AO3 Reader - Unofficial

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About this app

AO3 Reader is a nonprofit repository for fanfiction (fic) and other fanworks contributed by users. Archive of Our Own allows writers to publish any content that promotes the legitimate and transformative nature of fan works, including fanfiction, fan vids, and fan art, so long as it is legal.

AO3 Reader Features:

- AO3 open to all kinds of fandoms, including Real Person Fiction.

- It's open to all ratings of fanfiction.

- The archive allows users to host meta fandom writings as well as fiction.

- Authors have the ability to lock story visibility to other AO3 members only to minimize search engine inclusion (some authors don't want their stories showing up in general Google searches.) AO3 allows of certain fandoms and story types (including songfic) that have been banned from FanFiction.Net.

- Users have the ability to link various pseudonyms and names under one account and also to "orphan" stories to remove their names from them.

- There's a complex tagging system so that stories can be searched by theme (romance, hurt/comfort), trope (steampunk AU, aliens made them do it), or whatever an author may choose.

- AO3 Users have the ability to import stories from other URLs.

- There are collections and challenges.

- The site has a "Kudos" button to show that you read a story and enjoyed it without having to leave written feedback.

- AO3 Authors have the ability to add new fandoms if they are not already listed without having to wait for a site administrator to add them.

- There's a warning system for common fannish triggers and controversial subjects, which an author can choose or choose not to use.

Readers can give stories kudos, which function similarly to likes or hearts on other sites. Readers can also leave comments or make public (and private) bookmarks.

DISCLAIMER: We are not affiliated with Archiveofourown.org, this app is developed by Archive of Our Own (AO3) fan for AO3 Android users.

Ratings and reviews

I loved this app, and used to read multiple times a day. I switched to a new phone over the weekend, and had to download this new version. It is terrible. It is filled with ads that are too intrusive; they pop up after less than five minutes of reading, or every time I try to change pages, or move to the next chapter. The ads have no option to mute them, so they disrupt the experience. It logs me out after every ad, so it takes longer to finish anything. I am considering using a pay app.

Looks clean but cant seem to adjust text size, won't stay logged in, and adds are really obnoxious, considering i had a better, add-free reader that looked identical to this on my old phone (not sure what ever happened to that). May as well just use a web browser.

Used to love this app. I lost it when I had to replace my phone. Now there's so many ads, I can even read and half the time the ads freeze, then I have to close the app, it restarts and I lose my chapter, story and login.