Fan Reader is a clean reading app for web fiction fans. If you read stories on SpaceBattles, Sufficient Velocity, Archive of Our Own, Royal Road, FanFiction.Net, or Wildbow's serials, Fan Reader strips away the forum clutter and gives you a focused, book-like reading experience.
WHAT IT DOES
- Unified library — Add stories from SB, SV, Royal Road, AO3, and FFN to one bookshelf
- Beautiful reading — Dark, Light, and Eye Care themes with adjustable font, size, and line spacing
- Smart search — Find stories across SB, SV, RR, and AO3 with one search, or browse AO3's full catalog with filters
- Full FFN support — Paste any FanFiction.Net URL for a clean, ad-free reading experience on the platform's worst-designed mobile site
- Chapter navigation — Quick chapter list, next/prev buttons, reading progress tracking
- Paste any URL — Drop a story link from any supported platform and start reading instantly
- Chapter preloading — Faster page turns on all platforms
- No account required — Everything stored locally on your device
Fan Reader doesn't store or cache story content on any server. Stories load directly from their original platforms through your device.
reading long fanfics on my phone much more comfortable. I like the clean layout, bookshelf, and chapter navigation.It feels focused and lightweight, without a lot of unnecessary stuff.
Piracy in app form
kinja59
Yeah. I don’t like this one. No authors were contacted before putting their books here and several of them have expressed their refusal not to be on here. Expect many more books to be taken down. Descriptions for the books is also bad. Royal Road already has an app, having Royal Road stories here is pointless. You also have web browsers already on the phone for the other places. Just use those over this.
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. The earlier version included AI-generated covers, which was a mistake, those have been completely removed. The app is a reading client that loads stories directly from AO3/SB/SV/RR, same as using Safari. No content is copied or hosted. Appreciate you raising this.
clean ao3 reader
will jie
does exactly what i want, just a simple way to read ao3 fics on my phone without dealing with the mobile site. bookshelf feature is handy for keeping track of longer reads.
Finally a good way to read SB fics on iPhone
swiftczz
Been reading Trailblazer (1.7M words) on this and it's so much better than using Safari on SpaceBattles. Hoping for AO3 support eventually but for SB/SV this is already solid.
- Added new chapter indicators for supported saved stories.
- Reduced background update checks interfering with active reading.
- General stability improvements and bug fixes.
Version 1.2.1
The developer, 成文 郑, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
成文 郑
Size
4.3 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 and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Infrequent Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Realistic Violence Profanity or Crude Humor Mature or Suggestive Themes Horror/Fear Themes Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References Sexual Content or Nudity Guns or Other Weapons
