Bioscript 1.1 is rolling out on the Chrome Web Store this week. It's the biggest update since launch, and most of it is about making the product simpler to pay for and simpler to trust: one flat Pro price, a free plan that never expires, and a clearer picture of what you've used each month. Here's what changed.
One flat price — no usage charges
Pro is now $10/month, or $79/year (about 34% off). That's it. There are no per-request charges, no metered overages, and no API keys to paste in. Pro includes unlimited summaries, data extracts, and paper chat, plus folder chat across your whole library.
If you subscribed before this release, nothing changes for you — your existing plan keeps working exactly as before.
A free plan that doesn't expire
Everyone now gets a permanent free plan. Discovery, reading, the Vault with unlimited folders, and citation export to Google Docs are all free with no cap. On top of that, the free plan includes a monthly AI allowance:
- 5 summaries per month
- 5 data extracts per month
- 20 paper chat messages per month
- Unlimited term definitions — highlight any word and define it, as often as you like
The allowance resets on the first of each month. First-time users still start with a 72-hour full-access trial of everything in Pro, so you can try the complete workflow before deciding.
Deep Research
Pro and trial users can now turn on Deep Research in settings. When it's on, summaries, extracts, and chat run on a more capable reasoning model that reads further into the paper and is noticeably better at methods-heavy and statistics-heavy questions. Pro includes 25 Deep Research analyses per month; after that, requests quietly fall back to the standard model so you're never blocked.
Under the hood, both modes moved to a newer model generation this release, so the standard experience is faster and more accurate than it was in 1.0 as well.
Clearer limits, no dead ends
When you hit a monthly allowance, Bioscript now tells you exactly which feature you've used up, how much of it you used, and when it resets — right where you were working, with an upgrade button next to it. If you upgrade (or the month rolls over), a single Try again reruns the summary or extract in place. The settings panel also shows a live "N left" count for each metered feature so there are no surprises.
Whole-paper context, re-runnable
Carried forward from 1.0.3 and now on by default everywhere: summaries and extracts read the complete paper — the page, the PDF, or an open-access copy, whichever is available — not just the abstract. Both panels have a Regenerate button, so if a better copy of the paper becomes available you can rerun the analysis without leaving the tab.
Under the hood
- Usage accounting is more accurate and more robust under concurrent requests, so the monthly counters you see always match what the server enforces.
- Subscription and trial state is now managed entirely server-side, with tighter protections around how it can be changed.
- We removed a browser permission the extension no longer needed, so the install prompt asks for less.
- Annual billing, better handling of canceled-but-still-active subscriptions, and clearer error messages throughout the checkout flow.
What's next
The next few releases are focused on the Vault: richer cross-paper insights, better semantic search over your saved library, and more citation formats for Google Docs export. If there's something you'd like to see first, tell us — we read everything.
You can install or update Bioscript from the Chrome Web Store. Thanks for building your research workflow with us.
— The Bioscript team