ReadingRate · What's new · 2026-01-09
What a ReadingRate membership includes
Tracking your reading and browsing the catalogue are free, and stay free: logging every reading day, the library, the journal, saved quotes, import and export, and the difficulty and reading time of every book. The paid plan is called Reader. On the website it is €10 a month or €59 a year, with no trial, because the free plan is the trial. Reader adds your stage in every reading domain with three next books in each, your map of stories and eras, asking about your reading in Claude, ChatGPT and WhatsApp, thirty shelf scans a day instead of three, the chat about your books and the Companion in the reader.
Available on web and iOS.
The line is drawn between keeping a record and having it analysed. Logging a page is free forever. Reading across your whole library to say where you stand and what comes next is the part Reader pays for.
Assistants sit on both sides of the line. Connecting one, logging through it and reading your own log back are free; asking it to analyse your reading is Reader.
There is also a Founding Member option on the pricing page: lifetime access for one payment, limited to 100 places.
Your data is exportable whether you pay or not. A reading history you cannot take with you is not really yours, and a paywall on the exit is the wrong kind of lock-in. If you stop Reader, nothing you logged, imported or saved is deleted; the Reader views go back to a blurred preview.
What it can't do
- There is no free trial on the website. You can stay on the free plan for as long as you like, with no card.
- iPhone accounts created from 6 November 2026 need Reader to use the iPhone app. Older accounts, the website and the assistant connections stay free.
- Bought in the iPhone app, Reader is billed by Apple at the App Store's price for your country, which is not the website's price.
- Free accounts get three shelf scans and five cover recognitions a day, and no chat about their books.
- Founding Member places are capped at 100.
- There is no Android app, at any tier.
Questions people ask
- Is ReadingRate free?
- Tracking your reading and browsing the catalogue are free, including difficulty scores, reading times, import and export. The paid plan, Reader, is €10 a month or €59 a year on the website. New iPhone accounts need Reader to use the iPhone app.
- What do I get with a ReadingRate membership?
- Reader adds your stage in every reading domain with three next books in each, your map of stories and eras, asking about your reading in Claude, ChatGPT and WhatsApp, thirty shelf scans a day, the chat about your books, the Companion in the reader and Omi pendant support.
- Can I export my reading data?
- Yes, on any tier, free or paid. Your library exports as CSV and your notes and quotes as Markdown.