Pricing
One pass. One season. No subscription.
Independent essay consultants charge hundreds of dollars per essay. The Season Pass covers your entire application cycle for less than one of those sessions — and it ends when the cycle ends. Nothing recurs, nothing renews.
| 2026–27 cycle | Free $0 no card, no catch | Season Pass 2026–27 $49 through Sep 30 · then $69 |
|---|---|---|
| Prompt database — every covered school | ||
| Complete reviews — rubric scores, margin notes, fix list | 1 on signup | up to 150 / season |
| Authenticity check on every draft | with your free review | |
| School- & prompt-specific grounding | ||
| Start free |
Payments are handled by Creem, our merchant of record — they take cards and local payment methods where available. Parents welcome to pay: the checkout is a normal receipt-and-done purchase, not an account they have to manage.
Questions
Asked often, answered plainly
- Is this allowed under schools' AI policies?
- The policies schools have published draw a consistent line: feedback and brainstorming are fine, AI-generated essay content is not. That line is the one we’re built on — Second Read gives feedback and scores; it never produces essay prose. Details in our terms.
- Do you write essays?
- No. Ever. Not a sentence, not a phrase, not a “suggested rewrite.” The product has no feature that outputs essay text, by design.
- What happens to my essays?
- We never train AI models on your essays. Delete your data any time. The full policy is short and readable: privacy.
- What if it's not for me?
- 14-day refund, no argument. See refunds.
- What's the fair-use cap?
- 150 reviews per season. That’s roughly five full passes over a 30-essay application load — more than any applicant we’ve met actually needs. It exists to stop bulk resale, not to meter you.
- Which schools are covered?
- Browse the prompt database — it’s public, no login. The database grows weekly during the season, and every entry shows its source and when it was last verified.