Pricing
Free is the journal.
Premium is what it means.
Free is not a demo with the doors locked. It is a real reading journal, without limits. Premium helps you understand yourself as a reader.
Slowburn
Free
$0forever
Your complete reading journal.
- Unlimited books
- The shelf, search, the scanner
- The whole journal: rating, spice, tropes, moods, lines, notes
- Reading progress
- The Burn
- Basic Stats
- One whole Reading Identity insight
- The opening of every Post-Mortem
- Reminders and the widget
- Circle and Buddy Reads, in full
- Share cards, in the Marginalia family
- Every privacy and safety feature
Coming to the App Store and Google Play. iPhone first.
Slowburn
Premium
$29.99a year
or $4.99 a month · 14 days free on the annual plan
Deeper interpretation of your reading life.
- Everything in Free
- The full Reading Identity, all ten insights
- Compare: the verdict and the full table
- The complete Monthly Post-Mortem
- Five premium card families
- A vote on Shape Slowburn, and your own ideas on the board
Prices in US dollars, for reference. The App Store and Google Play show your local price before you confirm, and that is the price you pay. Annual and monthly only; there is no lifetime plan. Cancel anytime from your store account.
Coming to the App Store and Google Play. iPhone first.
Why it’s drawn this way
Nothing you need is behind the paywall.
Your shelf, your journal, your progress, your burn, your reminders, your widget, your circle and your Buddy Reads are free, and so is every privacy and safety feature. No limits were invented to sell their removal.
Premium is the deeper reading: the full Reading Identity, Compare’s verdict, the whole Post-Mortem, the premium card materials, and a vote on what gets built. It pays for the servers your circle runs on and for the work of making the next thing.
Every insight Slowburn draws is a plain function of your own journal, on your own phone. Premium never sends your reading anywhere.
- What happens when the trial ends?
- The annual plan starts at the store’s price for your country, unless you cancel before the fourteen days are up. The app shows you the exact terms before you confirm.
- Can I move between monthly and annual?
- Yes, through your App Store or Google Play subscription settings. The store handles the change and any proration.
- What if I cancel?
- Premium runs to the end of the period you paid for, then the app goes back to Free. Nothing in your journal is removed or locked away; the deeper readings simply close again.
- Refunds?
- Purchases are made through Apple and Google, and refunds are handled by them under their rules. The refund policy explains how to ask.