The Archive Reader Reviews

I used the AO3 reader app extensively on my Galaxy phone with zero problems. This is the SAME EXACT app. All the controls, settings & appearance is the exact same as the “Archive Reader” app on the Google Play store. TheArchiveReader does indeed work on iPhone & iPad beautifully. Just create a simple backup of your account from within Settings on TheArchiveReader itself & you’re good to go to re-download it on another device. I was able to sign in to my account with no problems on TheArchiveReader, which is the compatible iPhone version. The only thing is that when you’re reading a story on there, the up-down scrolling movement isn’t super smooth (a little laggy/ stutters), yet this does not impede the reading of a story in any way. Other than that one tiny thing, TheArchiveReader is PERFECT. I’m still giving it 5 stars.

TheArchiveReader was going so well until you decided to add premium features + only allowed us to read for 1hr/day. i understand you guys need funding for TheArchiveReader but a warning would've been nice ...

Another review was left about premium already and the only one hour of reading time for non paying members, which is frankly a surprisingly short time for a reading app. I’m more concerned however about the lack of transparency for where this money will go and how it will be handled.

Kinda sad about the fact that i can only read for an hour a day. I understand you guys need yo make money somehow but i feel a better way couldve been through donations. I love TheArchiveReader and all that but still.

First things first. I really like TheArchiveReader it was perfect for on the go and just in general. Until, I was told that I have to get premium. Tbh I don’t even mind if you there is premium. But the 1 hour limit for ppl w/out premium is really stupid and brings TheArchiveReader down. The people with out should Atleast have a 2-3 hour limit if anything. Anyway I like TheArchiveReader just don’t like the hour limit.

There are works I have on my other phone that aren’t on my iPhone

Integration between the site and TheArchiveReader is good. But charging for unlimited read and limiting for 1 hour is just a dumb idea. In the end the coder stated TheArchiveReader isn’t related to Ao3. Just stick to the site.

1 hr reading limit is bogus. Archive runs off of donations, not requirements to pay. Will be deleting TheArchiveReader and going back to old school webpage.

This is crazy I’ve had TheArchiveReader for a while and the now going to change they either need to give us more time or get rid of it all together

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Idk what y'all were thinking, sure a dollar isn't much but you guys aren't even official, and this version of TheArchiveReader doesn't even have the “see fanfic updates” feature. It’s crazy that y'all are putting limits on TheArchiveReader when I could just go to the OFFICIAL Ao3 website and read for hours for free, if you need money to help support TheArchiveReader then have it be optional. Give us the option to show support instead of forcing it bc now I'm deleting TheArchiveReader with a bad taste in my mouth.

The one hour reading is not the best. If you won’t to read more you have to get premium which is wrong to do as some of use aren’t able to pay for premium.

Hi, I truly loved that you made this an app and I think you did a great job on it. There has been malfunctions lately, an error 403 and I have not been able to use TheArchiveReader at all😔 I hope it is fixed soon I miss using TheArchiveReader!

1hr reading limit it wild, and forcing us to buy premium when it’s not even the official app is stupid. Even the official ao3 uses donations instead of this bull crap. I’m fine with using the FREE website instead, but I like being able to save my reading spot and track my hours and words per minute, not for a dollar a freaking month though. This is crazy. If there has to be a limit and you’re gonna force this subscription on us, then at least raise the reading limit. Who is spending only an hour a DAY reading fanfiction? At least give me 5hrs bro. Might delete cuz this is dumb.

TheArchiveReader creator literally makes money with a premium subscription so people can read works that were posted for free on ao3 without the author’s consent. TheArchiveReader literally profits off the work of other people. For the sake of ficwriters everywhere, dont use TheArchiveReader . There are plenty of ways you can read fanfiction easily on your phone without the use of TheArchiveReader— ao3 has a download function and you can literally turn fics into ebooks if you want—

Please dont download TheArchiveReader.

