FAQ
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Getting Started
The Chrome extension is free and available now. See tropes, spice levels, and CW tags on any Goodreads book page. The web app is live with full browse, search, shelves, and Reading Stacks. Community features (The Great Hall, Book Chat) are rolling out for everyone with an account. iOS app is coming soon.
Install the Chrome extension and visit any book on Goodreads. MoodReads automatically shows you spice, tropes, vibes, and 40+ other fields. No import needed! You can also import your full Goodreads library on the web app and search across all your books. iOS app coming soon.
Chrome extension is desktop only. Web app works on any device. iOS app coming soon.
Understanding MoodReads
Goodreads tells you what books you’ve read and want to read. MoodReads tells you which one to read right now. Goodreads requires manual organization; MoodReads automatically adds 40+ searchable tags like romance tropes, relationship dynamics, and emotional weight. Think filing cabinet vs. personal librarian.
For now, yes. MoodReads: Romantasy Edition focuses on romance and romantasy readers because these are the books I read and I know the gap exists because I’ve been looking for it (lol). Spice ratings, trope filtering, POV, audiobooks, and HEA/HFN tracking matter to our little community. You can import all your books, but romance-specific fields will only populate for romance titles. Genre expansion (fantasy, mystery, thriller, sci-fi) is planned for future phases.
It’s the difference between what you want to read and what you can handle right now. Brain completely fried? We’ll point you to books that don’t need you to track three political factions. Maybe you just need a guaranteed HEA and low emotional weight after a rough week. Or maybe you want to be emotionally destroyed on purpose — there’s a filter for that too.
Features & Metadata
All of them. Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, fated mates, only one bed, fake dating, morally gray love interest, villain gets the girl, why choose/reverse harem, and 70+ more. MoodReads also separates relationship dynamics (how characters relate) from romance tropes (plot situations) so you can find the energy you want.
Yep. We use a 0–5 scale: from None 🥛 (0) to Explicit 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (5). We also track spice style tags like “slow burn,” “emotional intimacy focus,” and specific content tags for readers who know exactly what they’re looking for.
We do. Detailed, severity-based content warnings with 100+ tags. Not just "violence: yes/no" but specific warnings like "referenced" vs. "on-page" so you know exactly what you’re getting into. You can filter books out by warnings you want to avoid, or filter in if you’re seeking specific themes.
Yes! I know romantasy readers love AO3. (Hi, I’m one of you.) MoodReads supports fanfiction import and tagging just like published books, so you can organize your Dramione fics alongside your Sarah J. Maas collection.
Community & Social
Live chat rooms for individual books. Talk about the plot twist on page 340 with people who’ve read it. Spoiler-safe, organized by book, and way better than screaming into the void of a general book club chat.
Yep. Share your shelves, compare how your reading taste overlaps with friends, see who else is hoarding the same 500-book TBR. No bio needed. Your shelves say more about you than a bio ever could.
The community feed. Daily reading prompts, “just finished” celebrations, hot takes about morally gray love interests. React with book-specific emojis instead of generic likes. BookTok energy without the algorithm.
Pricing & Access
Yes! You can browse the full web app, use the Chrome extension (25 lookups/day), search with BookMatch (5/day), and hang out in the community — all free. Upgrading gets you all 40+ data fields on every book, unlimited extension and BookMatch searches, the iOS app, and every future feature. The first 500 Founding Members pay $19 once, yours forever. After 500 spots fill, it’ll be $3/month.
Everything, forever, for $19. Unlimited lookups and BookMatch searches, all 40+ data fields on every book, the iOS app, and a permanent Founding Member badge. The web app, community, and Chrome extension are free for everyone — but Founding Members get the full unthrottled experience plus direct input on what we build next. After the first 500 spots fill, this price goes away and new members pay $3/month.
We have 3,600+ romantasy books enriched and growing. If your book isn’t there yet, Unlimited users get instant tagging for any book. Popular requests get added to our verified database within days.
Values & Ethics
Every book is tagged across 40+ fields — tropes, spice, content warnings, dynamics, vibes, setting, and more. We tag what’s in the book so you can find it. That’s it. Read more on our Values page.
Every book page has a report button. Hit it, tell me what’s off, and I’ll fix it. I read every single report. Spice levels and content warnings especially need to be accurate, so your feedback genuinely makes the database better for everyone.
We help readers find your book, that’s it. We tag books with tropes, spice levels, and content warnings so the reader who’s looking for exactly what you wrote can find it. We do write short editorial notes to help readers discover your book, but we don’t generate reviews or create any version of your work. If anything about your book’s listing feels off, email me at jenny@moodreads.app and I’ll sort it out personally.
Still have questions?
Email me at jenny@moodreads.app. I read everything and respond personally.
