# Pocket Fiction — user reviews > 286 indexed App Store user reviews of Pocket Fiction by bjued, rated 2.90/5 from 181 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-fiction/id453670574/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-fiction/id453670574.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 40 · 2★ 28 · 1★ 49 ## What do users think of Pocket Fiction? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Offline reading - 📚 Convenient for fanfiction - 🔖 Bookmarking and progress tracking - 🎨 Customizable reading experience **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and glitches - ⚠️ Unreliable syncing and updating - 💤 Slow performance - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 📂 Organizational challenges **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to download or update stories - Chapters not loading properly - App crashing on startup - Overlapping UI elements **Most requested features** - Support for more fanfiction sites - Improved search and browsing functionality - Bookmark/last read position sync - Night mode/dark theme - Ability to rearrange folders ## Newest reviews (20 of 286) ### 2/5 — Some problems *2026-06-08, version 2.1.8* When I open the app, I can create my own and stuff but it looks like I can't download any other stories and I came here just to read some. Please fix this and tell me what is wrong with this. Thanks. ### 2/5 — Needs software update *2025-09-05, version 2.1.8* I used to really like this app I used it all the time to read fics offline but now the software is too out of date to keep up with the current apple software. I hope you’ll update soon. ### 2/5 — Frustrated *2022-02-15, version 2.1.8* I used to use this all the time loved it, but it won’t load all of the story any more -only the first chapter or two - its really annoying. ### 1/5 — Used to be so good *2021-10-28, version 2.1.8* Now, you get an ad for every chapter you click on (used to be at the bottom of the screen, which was fine). And I mean a full-size video ad that has to play for at least five seconds. They couldn’t even crop it right, so the “close ad” button is mostly cut off by the bottom of your screen. On top of that, don’t bother downloading the app if you don’t have it already, because you can’t download stories anymore. You literally can’t read any story that you don’t already have saved. ### 2/5 — Fix this *2021-07-24, version 2.1.8* For some reason every time that I try to get on the app now it says pocketfictiondomain error.1 before that was okay it still worked but now it’s opening for a few seconds and then closes the app. I was even fine with the ad pop ups but this makes the app pointless to have. Btw before this gets said I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Now I have a new problem it says a story has one chapter when it has over 200k words and of course the only chapter I can read is the first one please fix this ### 1/5 — Constant crashing *2021-05-21, version 2.1.8* I want to read stories offline because my job makes internet connection almost impossible. But I can’t download anything when the app crashes whenever I try to download something ### 2/5 — HELP!!!!! *2021-03-17, version 2.1.8* App keeps crashing and won’t load long stories! ### 1/5 — What happened? *2021-01-20, version 2.1.8* I would pay for a version of this app to work. This app used to be great but something must’ve happened. It’s basically unusable now. ### 1/5 — was my fav for a long time but.... *2021-01-13, version 2.1.8* cant download save stories anymore. cant sort by character anymore. always getting an error message. can ONLY read things i downloaded. i want my pocket fiction back!!!!!! ### 2/5 — Can't download any more *2021-01-11, version 2.1.8* Great app been using it for years on a old iPad as storage and offline reading but for the last week or so it just crashes every time I try to update my favourite's or any story individually. I've really enjoyed the app even with it issues here and there and because of the basic nature of it never had to worry to much of it becoming to much for my old iPad but now it just won't work. ### 3/5 — Review *2021-01-04, version 2.1.8* I used to love this app but at times when I’m searching for an author or story it keeps kicking me out of the app to where I can hardly get to read a full story. ### 1/5 — Grr *2020-12-29, version 2.1.8* It keeps closing itself out. Like, constantly. Also, it freezes. ### 1/5 — Update please!! *2020-11-06, version 2.1.8* Used to love this app until about 2 days ago! Can’t even