Author.Today - Книги онлайн

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Jun 16, 2026
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Oct 2, 2026

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Marketing versus reality estimates how well promised features are supported; stability estimates complaints about crashes and speed. Project activity is calculated from update recency, review activity and store availability. Percentages are not guarantees or success probabilities; missing data does not mean a zero score.

What 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.

65%Marketing ≈ reality40%Stability86%Live project

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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  • ⚠Фильтрация книг по жанрам

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    «audio books are not only quite outdated, but also slow.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»

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