Make manuscript feedback useful to your next revision.
See how the same passage lands with different simulated readers. Readerfold’s AI beta readers bring distinct tastes and voices to your fiction, expressing curiosity, connection, and doubts beside your words. Compare their reactions first, then use the editorial report to consider what to revise.
Start with the draft's purpose
Choose the genre and audience, then name the part of the reading experience you want to understand. An opening chapter may need a clear hook; a later chapter may need emotional continuity. Focus the reading on what you are ready to revise.
Separate structure from sentence work
Look first at character goals, cause and effect, pacing, and missing context. Polishing a sentence before deciding whether the scene belongs can create avoidable work. Keep line-level observations for a later pass when the structure is settled.
Compare patterns in the editorial report
Use Readerfold's editorial report to bring the panel's observations together. Return to the original passages before accepting a conclusion. Repeated confusion can identify a place to investigate, but several AI readers can still share the same mistaken assumption.
Revise one question at a time
Choose a small number of changes with a clear purpose. For example: make the scene goal visible earlier, add the missing cause of a decision, or shorten the delay before a reveal. Re-read afterward and check whether the change serves your intended effect.
Written by the Readerfold team. AI feedback supports your judgment; it does not guarantee publication or reader response.
Before you bring your draft
What is Readerfold?
Readerfold is a panel of AI beta readers for fiction writers, designed to simulate how different people might experience a story. Up to five readers bring distinct tastes, voices, and perspectives. Follow their reactions beside the passages that prompted them, compare where they connect or disagree, and use the editorial report to consider your next revision.
How does an AI beta reader work?
An AI beta reader uses a language model to simulate a reader’s experience of a story. In Readerfold, each reader has generated tastes, reading habits, and a voice. You can choose a focus for each reader, such as character connection or plot logic, and compare their curiosity, expectations, confusion, and interpretations as they read.
What makes Readerfold’s reading experience distinctive?
Readerfold centers the individual reader’s reaction: what draws them in, how they interpret a character, and where they hesitate or change their expectations. Different AI readers respond to the same manuscript in their own voices, so you can compare perspectives before reviewing the combined editorial report. Their reactions are simulations, not feedback from real people or a prediction of audience response.
Can AI feedback replace human beta readers or an editor?
AI feedback can help you explore a draft before sharing it with people. It can also miss context, misunderstand your intent, or give conflicting advice. Human beta readers bring lived experience, and professional editors bring judgment that an AI panel cannot guarantee. You decide which suggestions serve your story.
What can I upload?
You can paste your writing or upload a TXT, DOCX, or PDF file. Confirm the extracted text, genre, and intended audience before starting a reading.
Can I try Readerfold for free?
You can create an account and try Readerfold with free starter credits without a payment card. Credit use varies with manuscript length, reader setup, panel size, and additional reports. The Pricing page explains the current allowances and paid options.
Will my manuscript be used to train AI?
Readerfold does not use your manuscript to train AI models, and we have opted out of training with our AI providers. We send relevant manuscript text to those providers to generate analysis and feedback. Training opt-outs do not mean zero retention; the Privacy policy explains provider processing and storage.
Will my manuscript be published or shared publicly?
No. Uploading to Readerfold does not publish your manuscript or make your feedback public. You keep your rights to your writing, and we do not acquire publishing rights or permission to use it in public marketing. Relevant content is processed by the service providers described in our Privacy policy.
Do you store my manuscript, and can I delete it?
Yes. Readerfold saves your manuscript and feedback in your account so you can return to them. You can delete a manuscript or contact support to request deletion. Active readings must finish before manuscript deletion. Deletion may not immediately remove backup copies, and external providers follow their own retention arrangements. See the Privacy policy for details and account deletion requests.