FanFiction | AO3 unofficial

All right I think this app is really good. I’ve only had it for. I would say about two weeks and a half but it’s actually really good. I have a few concerns because one day I did open the app and the app wasn’t working at all when I tried to search something, it would say I think it said error and I was just like what when I tried to go to any other thing, it wouldn’t search or do anything for me that was just one day though and the next day after that it was working perfectly fine. It’s been working perfectly fine for like the last three days so I don’t have anything other than that other than that I would say that’s pretty good. I think I would really wish that It had every single fan that it does have AO3 but other than that, it’s pretty good. I respect whoever made this because on AO3 I get really confused but I love this app and I love whoever did it so yeah, that’s it

I really thought this would be great, and I was wrong. The developer plays ads when you go to the next chapter, hides some words behide a paywall (not sure which, read that in the subscription) and refuses to let you download stories! I read in a developer response to one of the other reviews that they had full permission from AO3 to put ads in this app (which means they are profitting off other's stories!) and if that is true, I have one question. Why does this app have unoffical in it's name? Another thing, I have no proof, but this app feel entirely AI generated. The newest model of ChatGPT often uses emojis as linebreakers, and what do you know, emojis are everywhere. Further, the app feels badly designed, for example a search function for pairings that does nothing. The worst part of this app? It had potential. At the start, there is a chat with an AI(?) attempting to fit you with a story you would like the most. I am generally opposed to talking to AI, but this is the environment where it shines. AI is just a prediction machine, and predicting a story the reader would love would be a great feature. Problem is, the chat is unique to the start of the app or the $14/month subscription. They could totally run this entire app off of the banner ads always playing at the bottom, that would be understandable. Instead, they drag down the user experience for just a bit more money. I really hope you respond to this, developer, because I want to see your reasoning. One star.

This app works really well- with a couple small complaints. The pros are that the interface is nice, tagging system is translated over, and it feels good. Cons though- 1. I paid for the upgrade (which is an ongoing payment, not a one-and-done) and yet though it mentions offline mode, I don’t see any way to turn it on for individual fics or the entire ‘library.’ If it’s there, it isn’t intuitive, because I did a fair bit of digging. 2. The search function could GREATLY benefit from the use of filters. This is a little weird because if you open an author profile, then you’re able to filter by fandom, relationship, etc. when you search a title or author name initially, however, the filter button doesn’t appear. Subsequently, you really have to dig to find titles that might have common names with an author with a common name as well. (Ex- if your author’s name is ‘Evidence,’ that search term will obviously bring up more than just their fics.) 3. The censoring of swear words is exhausting. And again, even though I turned that off, it’s still around. Maybe it’s a bug, but it’s annoying and definitely has me looking at alternative reading platforms.