Pricing & Tiers
We offer three subscription tiers through Patreon. All usage quotas reset on the 1st of each calendar month at 00:00 UTC. The only exceptions are retranslations (chapter and paragraph), which are daily caps.
Tiers at a Glance
| Feature | Free | Reader | Translator Base | Translator Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $5/mo | $12/mo | $25/mo |
| Read any chapter (free machine translation) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI translation, first 50 chapters of every novel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI translation past chapter 50 | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free browser Text-to-Speech | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmarks, ratings, reviews, comments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saved-search alerts & daily digests | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Glossary edit requests | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Previews per month | – | – | 32 | 96 |
| Full translation requests per month | – | – | 32 | 96 |
| Source searches per month | 5 | 5 | 160 | 480 |
| Chapter retranslations per day | – | 10 | 30 | 75 |
| Paragraph retranslations per day | – | 100 | 300 | 750 |
| AI Text-to-Speech | – | – | Yes (unlimited) | Yes (unlimited) |
| Wiki generations per month | – | – | – | 60 |
Free
You don't need to pay anything to:
- Read any chapter of any novel with free machine translation (in-browser Google Translate) — no longer capped at the first 50
- Read the first 50 chapters of every novel with our higher-quality AI translation
- Read all preview translations end-to-end
- Listen to chapters with the free browser text-to-speech voices
- Save searches as alerts and get daily digests for library updates and new novels
- Bookmark, rate, review, and comment
- Submit glossary edit requests
- Try 5 source searches / month on the Request page — enough to check whether a novel you want is available. Actually adding it needs Translator Base ($12) or higher
Machine vs AI Translation
| Machine translation | AI translation | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free for everyone | Paid tiers, plus chapters 1–50 free |
| Speed | Instant | A few seconds the first time |
| Quality | Follows the plot; prose is mechanical | Natural prose, handles idioms and tone |
| Names & terms | Kept consistent via the glossary | Kept consistent via the glossary |
Free readers get AI on chapters 1–50 of every novel and machine translation beyond that.
Paid tiers always get AI — there's nothing to switch on.
Reader — $5/mo
For people who want the AI translation everywhere, not just the first 50 chapters.
- AI translation on every chapter — removes the 50-chapter AI cap entirely
- 10 chapter retranslations / day — re-run any chapter through the AI translator
- 100 paragraph retranslations / day — fix a single paragraph without redoing the whole chapter
Translator Base — $12/mo
Everything in Reader, plus the tools to add new content, higher AI limits, and AI Text-to-Speech:
- 32 Previews / month — quick draft translations to check if a novel is worth a full request
- 32 Full Translation Requests / month — high-quality translations with entity consistency
- 160 source searches / month — find a novel by name on the Request page instead of hunting for a source URL
- 30 chapter retranslations / day
- 300 paragraph retranslations / day
- AI Text-to-Speech on all chapters — natural AI voices, unlimited
Translator Pro — $25/mo
For heavy users, plus Wiki generation — our AI-built entity encyclopedias, exclusive to this tier:
- 96 Previews / month
- 96 Full Translation Requests / month
- 480 source searches / month
- 75 chapter retranslations / day
- 750 paragraph retranslations / day
- AI Text-to-Speech on all chapters — unlimited
- 60 Wiki generations / month — Pro-exclusive
How Monthly Quotas Work
One pool per quota, reset to the full cap on the 1st of each month, 00:00 UTC. Unused amounts don't roll over.
- Upgrades apply immediately — the higher cap is live on your next request
- Downgrades also apply immediately. If you've already spent past the new cap, you wait until the 1st
- Cached searches are free — you're only charged for searches we actually run
Daily Retranslation Caps
Retranslations reset at 00:00 UTC and don't roll over. Two separate counters:
- Chapter — re-runs a whole chapter. Rescrapes come out of this same counter
- Paragraph — fixes one paragraph in place, on its own much larger allowance
| Tier | Chapter | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
| Free | – | – |
| Reader | 10/day | 100/day |
| Translator Base | 30/day | 300/day |
| Translator Pro | 75/day | 750/day |
Retranslating needs Reader or higher.
Why Paid Tiers?
Translation, entity detection, text-to-speech, wikis and image generation all run on AI models with real compute costs. Subscriptions cover those and fund further quality work.
Check Your Usage
If you're logged in, view your current usage and remaining quotas on the My Limits page.
Subscribe or manage your tier on Patreon.