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DetailScifocus logo ScifocusPopwave logo Popwave
What it doesAI-powered research assistant for academic writing and scientific discovery AI creation workbench for Chinese web novels
StageStartup Startup
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given CN
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree tier with 800 words. Paid plans: Basic $6.99/month (10,000 words/month for Daily Academic Toolkit, 5,000 for Research Assistant Pro); Pro $10.99/month (50,000 words/month for Toolkit, 7,500 for Pro); Ultimate $35.99/month (unlimited Toolkit access, 15,000 words/month for Research Assistant Pro Free plan with daily sign-in power; Lite membership ¥19.90/month (first month ¥28.00); Basic membership ¥49.90/month (first month ¥68.00); Pro membership ¥99.90/month (first month ¥128.00)
Key features
  • Literature review tools to find and organize relevant research
  • Note-taking and mind-mapping features for organizing research insights
  • Essay and academic writing assistance
  • Support for responding to reviewer comments and revisions
  • Grammar checker and citation format conversion
  • Paraphrasing tools for original content creation
  • Over 50 modules in Daily Academic Toolkit for essay and research support
  • Research Highlights Extractor and Content Fusion tools
  • Multiple AI model integration with seamless switching
  • End-to-end encryption and advanced security measures
  • Story continuation with AI
  • Character and worldbuilding
  • Image generation
  • Content detection
  • Project workspace with auto-save
  • Multi-tier AI models
What makes it different
  • Grounded in scientific expertise with content trained on scholarly articles and STM knowledge
  • Comprehensive all-in-one platform covering entire research lifecycle from idea to publication
  • User data ownership and privacy protection without using inputs to train base models
  • Model-agnostic flexibility allowing seamless switching across different LLMs
  • Journal-standard output optimization for publication-ready academic content
  • Full-process AI workbench designed specifically for Chinese web novel authors
  • Flexible pay-as-you-go and tiered membership model
  • All creative content remains owned by the author
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)6 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)70
Citation Flow (Majestic)270
Referring domains (Majestic)630

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