Author.Today - Книги онлайн
★ 4.5What it actually doesAuthor.Today is a portal for self-publishing and reading literature by contemporary authors with a built-in reader and offline access, but the app suffers from frequent update bugs and instability.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader35% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first12% of reviews
- ✓Social network8% of reviews
- ✓Text-to-speech(bonus)15% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode(bonus)6% of reviews
- ✓Sync across devices8% of reviews
- ✓Маркетплейс для публикации и продажи книг10% of reviews
- ✓No account required4% of reviews
- ✓Free tier6% of reviews
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Common complaints
- ✗Crashes and freezes after updates22% of mentions
«Don't know what happened but my app started just crashing. After the latest update it glitches and freezes»
- ✗Issues with payment system and payment menu8% of mentions
«I can't pay for any book, the payment selection menu just won't load»
- ✗Text-to-speech is slow and breaks after updates10% of mentions
«audio books are not only quite outdated, but also slow. text-to-speech stopped working completely»
- ✗Flashing and flickering of the notification feed15% of mentions
«Since the last update, the news feed started flashing. There's flickering in the notifications»
- ✗New library interface is less convenient, requires additional taps8% of mentions
«The new interface looks extremely ugly, now it takes a full 4 taps across the screen»
What people praise
- ★Convenient offline mode with library adding
«Great app, especially in offline mode. just add a book to your library and you're all set»
- ★Convenient and high-quality reader
«To date, the best app among literature portals, and the reader is the most convenient»
- ★Flexible appearance customization (background, colors)
«you can customize the background, I read green text on a black background, it's perfect»
- ★Rich library of contemporary authors and genres
«One of my favorite apps. Lots of wonderful authors and interesting books»
- ★Good content moderation and no requirement to mark AI usage
«Very good moderation. For the 'AI usage marking' rule - they should erect a monument»