can create a list of the shows, movies, etc… u like so it can recommend stories that you might like.

Response from developer

Glad you liked the app, thank you for writing a review 😊😊🩵

hi, I have a question

Can you please add a free version of this for people cause a lot of people cannot afford your subscription and if you did a free version, I don’t mind the ad really can you please do that on your app because it would probably make you guys more successful

Response from developer

Hi, the app is free with very a generous offering, the subscription is only for advanced features. I understand that not everyone is in the position of getting a subscription, but ads are bad for user privacy and damages user experience. Look out for possible promotions in the future! Thank you💚

BEST APP FOR FANFIC

I love this app so much it’s not even funny and as the name says I have stayed up until 3 am reading fanfics. It’s the best app when it comes to fanfics and I love it so much my ONLY problem is that to have an account you have to pay money but you can still read fanfics for free without an acc but still it’s annoying caus my computer and my phone aren’t synchronized TT but besides that AMAZING app 😆
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Response from developer

I’m so glad that you liked the app so much, thank you for writing a review 😊😊😊

Screen keeps Freezing

Hi, I love the app, i’ve been using it for months. But lately whenever i open my library the screen completely freezes, i can’t open any other tabs or open my stories. I can’t finish the stories i’ve started because of it and makes the app almost unusable. is there a solution for this?

Response from developer

Hi, I think you've contacted support and should have received a response over email💚

Problem

The problem is gone now I can open the app with no problems I love reading and this app contains everything I could ever read.

Response from developer

Awesome, thank you for updating your review! 🧡🧡🧡

Can’t get signed in

The app isn’t bad but i am signed up for the website and wanted to check on my posts. My account is still there I just can’t connect it and i’m hoping its something that can be fixed. So far this is a great app.

I say for anyone downloading an Ao3 app they should opt for this one since the reviews for other app were accurate an it was not worth a download. And till further notice i think this is by far the best one.
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Response from developer

Hi, 3AM currently does not support connecting your AO3 account, however if you have public content like works and public bookmarks you can search for your AO3 user profile on the “Following” tab and access them from there. Thank you for writing a review and glad you enjoyed the app! 💚

Latest update

This newest update messed something up. Freezes every time I go to my library and it won’t update. I can’t refresh or delete stories from it. It doesn’t scroll through all of the stories without completed freezing up either. Up until the newest update it was perfect though. They finally added text to speech which was the only thing holding it back for me. So once they fix this bug, it’s be perfect. Even the price isn’t bad. Even though FFN is free and has better text to speech in my opinion. Still this app is great!
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Response from developer

Hi 👋 Could you email help@3am.app with your device model and os version so that i could look into this issue? Glad you liked the app otherwise and thanks for providing feedback! 💙

IYKYK

No wonder this app has the title 3am, I was up at one in the morning till four, how can anyone go wrong about this app? Like these people are basically writing books, the books that I specifically want to buy never ever have I found an app this good

Response from developer

Glad you liked the app! I highly recommend following the links in the app to let the authors know how much you liked their stories on AO3. Thank you for writing a review!💚💚💚

🧑‍🔧

hey the apps great and all but for some reaon i cant scroll to my to read list and when i try to click back on the fandom space it freezes 🫤 pls fix this

Response from developer

Hi👋 Happy to help but not sure I understood. If you don't mind could you send an email to help@3am.app and elaborate on what you meant by scroll to your to read list, and click back on the fandom space? These info will help identify the issue and fix them. Thank you!!

Lag or bugs unsure

When I go into my library I can’t read the saved fics. Other than that I enjoy it

Good!

I love the app, makes it much easier to save my place and read without hurting my eyes too bad. I did have some trouble where I hade to close out the app a few times because it wouldn’t let me tap anything, which started when I tried to get into a fic from my library. Other than that, amazing! One this I’d like to be added is being able to click the links to see fan art and not have to copy the link, but that’s more just a pet peeve. Anyway, great app! Excited to find more fics!
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Response from developer

Hi! If you continue to experience the freezing issue feel free contact help@3am.app with your os version and device model. Thank you for writing a review and providing feedback! 💚