Free keeps every star. Reader draws the whole constellation.
Reader is €59 a year, or €10 a month. It reads every book you've finished into your domain mastery, your map of stories, your eras and the orders of complexity across your shelf, and answers your questions about them in WhatsApp, Claude and ChatGPT.
Free — €0 for good, no card needed
- Log every reading day
- Import, library, journal, saved lines, export
- Difficulty and reading time for every book
- Book clubs, reading vitals, Notion and Readwise sync
Reader — €59 a year, or €10 a month
€4.92 a month, billed once a year.
- Domain mastery: your stage in every domain, and three next books in each
- Map of stories and eras for every book you've finished
- Orders of complexity across your shelf
- Ask in WhatsApp, Claude and ChatGPT
- 30 shelf scans a day, not 3
Also in Reader
- Insight Lab: chat with your books, right in the app
- The reading companion in the built-in reader
- Omi pendant support
Founding Member — one payment, 100 places
Everything in Reader, paid once and never again, plus a founding member badge and number, early access to every new feature, priority support, and a say in the roadmap.
Every line, side by side
Everything Free keeps and everything Reader adds, as it works today.
| Free | Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Every day | ||
| Log every reading day, in the app or on the web | Included | Included |
| Log a reading day by telling Claude, ChatGPT or WhatsApp | Included | Included |
| Import from Goodreads or StoryGraph, library, journal, saved lines | Included | Included |
| Export everything, any time | Included | Included |
| Book clubs and reading vitals | Included | Included |
| Notion and Readwise sync | Included | Included |
| Every book | ||
| Difficulty and reading time for every book | Included | Included |
| Measure any EPUB you upload | Included | Included |
| Domain mastery for every book you've finished | Not included | Included |
| Three next books in every domain, with reasons from your own reading | Not included | Included |
| Map of stories and eras for every book you've finished | Not included | Included |
| Orders of complexity across your shelf | Not included | Included |
| Asking and scanning | ||
| Ask about your books in WhatsApp, Claude and ChatGPT | Not included | Included |
| Insight Lab: chat with your books in the app | Not included | Included |
| The reading companion in the built-in reader | Not included | Included |
| Omi pendant support | Not included | Included |
| Shelf scans | 3 a day | 30 a day |
| Where it works | ||
| The web and the iPhone app, on one account | Included | Included |
Before you decide
Is there a free trial?
Free is the trial, and it never runs out: log, import and keep everything for as long as you like, with no card. Reader on the web starts when you pay for it, and you can cancel any time.
What happens if I stop Reader?
Cancel any time under Subscription in your settings. Reader stays on until the end of the period you paid for. After that your domain mastery, map of stories, eras and orders of complexity go back to a blurred preview, and nothing you logged, imported or saved is deleted.
I connected Claude or ChatGPT. What works on Free?
Logging: tell it the page you reached or how many pages you read, and the day is saved. Asking about your books, such as what your political novels have in common, is part of Reader.
Does Reader work on my iPhone too?
Yes. Reader belongs to your account, so it works on the web and in the iPhone app wherever you sign in. If you buy it in the app, Apple bills you at the App Store's price for your country.
What currency do you charge in?
Euros, on the web. If your card is in another currency, your bank converts the charge. In the iPhone app, the App Store charges in your country's currency.
What is a Founding Member?
Reader for life, paid once instead of every year. It is for readers who want ReadingRate to last, and there are 100 places.
Just browsing?
The book catalog — difficulty scores, literary regard, reading-time estimates for thousands of books — is free to explore, no account needed: readingrate.com/discover. Your data stays yours: export your reading history, journal, and quotes anytime, even after cancelling.