Lite
$5 / month
500 credits a month
- About 166 reads of Stories of the day at 3 credits
- Every story kind, branch and what-if
- Follow stories, at the pace you choose
Pay for understanding, not for a terminal.
Amten runs on credits. One credit is one cent. Reading a Story of the day starts at 3 credits; your own questions show their price before they run. Every plan opens the whole app.
400credits when your account opens, once, on us
Monthly plans
Credits every month.
Monthly credits for a monthly price. The larger plans give you more credits per dollar.
Standard10% more credits per dollar
$50 / month
5,500 credits a month
- About 1,833 reads of Stories of the day at 3 credits
- Every story kind, branch and what-if
- Follow stories, at the pace you choose
Pro20% more credits per dollar
$500 / month
60,000 credits a month
- About 20,000 reads of Stories of the day at 3 credits
- Every story kind, branch and what-if
- Follow stories, at the pace you choose
Plan credits arrive at the start of each month and expire at its end (UTC). Prices in US dollars. Subscriptions open soon; packs and the sign-up grant work today.
Credit packs
Top up. Keep them forever.
One-time packs for when you want more than your plan, or no plan at all. Pack credits never expire, and bigger packs carry a bonus.
1,000 credits
$10
11,000 credits
$100 +10%
120,000 credits
$1,000 +20%
What a credit buys
Priced by the work, shown before it runs.
Each task is charged on what it actually cost to produce, with a margin, and never above the price you saw first. Work someone else already paid for is shared and costs you less.
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Read a Story of the day | 3–25 a version |
| Re-read it, and the summary of what changed | Free |
| Open a branch someone already built | from 3 |
| Ask a new research question or a what-if from any beat | priced before it runs, with its ceiling |
| Build a story of your own on any US-listed company | from 10 |
Find your plan
How much will you read?
About
754 credits a month
Reads at about 4 credits, questions at about 99.
Fits in Standard ($50 a month, 5,500 credits).
Credits, plainly
Questions about paying.
The full rules are in the Terms of Use, and how we handle your data is in the Privacy Policy.
Do I need a plan to start?
No. Every new account starts with a one-time grant of 400 credits: enough for about three stories of your own and plenty of reading. After that, choose a monthly plan, buy a pack, or both.
Which credits are used first?
Plan credits, because they expire soonest: at the end of each calendar month (UTC), when the next month’s arrive. Credits from packs, the sign-up grant and promotions never expire and are used after them.
Will I pay twice for the same story?
No. You pay for each story version and each branch version once. Re-reading it, its notifications and the summary of what changed are free. A followed story’s later versions are charged their read price once each, at the pace you choose.
How do I know what something costs?
Every paid action shows its price before it runs. The final charge is the measured cost of the work and never above the ‘at most’ you saw.
Are there daily limits?
No. A task runs when you have credits for its estimate. When you run low, Amten says so calmly and never locks a story you have already paid for.
How do payments and refunds work?
Card payments go through Stripe; Amten never sees your card. Except where the law requires otherwise, payments are final and unused or expired credits are not refunded. The details are in the Terms of Use.