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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 chapters, 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
- ✓Cancel anytime
Reader
$4.99/mo
700 tokens/mo · 27% more vs one-time
- ✓Ad-free everywhere
- ✓Read every locked chapter
- ✓700 tokens / month
- ✓Free EPUB downloads
- ✓Catch-up recaps & translation
- ✓Cancel anytime
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Scholar
$9.99/mo
1,600 tokens/mo · 33% more vs one-time
- ✓Ad-free everywhere
- ✓Read every locked chapter
- ✓1,600 tokens / month
- ✓Free EPUB downloads
- ✓Catch-up recaps & translation
- ✓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, chapter translation (2/chapter), the Recommender (10/search), unlocking a locked chapter (1 each), or an EPUB download.
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: ad-free everywhere, all locked chapters, free EPUBs, catch-up recaps (free on Scholar, half-price on Lite/Reader), plus monthly tokens. Cancel anytime from the Stripe billing portal.