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Reading is free. Subscribe for ad-free reading, every locked chapter, and free EPUB downloads — or use tokens to unlock chapters, get catch-up recaps, translate raw novels, and get recommendations. Tokens never expire. New accounts start with 50 free tokens.
Lite
$2.99/mo
150 tokens/mo
- ✓Ad-free everywhere
- ✓Read every locked chapter
- ✓150 tokens / month
- ✓Half-price EPUB downloads
- ✓Half-price catch-up recaps & summaries
- ✓Cancel anytime
Reader
$4.99/mo
250 tokens/mo
- ✓Ad-free everywhere
- ✓Read every locked chapter
- ✓250 tokens / month
- ✓Free EPUB downloads
- ✓Half-price catch-up recaps & summaries
- ✓Cancel anytime
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Scholar
$9.99/mo
600 tokens/mo
- ✓Ad-free everywhere
- ✓Read every locked chapter
- ✓600 tokens / month
- ✓Free EPUB downloads
- ✓Free recaps up to 500 chapters/month
- ✓Free chapter summaries
- ✓Free raw translation up to 500 chapters/month
- ✓Early access to new features
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Cancel anytime
Frequently asked questions
Tokens are the in-app currency. Most of the site is free: reading is free (ad-supported), and so is browsing. You spend tokens on extras — catch-up recaps (1 token per 2 chapters of the range), raw-novel translation (3/chapter, free on Scholar up to 500 chapters a month then half price — English novels translate free in your browser), the Recommender (10/search), unlocking a locked chapter (1 each), or an EPUB download. Subscriptions make several of these free or half price. Tokens never expire.
The first 100 chapters of every novel are always free, and only the latest ~30% is reserved for supporters. Read those with any active subscription, or unlock individual chapters for 1 token each. Everything before that is free to read.
Subscription access to locked chapters is active only while your subscription is. Chapters you unlocked with tokens are yours to keep forever.
Yes — download any novel as an EPUB, choosing the exact chapter range, up to 500 chapters per file (download again for more). It includes the chapters you can read (free chapters plus any you have unlocked); locked chapters you have not unlocked are skipped. Free on Reader and Scholar, half price on Lite, or 1 token per chapter with no subscription. Subscribers can download up to 20 EPUBs per hour, everyone else up to 5.
No. Purchased tokens never expire and carry over indefinitely.
Within 7 days of purchase if you have not used any tokens from that purchase. Contact [email protected].
They bill monthly and every tier includes ad-free reading and every locked chapter — that unlimited reading is what you are paying for, and the monthly tokens are a bonus on top rather than the point. If you mainly want tokens, the one-time packs give far more per dollar. EPUB downloads are free on Reader and Scholar, half price on Lite. Catch-up recaps are free on Scholar up to 500 chapters a month and half price beyond that, and half price on Lite and Reader. Chapter summaries and raw-novel translation are free on Scholar. Cancel anytime from the Stripe billing portal.