LitLab Free vs. LitLab Premium

LitLab offers a free tier so every teacher can use it in their classroom — no budget approval or district contract required. LitLab Free includes Grab-and-Go decodables, custom decodable creation, and a preview of the student fluency platform, with weekly usage limits. LitLab Premium unlocks the full library, unlimited generation and printing, and, with Full Access, the complete student fluency platform with AI analysis and progress-monitoring dashboards.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

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LitLab Free

LitLab Free is designed so any teacher can get started immediately, with no purchase required. Includes:

• 150 stories from the Grab-and-Go decodable library, plus ~150 more when you invite 5 colleagues (see Refer colleagues)
• 5 custom decodables per week from the story generator
• 5 story prints/downloads per week — see Printables
• Limited selection of supported phonics programs and sequences
• Limited comprehension questions and printables
• Limited preview of the student fluency platform, including 5 AI fluency analyses per week

LitLab Free works well if you want to try LitLab before a wider rollout, teach a small group, or don’t need fluency data or progress monitoring yet.

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Refer colleagues for more free stories

Free-tier teachers can double their Grab-and-Go access by inviting other educators. When teachers refer 5+ colleagues, LitLab unlocks an additional set of ~150 referral-only Grab-and-Go stories on your account, roughly doubling your free story count.

• Locked stories in the library show either an envelope icon (unlocks by referral) or a Premium chip (requires a paid plan), so you can see at a glance which cards a referral will open.
• Referrals apply to the Grab-and-Go library only. They do not raise your weekly generation, printing, or AI fluency analysis limits, and they don’t unlock the full Premium library.
• Referral-unlocked stories reset at the start of each school year. Invite colleagues again in the new year to unlock the bonus set for that year.

Look for the “Invite colleagues” prompts in-app to send invites and track progress toward the 5-teacher threshold.

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LitLab Premium

LitLab Premium comes in two subscription options for schools and districts. See Products & Subscriptions for more detail.

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Educator Access

Everything educators need to find, create, and print decodable content:

• Full 1,500+ story decodable library
• Unlimited custom decodable generation and printables
• All supported phonics programs and sequences
• Full comprehension questions, printables, and reading guides
• Remix stories
• Limited preview of the student fluency platform, including 5 AI fluency analyses per week

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Full Access

Everything in Educator Access, plus the full Student Fluency Platform:

• Unlimited student accounts and assignments
• Oral reading and spelling practice
• Unlimited AI fluency analysis of student recordings
• Real-time student feedback
• Full recording review and student reading history
• Student and class progress dashboards
• Curriculum-aligned Skill Maps

Full Access is the right fit if you’re using LitLab as a daily phonics-block tool, want fluency data on every student, or are rolling out across a grade level, a school, or a district.

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Pricing

School and district licenses are annual site licenses. Pricing depends on your size and which subscription option you choose.

• Request a quote for your school or district
• Email ops@litlab.ai if you’re unsure which plan fits