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The Archive Reader App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
The Archive Reader app received 28 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using The Archive Reader? Can you share your negative thoughts about the archive reader?
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✓ Reading limitThe 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..Version: 1.5.7
✓ Hate the Reading Limit1 hr reading limit is bogus. Archive runs off of donations, not requirements to pay. Will be deleting the App and going back to old school webpage..Version: 1.5.5
✓ I needs to be fixedIt wont let me login.Version: 1.5.10
✓ 👎🏻Trying to make money off of other people’s writing which they did for free on a non-profit website and did not consent to having monetised is completely unacceptable. don’t pay to read what can be found for free on the official website, and appreciate authors directly by leaving comments for them. don’t contribute to the scalping of their work..Version: 1.5.10
✓ Huh?If you’re reading this, just know this person isn’t affiliated with AO3, meaning they can’t help you with anything regarding this app. 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..Version: 1.5.10
✓ Update on the AO3 reader app(⚠️‼️UPDATE WRITTEN ON 1.25.2024➡️) I really was a fan of this unofficial app for reading some of my favorite fanfics. I liked all the customizable features & easy-to-navigate interface. I “used to” really enjoy using this app UNTIL the 1-hour reading limit was imposed & a very pathetic $1/ month subscription fee, just to access something that I can get FOR FREE online, on any device, using any normal human internet web browser. To the app’s developers - why are you trying to “fix something that isn’t broken”? You’ve just ruined a good thing for a lot of people. Expect your $1/ subscription fee & 1-hour timed reading limit to FAIL COMPLETELY. I hope it does. 😠 I am NO LONGER going to give this app 5 stars. I’d give it -5 stars if I could. (⚠️‼️My previous thoughts BEFORE the stupid app changes were implemented➡️) 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. This app does indeed work on iPhone & iPad beautifully. Just create a simple backup of your account from within Settings on the app 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 this app, 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, this app is PERFECT. I’m still giving it 5 stars..Version: 1.5.21
✓ Still getting the error messageThe most recent update of the app says that it was put there to fix an error message. I’m still getting that error message I already tried removing the app and re-downloading it no change.Version: 1.5.10
✓ I’m a fanfic author on ao3I 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..Version: 1.5.10
✓ LilyRaebooksI love using this app as its great when I'm on the go the only thing I would lite is if it had the story update tab for when a story is updated that way I can go straight to the story instead of looking for it i do also wish that it was an official app and that you didn't have to pay for it.Version: 1.5.19
✓ 😔I loved this app 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.Version: 1.5.17
✓ Profiting off of Fanfic Authors 👎Everything the premium version of this app does is available in your web browser. This app is trying to profit off of the free works of fanfiction authors—content that does not belong to the authors of this app. 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..Version: 1.5.10
✓ 1 hr reading limitIdk what y'all were thinking, sure a dollar isn't much but you guys aren't even official, and this version of the app doesn't even have the “see fanfic updates” feature. It’s crazy that y'all are putting limits on this app when I could just go to the OFFICIAL Ao3 website and read for hours for free, if you need money to help support the app then have it be optional. Give us the option to show support instead of forcing it bc now I'm deleting the app with a bad taste in my mouth..Version: 1.5.6
✓ Absolute nonsenseLook, 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 this app 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..Version: 1.5.19
✓ PremiumAnother 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..Version: 1.5.5
✓ Profiting off of fan-authors without their consent.The app 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. This app literally profits off the work of other people. For the sake of ficwriters everywhere, dont use the app. There are plenty of ways you can read fanfiction easily on your phone without the use of this app— ao3 has a download function and you can literally turn fics into ebooks if you want— Please dont download this app..Version: 1.5.10
✓ Paywall? Absolutely not.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 this app, just use the official site..Version: 1.5.5
✓ SubscriptionKinda 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 the app and all that but still..Version: 1.5.5
✓ 한계젠장... 독서 한도가 너무 불쾌해요. 돈은 중요하지만 대신 기부에 대해 물어보세요. 경고 없이 무작위로 제한하는 것은 정말 형편없는 일입니다..Version: 1.5.5
✓ The app is useless the developer is worse than a….Ok folks just use the web site for free. Some in my family works for AO3 and the have been dealing with this app for weeks. The “developer” is making money on the backs of hard working volunteers at AO3. The app 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.Version: 1.5.10
✓ TheftThis app 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..Version: 1.5.10
✓ Don't use this.The monetisation thing is a really bad move. Like, profiting off of work people did for free, without their consent, makes you a morally bankrupt person. Don't use this app, don't buy this app. Read on the website if you can. Otherwise, look for a different app that doesn't charge money. This one's not even very technically good anyway..Version: 1.6.3
✓ Never using againWhy are free works run by volunteers being used to make money?? how terrible i won’t be using this app ever again.Version: 1.5.11
✓ Stupid limit1hr 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..Version: 1.5.5
✓ Unable to login please helpIt’s a pretty good app, nice interface but I cannot login. I’ve tried 20 times and double checked that I’m putting the right info in but it won’t let me login and just takes me back to the login page. Please help.Version: 1.5.19
✓ DisappointingA 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..Version: 1.5.10
✓ Not actually run by AO3This app is not connected to AO3 at all. The devs scrapped data from the sit and uploaded it to the app. And they are now charging for it..Version: 1.5.10
✓ CrazyThis is crazy I’ve had the app for a while and the now going to change they either need to give us more time or get rid of it all together.Version: 1.5.5
✓ AO3 is free to use and will never require a premiumTo those who may have been mislead by this app 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..Version: 1.5.10
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