Fanficly: Fanfiction Reader

Ad-free unofficial AO3 reader

Free

A calm, private home for AO3 fanfiction: smart search, reading stats, author follows, comments, narration, and offline reading — with zero ads or tracking. Fanficly is a calm, private, and unofficial home for the Archive of Our Own (AO3) fanfiction you love. Designed from the ground up for a premium reading experience for FREE, it is available across your iPhone, iPad, and MacBook with automatic iCloud synchronization. READ WITHOUT BORDERS Fanficly is completely private. You can use the app to browse, search, and read without ever logging in. Your library, reading history, and bookmarks are stored locally on your device and synced securely via iCloud. No tracking, no ads, and no analytical servers. SEAMLESS IMPORT & DRAG-AND-DROP Bring your favorite stories with you. Queue and import AO3 links directly from Safari using the system share sheet, or drag and drop EPUB files directly into the app. Export your library or individual works back to EPUB, PDF, or HTML anytime. A READER CUSTOMIZED FOR EVERY DEVICE Enjoy a reading layout tailored to your environment. Adjust fonts, font size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, character spacing, bold text, and margins. Fanficly remembers your settings per device type using per-device presets, so your iPhone automatically opens your compact phone layout, while your MacBook instantly uses your wide desktop preset. Read in continuous scroll, swipe by chapter, or horizontal page-by-page. Your place is saved down to the exact paragraph — and the Home Screen widget shows your last-read story with its progress, so you can jump straight back in on any device. LISTEN ON THE GO Tap the headphones icon to have any chapter read aloud. Fanficly uses your device's high-quality local text-to-speech engine, allowing you to listen in the background, from the lock screen, or using your own cloned Personal Voice. Zero data usage, 100% free. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Create custom folders, pin important stories, and star your favorites. Follow works to be notified when new chapters drop without needing an account. Save your favorite search queries and tags, and sort your library with custom category sorting to keep everything perfectly organized. A progress bar on every started story shows exactly how far you've read. DISCOVER & CONNECT See what's trending in the Popular tab — the most-loved fandoms, ships, and characters. Follow your favorite authors and be notified when they post something new, no account required. Log in to open your AO3 bookmarks in their own tab, and read or post chapter comments in the app. FEATURES • Unofficial reader for Archive of Our Own (AO3) — native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • 100% private — read without an account; no tracking, no ads, no analytics • iCloud sync for your library, reading progress, and settings • Natural-language smart search with filter chips • Customizable reader — six themes (Sepia, OLED Black, Dracula Navy…) and per-device layouts • Local text-to-speech for hands-free listening • Offline reading and multi-format export (EPUB, PDF, HTML) • Import from Safari via the share sheet, or drag-and-drop EPUBs • Follow works and authors for new-chapter and new-work alerts — no login needed • Popular tab — discover trending fandoms, ships, and characters • Log in for your AO3 bookmarks and to read & post chapter comments • Organize with custom folders, sorting, stars, and pins • Reading stats — stories finished, time and words read, streaks, top fandoms & ships, and a shareable yearly wrap • Optional inline story images — off by default; the text-only reader stays the default • Home Screen widgets — last-read, reading streak, subscriptions, and more Disclaimer: Fanficly is an independent, unofficial reader for works published on Archive of Our Own (AO3). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Organization for Transformative Works or AO3. All works belong to their respective authors.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

What's new in 1.7.0 • Show images in stories — a new opt-in reader setting renders authors' embedded artwork inline, in every reading mode. Off by default; the classic text-only reader is unchanged, and downloaded works stay text-only offline. • Fewer network timeouts — requests to AO3 are spaced out correctly and transient hiccups are retried, so search, browse, and story loading are far more reliable. • Finishing a story now counts — reading to the last line reaches 100%, earns the Finished badge, and shows up in your Stats. Reading time is no longer over-counted while a story sits open beneath other screens. • Safer iCloud sync — backups from different devices now merge instead of overwriting each other, restoring can no longer discard downloaded chapters, and reading-time totals stay consistent across devices. • Deleted reader profiles stay deleted — removing a typography profile no longer resurrects it through iCloud sync. • Widget fix — tapping the last-read widget can no longer rewind your saved reading position to an older spot. • Subscriptions & follows — all your AO3 subscriptions sync (not just the first page), a signed-out session can no longer clear them, author follows are checked reliably in background refresh, and notification permission is requested the moment you first follow a work or author. • Popular tab — ships and characters are now ranked from live AO3 data again. • Search fixes — typed tags no longer autocorrect to more popular lookalike tags, a crash on some international characters is fixed, and a temporary network error no longer sticks to a tag until relaunch. • Page-by-page fix — paragraphs can no longer get cut off with "…" when reading page-by-page with the controls hidden (most visible on Mac). Everything still runs on your device — no ads, no tracking, no account required.

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    Seller
    • Jennifer Speelman
    Size
    • 8.1 MB
    Category
    • Books
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    16+
    • 16+
    • Infrequent
      Profanity or Crude Humor
      Mature or Suggestive Themes
      Horror/Fear Themes
      Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References

      Contains
      Unrestricted Web Access
      User-Generated Content
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Jennifer Speelman