Changelog
What's new.
Features, improvements, and fixes shipped to Alfred Scholar.
July 2026
Citations you can click, and a calmer toolbar
Click any citation once to open its options, remove a reference without hunting for it, and find the writing tools where you expect them.
Read moreCampus: a plan for departments and universities
A new institutional tier for whole departments and universities, with custom seats, billing, and support. Contact us for tailored pricing.
Read moreA clearer pricing page
The pricing page now leads with what researchers say, groups what Pro includes by what you actually do, and spells out the free trial and money-back guarantee up front.
Read moreLab is now a focused 5-person team
The Lab plan now seats a principal investigator and four researchers, five editing seats in all, with unlimited view-only peer reviewers unchanged.
Read moreUpdated pricing for Pro, Lab, and the lifetime edition
Pro is now ₹899/month, Lab is now ₹4,499/month, and the Founding Scholar lifetime edition is ₹26,999 in India or $349 elsewhere. Annual billing still gets you 2 months free.
Read moreAsk Alfred to organize your notebook
Alfred can now create folders in your Second Brain and file notes into them for you. Ask it to tidy your notes by topic, and it will make the folders, move the notes, and link the related ones, all from a normal chat.
Read moreSecond Brain: Alfred keeps a research notebook for you
After your conversations with Ask Alfred, the durable learnings (directions, decisions, preferences, conclusions) are saved as notes you can browse, edit, and connect. Those notes inform future conversations, so Alfred remembers your work.
Read moreThe homepage now walks the journey of a paper
The workspace tour follows a paper from gathering the literature to a manuscript ready to submit, with Telescope and Loops finally given their proper place, real product screenshots, and honest fact fixes throughout.
Read moreFounding Scholar, now available worldwide
The lifetime edition is open to scholars everywhere: $199 once, with PayPal and major cards accepted. In India, it remains Rs 14,999.
Read moreLoops: a weekly research digest that comes to you
Pick a few keywords and a time. Once a week, Alfred searches the world for what's new on your topic over the last 7 days and emails you a digest, saved in your workspace as an Insight.
Read moreA partner program for people who already recommend Alfred Scholar
If you've been telling your lab, your cohort, or your followers about Alfred Scholar, there's now a way to make that official. Write to us and we'll set you up.
Read moreManuscript check, without the scores
The AI-detection and writing-health panels are now a single Manuscript check panel, and both scores are gone. What is left is findings you can verify in your own text, plus spelling and grammar that runs entirely in your browser.
Read moreRewrite keeps your citations, and your length
Rewrite now works on passages that contain citations, keeps those citations exactly as you wrote them, stops shortening your writing, and gives each alternative a distinct approach you can choose between.
Read moreSpelling and grammar, checked as you write
Spelling and grammar moves out of Manuscript check into its own panel, and marks the errors right in your text. Corrections are one click, a repeated mistake is one click for all of them, and it still runs entirely in your browser.
Read moreCitations open beside your conversation
Chat citations now render reliably, open the source next to your conversation instead of navigating away, and land on the cited page with the quoted passage highlighted.
Read moreThe Pro trial is now 3 days
New workspaces start with a 3-day Pro trial. Share an approved testimonial to add 7 more days of Pro.
Read moreTelescope, for every member
Compare a stack of papers side by side in one table. Telescope is now available to every scholar on a paid plan or trial.
Read moreA calmer way to sign in
The sign-in and account screens have been redesigned into one quiet study: a theme-aware painting, gentler forms, and a warm greeting, so the very first screen already feels like the scholar's desk.
Read moreA faster front door, and smoother updates
The sign-in and registration pages now load in a fraction of the time and greet you with one calm, choreographed entrance. And when we ship improvements, Alfred Scholar now tells you reliably, with a single reload bringing you the latest version.
Read moreMove documents in and out of folders
Reorganize your library any time: move papers into a folder or back out to the root, one at a time or in bulk, by tapping or dragging.
Read moreBring your own key: more providers, every feature, your model
Connect Amazon Bedrock or OpenRouter, pick a specific model, and run every AI feature on your own key, not just chat.
Read moreSmarter AI for members
AI chat and Telescope now run on our most capable model, with sharper, more complete answers for every paid plan.
Read moreJune 2026
Bring your own AI key
On any paid plan, connect your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini key and run chat on it, with your message limits lifted.
