diff --git a/lib/pages/app.dart b/lib/pages/app.dart
index 0f9cc8d..080293d 100644
--- a/lib/pages/app.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/app.dart
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class _AppPageState extends State<AppPage> {
                   ? Theme.of(context).textTheme.displaySmall
                   : Theme.of(context).textTheme.displayLarge,
             ),
-            Text(tr('byX', args: [app?.app.author ?? tr('unknown')]),
+            Text(tr('byX', args: [app?.author ?? tr('unknown')]),
                 textAlign: TextAlign.center,
                 style: small
                     ? Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineSmall
diff --git a/lib/pages/apps.dart b/lib/pages/apps.dart
index b5d8c22..59f046e 100644
--- a/lib/pages/apps.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/apps.dart
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class AppsPageState extends State<AppsPage> {
           }
         }
         for (var t in authorTokens) {
-          if (!app.app.author.toLowerCase().contains(t.toLowerCase())) {
+          if (!app.author.toLowerCase().contains(t.toLowerCase())) {
             return false;
           }
         }
@@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ class AppsPageState extends State<AppsPage> {
     listedApps.sort((a, b) {
       int result = 0;
       if (settingsProvider.sortColumn == SortColumnSettings.authorName) {
-        result = ((a.app.author + a.name).toLowerCase())
-            .compareTo((b.app.author + b.name).toLowerCase());
+        result = ((a.author + a.name).toLowerCase())
+            .compareTo((b.author + b.name).toLowerCase());
       } else if (settingsProvider.sortColumn == SortColumnSettings.nameAuthor) {
-        result = ((a.name + a.app.author).toLowerCase())
-            .compareTo((b.name + b.app.author).toLowerCase());
+        result = ((a.name + a.author).toLowerCase())
+            .compareTo((b.name + b.author).toLowerCase());
       } else if (settingsProvider.sortColumn ==
           SortColumnSettings.releaseDate) {
         result = (a.app.releaseDate)?.compareTo(
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class AppsPageState extends State<AppsPage> {
                     : FontWeight.normal,
               ),
             ),
-            subtitle: Text(tr('byX', args: [listedApps[index].app.author]),
+            subtitle: Text(tr('byX', args: [listedApps[index].author]),
                 maxLines: 1,
                 style: TextStyle(
                     overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
diff --git a/lib/providers/apps_provider.dart b/lib/providers/apps_provider.dart
index b787ab4..bd61c7e 100644
--- a/lib/providers/apps_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/apps_provider.dart
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class AppInMemory {
       AppInMemory(app.deepCopy(), downloadProgress, installedInfo, icon);
 
   String get name => app.overrideName ?? app.finalName;
+  String get author => app.overrideAuthor ?? app.finalAuthor;
 }
 
 class DownloadedApk {
diff --git a/lib/providers/source_provider.dart b/lib/providers/source_provider.dart
index 4a4cdd7..51ab933 100644
--- a/lib/providers/source_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/source_provider.dart
@@ -330,6 +330,15 @@ class App {
     return overrideName ?? name;
   }
 
+  String? get overrideAuthor =>
+      additionalSettings['appAuthor']?.toString().trim().isNotEmpty == true
+          ? additionalSettings['appAuthor']
+          : null;
+
+  String get finalAuthor {
+    return overrideAuthor ?? author;
+  }
+
   App deepCopy() => App(
       id,
       url,
@@ -622,6 +631,7 @@ abstract class AppSource {
           label: tr('autoApkFilterByArch'), defaultValue: true)
     ],
     [GeneratedFormTextField('appName', label: tr('appName'), required: false)],
+    [GeneratedFormTextField('appAuthor', label: tr('author'), required: false)],
     [
       GeneratedFormSwitch('shizukuPretendToBeGooglePlay',
           label: tr('shizukuPretendToBeGooglePlay'), defaultValue: false)