open any story without the app crashing! Please update soon!! ### 3/5 — Good app, but randomly crashes *2020-11-04, version 2.1.8* It’s a great app, and was working fine until recently. It just randomly crashes even you even look at it wrong. I don’t understand what the problem is. This app needs a serious update. It’s been over a year. Get on that. It also crashes every time you try to download something new or even download an update to a story. PLEASE FIX THIS. ### 3/5 — Killing my battery *2020-09-05, version 2.1.8* I love this app and I’ve used it for years since it lets you download fan fiction and read it offline which I like for traveling or saving my phones battery since I’m not using any data really. Ever since the new ad system was implemented it absolutely murders my battery in a short amount of time. I don’t know what changed so dramatically in the app besides the ads, so I’m assuming that’s the problem. Please fix it, I’ve always loved this app. ### 1/5 — Um... *2020-08-11, version 2.1.8* I’m not sure if this is just me, but there is no way to look up stories. Everything is blank, and it continues to say ‘error’ for no reason. I don’t know why. ### 4/5 — Good app with bugs *2020-07-02, version 2.1.8* iPhone SE and iPhone 4s No issues, it is a good app. How can I get rid of the advertisement bar? I cannot find where to buy it. I have read over secen million words over several years on this app, I appreciate it for the iOS world. It can be slow on updating stories and easily crashes. ### 2/5 — Recent issues *2020-07-02, version 2.1.8* Future update should have a turn off pop up adds feature if you could please do so now there’s an issue updating stories on here fix now and now I can’t read any of my stories due to your update closing the app down every time I try to read a chapter it’s not showing anything now please fix this issue NOW it was just working fine yesterday ### 1/5 — Steals from creators and is a blatant thief. *2020-06-16, version 2.1.8* Actively steals from FanFiction authors without their permission, to post and make money off their stories. Not licensed by the actual FanFiction website. Take this app down. ### 1/5 — Load! *2020-06-11, version 2.1.8* Hi sorry how do I load the new version of this as it won’t let me load any luring at all it’s just completely blank ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Help *2024-07-31, version 2.1.8* This app won’t let me read it because every time I go on it it say error 1 and it won’t show me any of the stories ### 1/5 — Just use the official app, why are you here? *2023-06-27, version 2.1.8* That’s it. ### 1/5 — I CAN’ T FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THIS APP *2023-04-06, version 2.1.8* I have never had so much trouble trying to figure out an app. Plz help me!!!😭 ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2022-08-09, version 2.1.8* I used to love this app, until my phone got stolen and I had to redownload it and try to get all my stories back, only to find that I can’t download any stories whatsoever. It lets me search for them and I can even get as far as hitting the download button, but it stays at 0% downloaded forever. It’s a shame too, cause unlike other fanfiction apps out there, this one let me organise my Fics for a much easier time finding things, but being a good app when it functions is meaningless if it doesn’t function. ### 1/5 — Faithful Pocket Fiction User *2022-07-18, version 2.1.8* I have used the Pocket Fiction App faithfully for years. I purchased the “Extra Features”. I have transferred this app from one iPod Touch to another followed by an iPad and I was able to retrieve all of the stories that I have saved at FanFiction.Net. Today I attempted to transfer to a new iPad (9th Generation, so definitely up to date), and I can’t retrieve anything. I appear to possibly still have the “Extra Features” but it does me no good as I can’t access FanFiction.Net. The whole reason that I chose to purchase a new iPad was so that I could still use this Pocket Fiction, which apparently I cannot do. ### 1/5 — Needs an update *2022-06-14, version 2.1.8* Since FF.net moved servers I haven’t been able to download any fics. ### 1/5 — App *2022-03-09, version 2.1.8* It crashed when I first opened the app. Can you update the app ### 1/5 — Wonderfully Broken *2022-03-05, version 2.1.8* I love having an app where I can read anywhere at any time. This WAS my most used app. It’s broken and has been for months. ### 1/5 — Long time lover but… *2022-01-10, version 2.1.8* The thing is that I can deal with