Everything the premium version of TheArchiveReader does is available in your web browser. TheArchiveReader is trying to profit off of the free works of fanfiction authors—content that does not belong to the authors of TheArchiveReader. They do not have the permission of these authors to involve their content in a paid model of their app/service, either, so that's pretty scummy.

Don't support this bottom feeding practice. Just get Firefox or Chrome and pin the AO3 tab to your device's desktop.

To those who may have been mislead by TheArchiveReader and its “reading limits”- AO3 is a COMPLETELY FREE website full of fan-made works. Fanfic writers are allowed to create and publish these works online ***without threat of being sued by the IP owners*** because NO MONEY IS MADE OFF OF FANFICTION HOSTED ON THEIR SITE. App “developers” like these jeopardize the legality of fanfic for the entire space because they think it’s clever to see how many $1/mo subscriptions they can get.

Ok folks just use the web site for free. Some in my family works for AO3 and the have been dealing with TheArchiveReader for weeks. The “developer” is making money on the backs of hard working volunteers at AO3. TheArchiveReader has been pull from the Google Play store and they have plans for this clown (FAFO).

Don’t give this person a cent.
Don’t use his app.
Support the volunteers of AO3

If you’re reading this, just know this person isn’t affiliated with AO3, meaning they can’t help you with anything regarding TheArchiveReader.

That said, charging people to read free stories, on a free website is ridiculous. No matter how cheap, because that adds up quickly considering how many people use this site.

It’s gross and greedy. Hoping you get slapped with a DMCA notice.

A one hour limit on reading? Already ridiculous. However charging people for extra reading time- on works you dont create is ridiculous. I’d rather have a couple ads then pay money for this. The authors arent getting paid for their works being featured here either.

The most recent update of TheArchiveReader says that it was put there to fix an error message. I’m still getting that error message I already tried removing TheArchiveReader and re-downloading it no change

I do not want my works on an external site. I don’t want my works anywhere that is not the ao3 website. Having any sort of monetization on fanfic opens the door for lawsuits.

TheArchiveReader is literally just ripping from AO3 and if you put any type of monetary value to it I will sue for falsely plagiarizing my writing.

Writers should be allowed to hide their works from your app you slime ball.

TheArchiveReader is not connected to AO3 at all. The devs scrapped data from the sit and uploaded it to TheArchiveReader . And they are now charging for it.

It is an amazing app but ao3 has stopped TheArchiveReader because of the pay wall

Does what it says. Not an official ao3 app nor is it endorsed by ao3, like it says on description. Has good extra features. The time limit is a bummer though

I loved TheArchiveReader until they got money hungry and put a reading limit reading is my outlet for life and now I only have an hour of escape

Look, the biggest problem here is that the developer is charging for fanfiction, which is a complete no-no. Anyone who has been in the fandom world for longer than five minutes should know that charging for fanfiction is a bad idea, even and especially when a developer hiding that charge behind “developer costs.”

On top of that, I can almost certainly guarantee that at least 80% of the works on TheArchiveReader were mirrored without the permission or knowledge of the original authors. I should know that because at 1.300 of them were my own. The only bit of credit I can give this person is that they took down my work immediately after I emailed them, but it shouldn’t have happened in the first place.

Archive of Veron is free, and will remain free, so please continue to use that website and do not support developers that are charging for fanfiction without the knowledge of the original authors and are putting fanfiction in a legal gray area that makes things a little more dangerous.

A one hour reading limit unless you pay for a premium service? Absolutely not. The Ao3 site is absolutely free to use and is very mobile-friendly. They accept donations to keep up and running on a VOLUNTARY basis, none of this forced payment to use crap.

If the developer is going to charge for usage, then they should offer a commission to every fanfiction author whose work they are skimming off the official site. They have NO right to earn money on something that should be provided to readers for free, especially when they aren’t the ones who did the work to write it.

Don’t use TheArchiveReader, just use the official site.