# Fanfict Reader AO3 unofficial — user reviews > 135 indexed App Store user reviews of Fanfict Reader AO3 unofficial by Free Apps LLC CA, rated 4.20/5 from 674 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fanfict-reader-ao3-unofficial/id6667102594/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fanfict-reader-ao3-unofficial/id6667102594.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 401 · 4★ 141 · 3★ 63 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 55 ## What do users think of Fanfict Reader AO3 unofficial? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Good app - 👍 Favorite fan fic app - 👍 Kewl app - 👍 The best AO3 Archive reader in the store - 👍 The best AP3 Archive Reader - 👍 Favorite AO3 reader from all of the ones I've tried **Cons** - 🐛 Library issues with multiple characters - 🐛 Lagging and error codes - 🐛 Extra charges - 🐛 Hard to figure out how to use - 🐛 Devolving and giving error codes - 🐛 403 errors - 🐛 Laggy to the point of needing to delete and redownload - 🐛 Insane lag - 🐛 Confusing app, lags and loads, can't read books **Commonly reported bugs** - Library issues with multiple characters - Lagging and error codes - Extra charges - 403 errors - Insane lag - Confusing app, lags and loads, can't read books **Most requested features** - Add posting feature - Add screen to pull up currently reading fics ## Newest reviews (11 of 135) ### 4/5 — Good app but I prefer the old layout *2026-08-01, version 2.1* I love how all of my current reads are in one place but I prefer the old layout of the main page and liked how I could customise and keep track of the stories I had updated showed up so I knew which fanfic I’m reading was uploaded. ### 3/5 — Favourite *2026-07-31, version 2.1* This is such an amazing app and it has some great fanfics and other great pieces on her I have even seen some poems! But I have one big issue and it’s that whenever I favourite a book it seems like there are never any updates even if it’s an unfinished book no new chapters get added as soon as I favourite. I don’t know if it’s the app or the books I favourite just don’t get updated but it’s seems like something is up. Other than that it’s a great app ### 3/5 — It does the job *2026-07-19* It gets the job done and you can typically find the pieces you want to read and you can save them which is nice. It’s not coded very well for things like bigger text for those of us who need it. It works but when I was originally trying to sign up I couldn’t scroll down to accept the terms and conditions or whatever it was I needed to select. I had to adjust my phone settings to smaller to be able to scroll down all the way. Upside; Since it is not an official app you cannot subscribe to the author BUT it will notify you if one of the ones you’re reading gets a new chapter! It doesn’t tell you which one which was a downside but it was nice to get the notification anyway. ### 4/5 — Really good and exciting *2026-05-11, version 1.4.30* Won’t update ones I need ### 4/5 — k *2026-05-05, version 1.4.30* i love it so much but the ad at the top of the screen keeps covering half of it and it’s very irritating. ### 4/5 — Its amazing but at some point mine doesnt work anymore *2026-04-21, version 1.4.29* I really love it but pls look at why my app wont open bit overrall it is a good app. ### 3/5 — good *2026-04-13, version 1.4.19* its good for the most part but i hate how it randomly started getting adds and sometimes when i open the app it trys to make me buy premium ### 3/5 — Ads and premium *2026-04-09* The app has normal ads that you skip but it has a second kind as well, it has these banner ads and they will get really big and they might as well completely block the screen Also I find it very shady that the premium subscription doesn’t show an X icon to dismiss it ### 3/5 — Good *2026-04-05* This app is extremely helpful since I’m tired of doing stuff on the website the only problem I have is that you can’t exclude things by text (you can only exclude things that suggested in the filter) and I also have a problem with a big app that stays on the middle of my phone screen when I’m trying to read a summary it doesn’t go away and when u tap around it, you can press wtv is behind the ad. ### 3/5 — This app need a text to speech function *2026-03-27, version 1.4.14* The only thing that this app is missing is a text to speech function ### 4/5 — Wish it was the OG *2026-03-21, version 1.4.14* This app is great at being a substitute. I wish you could add tags easier. Both for what you are looking for and relationships. