ArchFic: AO3 Unofficial Reader

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About this app

📖 Read AO3 fanfiction offline — translate and listen anywhere

ArchFic is a fan-made fanfiction reader for Archive of Our Own (AO3). Read fanfiction offline, translate any fic on your device with AI, and listen hands-free with text-to-speech. Get alerted the moment the fics you follow update — the AO3 reader built for the way fans actually read.

📱 Continue where you left off
ArchFic remembers your chapter and exact scroll position across every work, so you can jump straight back in from a personalized Continue Reading list. Everything you've opened recently stays in your reading history.

🔔 Follow authors and get new-chapter alerts
Follow your favorite AO3 authors from their profile. New Chapter Alerts notify you the moment a work you follow posts a new chapter, and New Work Alerts tell you when an author publishes something brand-new. The Updates feed gathers every recent update in one tab.

💾 Never lose a fic again
Download works for offline reading and keep them even if a fic is later deleted, orphaned, or locked on AO3. Save fanfiction to your Library and sort it into Collections you name yourself — Slow Burns, To Read, anything you like. Your AO3 bookmarks, recent reads, and offline downloads all live in one place.

🔍 Search the full AO3 catalog
Search works, authors, bookmarks, and tags from Archive of Our Own, or browse by genre: Anime & Manga, Books & Literature, Movies, TV Shows, and Video Games. Filter by rating, word count, completion status, date updated, relationships, and more to find exactly the fanfiction you want.

🎨 Read on your terms
Choose your font, adjust size and line height, and pick from four comfortable themes — White, Sepia, Dark, and Black — made for hours of reading.

🌐 Translate as you read
On-device AI translation lets you translate any fic into your language as you read. It works fully offline after a one-time model download, with no per-chapter fees — read fanfiction offline in any language.

🎧 Listen hands-free
Text-to-speech reads any chapter aloud, like an audiobook for fanfiction. Adjust the speed and voice, then follow along while commuting, cooking, or relaxing.

☁️ Sign in to sync across devices
Sign in to back up your library, collections, follows, and settings to the cloud, then switch phones or reinstall and pick up exactly where you left off. Connect your AO3 account to import your AO3 bookmarks and subscriptions automatically. Metadata only — your fanwork content is never uploaded or stored on our servers.

Whether you're binge-reading a slow-burn epic offline on a flight, keeping up with every new chapter from the authors you follow, or just want a faster AO3 reader than the mobile browser, ArchFic is the fanfiction reader made for fans of Archive of Our Own — and archives of our own alike. Whether you want an AO3 reader, a fanfic reader, or simply a better fanfiction reader, ArchFic downloads, translates, and reads fanfiction aloud offline — anywhere.

Built by a fan, for fans who want a better mobile fanfiction reader.

ArchFic is an unofficial, fan-made app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Archive of Our Own (AO3) or the Organization for Transformative Works. ArchFic accesses publicly available content from AO3 and does not host, store, or redistribute any fanfiction; if you sign in, our servers store only your account metadata (library, follows, settings), never fanwork content. Fanfiction content remains the property of their respective authors. Use is subject to AO3's Terms of Service (archiveofourown.org/tos).

Ratings and reviews

I've only just started using it, but I'm not gonna lie, this is exactly what I wish I had several years ago. It's a direct port, basically, of the website to an app form, with a graphical upgrade, which means I no longer have to download my stories and sideload them into a tts reader for when I'm busy doing other things! I'm still keeping them and the tts reader just in case, but I doubt I'll have to touch them anytime soon!

UPDATE Looks like you've fixed the problem. Thanks! INITIAL My only issue is that some stories I've saved aren't completely available. For example, one favorite story is long, but this app only offers the first part, so I have to go to the actual AO3 to read it. Another long story is fine, with all chapters available. I wonder if the issue is how the author uploaded it. I've been bookmarking the same and syncing often. Is the sync the issue? Just thinking out loud. Otherwise, nice app!

I'm honestly disappointed that the issue wasn't fixed, it is still freezing on page 69 of my reading data. I also think that it's kind stupid that I've had the same recommended stories for a month or so and they haven't changed, it's also kinda disappointing that we can't have any favorite tags like the other apps. I'd also like to have some more font oppositions cuz I don't really care for the others, I also don't like that we can't leave comments or kudos on our favorite stories!

What’s new

✨ New

💬 Read a chapter's comments in the reader
⭐ Save favourite tags — Home's picks follow them
📝 Authors' notes show up, and stay with downloads
🌐 Translate a story's title, summary and notes
🎨 The reader page now matches your theme

🔧 Fixed

📥 Downloaded stories open with no connection
⏸️ A download cut off part-way now resumes
🔔 No more alerts for a story that doesn't exist
🎧 Read-aloud no longer goes quiet mid-chapter
🏷️ Tag search shows the most-used tags first