Hemingway Editor Plus review
7.1/10★★★★★Readability editor that flags dense sentences; Plus adds AI fixes, grammar and tone
- Best for
- Bloggers and marketers who want plainer, more readable copy
- Price
- Freemium · from $8.33/month
Free: Unlimited readability analysis on the web, no account needed - Platforms
- Web, Desktop app
- Made by
- Hemingway (Adam and Ben Long) · since 2013
What it is
Hemingway Editor highlights hard-to-read sentences, passive voice, adverbs and complex words, and grades your text's readability. The free web version needs no account; Editor Plus adds AI fixes for highlighted issues, grammar checking, tone adjustment and file import and export. A one-off Hemingway Editor Classic desktop app works offline without AI.
What the AI does
- AI fixes for highlighted sentences
- Grammar checking
- Tone adjustment
- Document feedback
Pros and cons
- Very clear, colour-coded readability feedback
- Excellent free web version
- Distraction-free and fast to learn
- No browser extension, so you paste text in
- AI rewrites can strip nuance and voice
- Narrow feature set compared with full writing suites
How it scores
Simple and effective for a final readability pass; limited features and no extension or mobile apps.
Feature checklist · 4 of 9
- Grammar and spelling checks (yes)
- Rewrites or paraphrases your sentences (yes)
- Adjusts tone, formality or length (yes)
- Drafts new text from a prompt or template (no)
- Works inside other apps via extension, add-in or keyboard (no)
- Supports languages other than English (no)
- Plagiarism or AI-detection check (no)
- Readability or in-depth style reports (yes)
- Custom style guide, brand voice or matches your own style (no)
Alternatives
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- Grammarly 8.6/10Anyone who wants polished, correct writing in every app without copying text into a separate tool
- QuillBot 8.1/10Students and non-native English writers who want to rephrase, summarise and cite on a budget
- LanguageTool 8.0/10People who write in more than one language, especially European languages
- ProWritingAid 7.7/10Novelists and long-form writers who want deep editing reports, not just error fixes
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