Free to start, no card: Penn reads your first pages on us. Every plan includes notes in the margin, full coverage, the craft library and export. Plans differ in how much Penn reads each month.
Credits are consumed when you use Penn's features. Different actions use different amounts. A quick brainstorm costs fewer credits than a full coverage report. Your monthly credits reset each billing cycle. Top-up credits never expire. If you need more mid-month, grab a top-up pack.
Top-up credits don't expire as long as your subscription is active.
Different actions cost different amounts. Brainstorming costs 1 credit, character development costs 2, scene writing costs 5, rewriting costs 3, quick coverage costs 2, full script coverage costs 4, a deep notes pass costs 10, and production budget costs 10. You can see your usage anytime in your account.
Penn's features pause until your next billing cycle. You can still access your projects and export your work. Or upgrade your plan anytime.
Yes, 100%. Everything you upload and everything Penn helps you create belongs to you. We never use your work to train models and we never share it with anyone.
Yes. Credit top-up packs start at $9 for 50 credits. Table read top-ups start at $9 for 3 reads. Top-ups never expire and can be used anytime. Your monthly subscription credits reset each billing cycle.
Monthly subscription credits reset each billing cycle and don't roll over. Purchased top-up credits never expire.
Table Read uses distinct voices to perform your screenplay out loud. Select your script, assign a unique voice to each character, and hear your screenplay performed. It's the fastest way to hear how your dialogue actually sounds.
Coverage notes give you quick, focused feedback on a single scene or section (2 credits). Full script coverage is a deep structural analysis of your entire screenplay: structure, pacing, dialogue, characters, and actionable notes on what's working and what needs attention. Full coverage is available on every paid plan and simply uses your monthly credits, so a Writer subscriber can run it too.
Better Draft parses your screenplay and estimates what it would cost to produce at three budget levels: indie, mid-budget, and studio. It breaks down costs by department (cast, locations, camera, post-production, etc.) and flags the most expensive elements with suggestions for saving money. It's a rough estimate, not a line producer's budget, but it's enough to know if your script is a $200K indie or a $5M production.
Yes. Cancel through your account settings. You keep access through the end of your billing period and you can always export your work.
Every plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. If Penn's notes do not help your draft in your first 30 days, email hello@betterdraft.io and we refund your payment in full, no questions asked.
Your subscription transitions to standard pricing. We'll give you at least 30 days notice before any price change.