FoundFic vs Fanfic Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FoundFic
Organize and manage your favorite stories in one place. Bookmark public fiction, build a personal library, and download content for offline reading. Never lose track of your literary interests again.
- Centralized story bookmarking
- Personal library organization
- Custom metadata and tags
- Offline reading capability
- Read history tracking
- PDF import and export
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Centralize your favorite stories in one app. Bookmark and track publicly available fiction, organize your personal library, and download stories for offline reading. Never lose track of your fiction again. Features: - Library filter, sort, and search - Organize stories with custom metadata and tags - PDF import - PDF export - Offline reading - Read history tracking EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Fanfic Reader
This unofficial fanfiction reader offers a comfortable reading experience with customizable themes, font settings, and offline access. It remembers your reading progress and allows for saved searches, tag blocking, and comment writing.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Offline reading
- Reading progress memory
- Saved searches
- Tag blocking
- Text-to-speech (TTS)
- Reading statistics
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This unofficial browser for AO3 (Archive of Our Own) brings you plenty of additional features to find & read fanfiction in comfort. - Light/dark theme with custom font, size, padding, color... - Remembers where you left off in each work and remembers your last reading - TTS - Saved searches with saved position - Offline reading - Block some tags everywhere all the time - To Read list with filters - Write comments while reading - Bookmark or block authors - Reading time statistics - Local-only data - Filter your known languages for everywhere Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Archive of Our Own or the OTW. All content is owned by AO3 and its creators. This app is only a client browser for the website you can customize to your liking. You can contact me at blythefanella@icloud.com. Apple EULA : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FoundFic at none against Fanfic Reader's shown. FoundFic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Fanfic Reader's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FoundFic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Fanfic Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FoundFic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fanfic Reader has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FoundFic ships an update every 4 days, Fanfic Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FoundFic | Fanfic Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FoundFic LLC | Blythe Fanella |
In-app purchases
FoundFic
- Ad Free$2.991 Month
- Dark Theme$1.99
- Dark Blue Theme$1.99
- Minimalist Theme$1.99
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- Papyrus Theme$1.99
- Pink Theme$1.99
Fanfic Reader
- Premium$0.991 Month
- Premium$9.991 Year
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