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This Shi ah bro *2026-08-07, version 2.1* It’s glitchy as hell ### 1/5 — Leave me alone *2026-07-31, version 2.1* There are random things that keep popping up and I can’t get rid of them, no I don’t want a month for free. I’ve been asked to rate this app 10 times, I’ve had this app for 3 hours… I haven’t even had time to do anything because stupid things keep popping up. ### 1/5 — TRANSLATION *2026-07-23* coloquei para traduzir para o português e não funciona 👍🏻 ### 1/5 — Don’t get scammed *2026-07-23, version 2.0* Ao3 is a free to use archive, why does this third party app have micro transactions and ads?? Literally every ‘feature’ on the pro version is available with an ao3 account. Please don’t get scammed by these people, just use the website archiveofourown.org 🙏 ### 1/5 — Adds *2026-07-16, version 2.0* It’s literally miserable dealing with the constant unstoppable pop-ups that you literally have to close the app to get rid off ### 1/5 — It needs work *2026-07-02, version 1.5.4* The search box didn’t work at all. Any time I tried to search a fanfic with the exact title and exact author nothing came up. It needs a lot of work. ### 1/5 — Ummm i don’t like and it doesn’t have stories saved *2026-04-12* Sooo when i didn’t know the old one was out in the app store soo this new one needs work like I want my to Read stories bk like I hate this so much i over 300 stories saved on my old phone I don’t want to lose that old app so can work get all the stories save to read stories in the new app and the search I don’t like either need fixing so one star for me I’m srry this much just need working on I hate losing all my stories:( ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-04-06, version 1.4.19* They put the ads in places where it makes the app unusable. Takes up the top half of the screen so you can’t filter/ search/ or use the arrow. Or an ad almost the entirety size of the screen with no X. ### 1/5 — Why is this so dumb to use... *2026-03-29, version 1.4.14* I can't believe this is so difficult to use... first there's no ai voice support like fanfiction and other archive app supports, then the search interface is as clunky and confusing as the websites, and on top of that i have to deal with adds ### 1/5 — Completely Pointless *2026-03-01, version 1.4.12* Expects payment for basic features that are worse than similar free apps or just using the site. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-05* This app is so awesome, it’s for everyone that wants a story that never was. It’s also for those people that want that one ship that the stupid Duffer brothers didn’t give you. (Did I say that out loud, my bad) it’s for everyone, even if you’re a little weird and obsessed with two boys from the eighties. ### 5/5 — Recommend! *2026-07-26, version 2.0* This is such a wonderful app!, when I first found out about A03 I used to search it in browser which was a nightmare the fanfics never saved and it was difficult to find them after. There wasn’t a function for dark mode and more useful things I expected, but when I found this unofficial A03 site I was literally blessed! Hahah it’s very good u can save fanfics u read to the library and it will notify u if there are new chapters in a Serrano fanfic, there are 3 types of colour screen - dark,white and the other one I forgot lol, also, if you can’t be asked to read u can listen to it as an audio, there are only thing oboist it that I wish we could change the voices it reads with . But overall the app is easy to use and great in general!!! Defo recommend! ### 5/5 — I love gooning to doublefedora fanfics uwu *2026-07-22, version 2.0* Im gay ### 5/5 — This is great! *2026-07-09* I love this app so much and mostly cause I love stranger things but it had a bad ending and on this app I can read fanfics that fix the ending also cause I love byler and love to read fanfics about it 10/10 ### 5/5 — ✌️ *2026-07-02, version 1.5.4* ✌️ ### 5/5 — Best for reading Yaoi *2026-07-02, version 1.5.4* What an amazing app, love this to bits #ao3forlife🥹🙏 ### 5/5 — Love *2026-04-03* I’m obsessed ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-03-26, version 1.4.14* So I'm like obsessed with Heates Rivalry rn and just today I've read 5 fan fics on this AMAZING app. I love it ### 5/5 — Idk *2026-02-23, version 1.4.9* Good soup ### 5/5 — Amazing app!! *2025-12-13* This app is amazing! The stories people write here are better than most books! However, the reason I gave it a 4 is because I can’t comment even though there IS a comment section somewhere. I can’t find it though. The other reason I gave it a 4 is because I also want to write my own story book that feature seem to doesn’t exist for some reason. Like, how does the authors write their stories? I would I ask them in the comments but I can’t find the comment section. But this is the best book app I have ever found! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*