Fanfic reader vs Trace

Unofficial fanfic reader Fanfic Reader is an unofficial personal reading app for iPhone and iPad. Keep your books, documents, and fanfiction in one library — and pick up right where you left off. NOT AFFILIATED with Archive of Our Own, authors, or publishers. You add and read your own content. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR FILES • Import from Files, Share sheet, iCloud Drive, or Wi‑Fi transfer on your local network • EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, CHM, Markdown, Office docs, comics (CBZ/CBR), and more • Open archives (ZIP, RAR, 7Z) and read supported files inside • Collections, tags, favorites, reading stats, and full‑text search across your library A COMFORTABLE READER • Per‑book font, theme, and brightness • Bookmarks, highlights, and annotations • In‑book search • Text‑to‑speech with background audio AO3 DISCOVERY (optional) • Search works on Archive of Our Own • Browse in an in‑app browser, save a reading queue, and import EPUB to your library • Content on AO3 is provided by AO3/OTW under their own terms SYNC & EXTRAS • Optional iCloud sync for progress, annotations, and library data via Apple CloudKit • Home Screen widget: continue your last book • Share extension: send files straight into the app Fanfic Reader does not show ads, sell your data, or require an account with us. Internet is used only for features you choose (such as AO3 or Wi‑Fi transfer). Requires iOS 18.6 or later.

The offline reader built to make reading AO3 EPUBs as easy as possible. Most EPUB readers treat an AO3 EPUB like a normal book. They don't know what a fandom, a ship or a WIP is, and they can't tell that the EPUB you just downloaded is the update to a story you're halfway through. Trace Reader is built around exactly what AO3 reading needs: AO3's filters, reading statuses that match your reading, updates that combine updated EPUBs with old ones automatically and keep your place, new-chapter alerts, and the ability to switch between reading on the browser and the epub with your place carried across. And it will never ask for your AO3 login. FILTER YOUR EPUBS LIKE AO3 Filter your Library by fandom, relationship, characters, tags, warnings, words and kudos, and include or exclude any of them, the same way you would on AO3. NEW CHAPTERS KEEP YOUR PLACE When a WIP updates, download the new EPUB and Reader tops up the story you already have. You stay where you were, and the update shows how many chapters were added. Previous versions are kept, so you can restore one if you need it. SEARCH, HIGHLIGHT AND NOTE Search the whole story, with matches listed by chapter. Highlight a passage in one tap, then add a note to it, to a chapter or to the whole story. SORTED BY HOW WE READ FANFICTION Keep every fic as Saved, Reading, Paused, Caught up, Finished or Dropped. Add star ratings and your own tags. The story you're reading sits at the top of your Library, ready to continue. DOWNLOADS ADD THEMSELVES Choose your downloads folder once, and new EPUBs from AO3 load into your Library automatically. Selecting iCloud Drive or Google Drive means you can keep your EPUBs accessible on any device. You can still import single files whenever you like. ONE LIBRARY ONLINE AND OFFLINE Link a free Trace account and the fics you read on AO3 in Safari and the EPUBs you read here share one Library, with your place kept in both. Read ahead in your browser and Reader offers to pick up at that chapter in one tap. Trace can notify you when a story you follow on AO3 gets a new chapter, and a +1 shows on it in Reader so you know which EPUB to grab. ACCESSIBLE READING Paged or continuous scrolling, adjustable type and spacing, and Paper, Sepia, Night or High Contrast themes, with a dyslexia-friendly font. NO AO3 LOGIN, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED You should never give a third-party app your AO3 password, and this one will never ask you for it. Reading, importing and organising all work offline, and your EPUB files and story text stay on your device, with no limit on Library size. TRACE SYNC IS AN OPTIONAL ADD-ON A free Trace account syncs up to 100 stories, restores your Library details and reading progress on a new device, and shows your reading in any browser. Trace Unlimited is completely optional and adds unlimited sync and private reading Stats. Trace, my other app, also tracks the fics you read on AO3 and FanFiction.net in Safari, in the same Library. A subscription is never needed to read, import or organise EPUBs on your device. It only costs money because these features require quite a bit of cloud service use. EPUB files themselves are never stored by Trace and are never used for any sort of analysis or training. It's just me making Trace Reader, but I actively maintain it, fix bugs and add features, and plenty of them started as emails from readers. If something isn't right, or you have an idea, I'd love to hear from you! I've been reading and writing fanfiction for almost two decades and I love to do what I can to make reading fanfiction easier! Trace Reader is an independent, unofficial app. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the Organization for Transformative Works or Archive of Our Own. Trace Unlimited is an auto-renewing subscription billed through your Apple Account. Manage or cancel it in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tracefiction.com/privacy