PaperEater

📖 PaperEater (食卷兽) — Turn dense papers into plain language, in one click A Chrome extension built to help you tackle hard academic papers, dense philosophy, and technical docs. 📌 What it solves - Drowning in academic jargon? Traditional translators just move words across literally. PaperEater rewrites dense theory into plain language anyone can follow. - Messy PDF layouts and heavy formulas? No tedious text-selecting. Hold a shortcut and drag a box over any area — a vision model reads it directly, so messy columns and complex formulas are no problem. - Two modes: "Precise" stays faithful word-for-word, great for terminology and citations; "Plain Language" strips the academic wrapping down to logic you already understand. 💰 Pricing - Sign up, get free credits: Sign in with Google and new users receive 20 free translation credits — full features, no strings. Try before you decide. - Top up when you run out: Once your free credits are used, buy 200 translations for €1.49 — a one-time purchase, not a subscription. No monthly fees, no auto-renewal. Once bought, they're yours. - Power users can bring your own key (BYOK): Have your own Google Gemini API Key? Paste it into settings for unlimited free use, billed directly to your own Google account at Google's official rates. 🔒 Privacy - We don't store your translated content: In both account mode and BYOK mode, your translated content, screenshots, and output are never stored by us. Translation history stays in your local browser only. - Account mode: Translations are processed through our secure backend; we store only your account identifier and credit balance to manage your quota. See our Privacy Policy. - Payment security: Payments are handled by Polar (as Merchant of Record); we never touch your card details. "Don't let language and jargon become the walls around your mind."