Read moreFounding Scholar: a lifetime plan
Pay once and keep Alfred Scholar for the life of the product. A numbered edition limited to the first 100 scholars.
Read moreMath equations in the manuscript editor
Write inline and display equations right in your manuscript - type LaTeX or build them visually with a math keyboard.
Read moreShare a testimonial, earn a week of Pro
Rate Alfred Scholar and tell other researchers what changed for you. Approved testimonials appear on our site, and you get 7 days of Pro as a thank you.
Read morePro now includes one plagiarism check a month
The Pro plan's monthly originality checks have changed from 5 to 1. Lab still includes unlimited checks for anyone who needs more.
Read moreFinalized manuscripts stay locked, and reviews show only final papers
Marking a manuscript as Final now makes it fully read-only: the text, the title, and images can no longer be changed or resized until you switch it back to Draft. The Peer reviews list now shows only finalized papers, so you assign reviewers and collect feedback on work that is actually ready.
Read moreFind your way with guided tours
The first time you open a page, Alfred now walks you through it with a short guided tour that highlights what each area does and what to do next, including the exact steps to run a plagiarism check. Each tour shows once, and a "?" button replays it anytime.
Read moreA clearer, more useful originality check
The Plagiarism check now highlights the exact overlapping passages in your draft, lets you exclude quotes and references from the score, and exports a professional PDF report you can share.
Read moreSync your Zotero and Mendeley library whenever you want
Your reference library now imports the moment you connect, and a new Sync now button lets you pull the latest citations, PDFs, and annotations on your own schedule.
Read morePricing on the homepage, and a straight answer to "why not a chatbot?"
The homepage now shows real plan prices next to the affordability mission, contrasts grounded page-cited answers with a general chatbot, gives PhD candidates, professors, and labs each their own desk, and tightens every claim to exactly what the product does.
Read moreA living homepage that shows its work
The homepage now demonstrates Alfred instead of describing it: a 3D constellation of papers and citations drifts behind the hero, the chat vignette draws an ink thread from its citation to the exact source passage, verifiable numbers count up, and the roadmap shows what recently shipped - pulled live from this changelog.
Read moreA calmer, more polished way to scroll
Every page of the website now shares one gentle, consistent motion as you scroll: sections settle into place, headlines sharpen into focus, and a thin reading-progress line tracks how far you are. Tuned for phones first, and fully respectful of reduced-motion settings.
Read moreA much better experience on your phone
Every app page now works properly on mobile: bottom navigation, tappable card lists instead of cramped tables, compact headers, and settings you can swipe through.
Read moreOne look, from the front door to your desk
The warm, scholarly look of our website now carries through the whole product: your workspace, settings, and the Citation Constellation explorer all share the same paper canvas, serif headings, and signature highlights.
Read more7-day trials replace the Free plan
Every workspace now starts with a 7-day Pro trial. The permanent Free plan has been removed, and Pro or Lab is required after the trial ends.
Read moreMay 2026
Rewrite with AI in the manuscript editor
Select any text and rewrite it in 5 tones (Humanize, Formal, Concise, Expand, Fix Grammar) with citations preserved.
Read moreUpdated pricing for Pro and Lab plans
Pro is now Rs 499/month and Lab is now Rs 2,499/month. Annual billing gets you 2 months free.
Read moreMendeley library sync
Connect your Mendeley account and import your references, PDFs, and annotations into Alfred Scholar.
Read moreApril 2026
Voice input for chat and manuscripts
Speak instead of type - use your microphone to ask questions in AI chat or dictate directly into the manuscript editor.
Read moreGift codes for sharing plans
Generate and redeem gift codes to give Pro or Lab access to collaborators, students, or partners.
Read moreSearch across manuscripts and performance improvements
Search your manuscripts, reviews, and plagiarism reports by title. Plus Gemini context caching and PDF viewer fixes.
Read moreZotero library sync
Connect your Zotero account and import your reference library into Alfred Scholar.
Read morePlan-based pricing replaces credits
Plan-based usage limits replaced credit counters.
Read morePayments and subscription management
Subscribe to Pro or Lab, upgrade or downgrade plans, and track usage from billing settings.
Read morePeer review assignment and tracking
Assign manuscripts to reviewers, collect structured feedback, and track the review cycle.
Read moreSimilarity detection for manuscripts
Check your manuscripts for overlap against documents in your workspace before submitting.
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