ads, I’m almost happy to use them at times because it reminds me that I am technically getting a free service. I’ve used this app for years, loved it the whole time. Now the reason that I am giving this a 1 star rating right now is because of the fact that I literally can not use the app anymore. This is because I can not download any new stories anymore. So I restarted the app, a couple times, delated it and reinstalled it, a couple times, I can’t get even my old stories re-downloaded. I hope this app gets updated because I loved it. Btw I know this is because Fanfiction.net has a new thing on the loading each things/chapter so maybe try to work something out. ### 1/5 — Completely useless *2021-11-01, version 2.1.8* Thanks to the lack of support and fanfiction.net putting up cloudflare and captcha, this app can’t do anything now. It can neither download stories or detect updates for stories you already have. The only question is why this is still available on the App Store ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — LOVE IT 🥰 but..... *2020-04-01, version 2.1.8* PSA sorry I made the username when I was like 3 lol first off great app I can see my ships from BNHA sander sides Hp danganronpa etc and it’s FREE which is also great 👍 but when I first got it I was kinda confused but I know how to use it now.Its so great I would PAY 💰 for it if I had to.thanks for your time Um so I’m going to update this review cause I still love it but it’s been glitching so I can’t download stories unless I reopen the app which is kinda annoying so I re downloaded it and it still didn’t work so I re downloaded it AGAIN it finally worked but please fix these new or old glitches.Thanks So imma update this because I’m kinda confused because some story’s when I download them it goes to 0% and doesn’t download I think there’s a bug in the app if you don’t mind I would like if you could look at it the stories I’m talking about are when you search Prinxiety there’s a few that won’t download thank you! -SinBad (Aka Mia) ### 5/5 — Don’t update *2019-10-21, version 2.1.8* Ugh every updates makes it worse and removes the app functionality . Wish I had never updated. ### 5/5 — Hey please fix your crashes. *2019-10-05, version 2.1.7* I cannot access The favorited anymore because it keeps crashing ### 5/5 — I love it but it’s crashing right now *2019-06-27, version 2.1.5* I love the app but I was just reading in not even 20 minutes ago but now it won’t let me read any stories. Every time I click on a chapter to read it crashes and sends me back to my phone screen. Help plz!!!! ### 5/5 — Updates *2019-06-13* So glad this app is finally fixed and working properly! It would be great if it were possible to link this app to Archive of our Own somehow to download stories from their site. The only application available for that site is not nearly as nice or user friendly as this one. ### 5/5 — Much thanks for the Update! *2019-06-09* The app works MUCH better now. Besides the whole ‘Not being able to connect to the internet and download stories’ thing, there was also a nasty bug that made any chapter you opened start at the beginning of it, which was VERY annoying on especially large chapters. Glad to see that this app is getting updated after this long. Keep up the fantastic work! ### 5/5 — No internet glitch *2019-01-06, version 2.0.5* I love this app, I’ve used it for years but it recently stopped working, there’s a « no internet » message that pops and makes it impossible to use ### 5/5 — Problems *2018-11-17* I’ve been using the app for a few years. I love it, but recently, it’s been acting weird. Whenever I want to search for a new story to add, it always says no results. Also, anytime I go in to read a story or a that I’ve already partially or completely finished, it always starts at the beginning. It’s supposed start whenever you left off. It gets very annoying if I’m partly through a very long chapter and it starts at the beginning. The app also keeps crashing ### 5/5 — Not bad could be better *2018-07-25* Other than it sometimes crashing when opening a story and the whole not connecting to the internet thing that goes on and off it’s a good app and allows you to go offline and read your stories once they’re downloaded ### 5/5 — I love this app *2018-06-08, version 2.0.5* I love this app but please could you fix the no internet connection glitch? I’ve been using this app for years and I can’t imagine myself using any other FanFiction app. Much appreciated!!! --- *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 2026-08-18.*