HyperWrite vs Type.ai

HyperWrite

• People who write in Chrome and want inline sentence completions
• Drafting email replies and other routine text with AI tools
• Students and researchers who need cited sources while drafting

Type.ai

• Novelists and screenwriters drafting with AI assistance
• Writers revising an existing manuscript imported from Word
• People who want chat and the draft in one window

HyperWrite

• Premium is capped at 250 AI messages a month; unlimited messages need Ultra at $29 a month billed annually.
• The Free account gets limited monthly credits and only the basic AI model.
• The only browser extension listed is for Chrome, and no desktop or mobile apps are listed.
• Month-to-month billing costs more: $19.99 for Premium and $44.99 for Ultra.

Type.ai

• The Free plan's credits do not replenish; after they run out, AI features stop until a paid plan is bought.
• Paid plans' monthly credits reset on the renewal date and do not roll over, and every AI feature draws on them.
• There is no native iOS or Android app, only a mobile web version that can be added to the home screen.
• A document is limited to 150,000 words, and the editor offers a single font with no size options.

HyperWrite

TypeAhead

The Chrome extension suggests the next words in line as you type on websites; pressing Tab accepts a suggestion. It adapts to your tone the more it is used.

AutoWrite and AI tools

AutoWrite drafts a paragraph on request, and a library of hundreds of single-purpose tools covers jobs such as rewriting text, replying to email and writing speeches.

HyperChat

A chat with the assistant for research, brainstorming and problem solving, with citations and real-time information on paid plans.

Scholar AI

Searches millions of scholarly articles and papers for a topic and returns results backed by citations to peer-reviewed sources.

AI Document Editor

A document editor whose built-in chat can see the current draft, give feedback, find sources and apply changes to the text itself.

Custom personas and tools

Personas make the AI write in your own style, 3 on Premium and 10 on Ultra, and custom tools can be built for a recurring workflow.

Type.ai

Type Chat beside the draft

A chat assistant in the right pane reads the draft and can research, give feedback, brainstorm ideas or rewrite passages without copying text between tools.

Inline commands and Brushes

Pressing / opens a command palette that writes at the cursor. Highlighted text can be rewritten with a preset Brush or a custom prompt, then accepted or rejected inline.

Notes on the story

Notes hold details about characters, settings and scenes. They can be edited by hand or through chat, and are taken into account in writing help.

Custom Styles

A Style is a set of writing rules, generated from an uploaded sample of earlier work or built from scratch, that can be applied to new drafts.

Import, export and narration

Imports DOCX files, PDFs, images or a URL, and exports PDF, DOCX, HTML or Markdown, a view-only link, or an AI-narrated audio track.

Offline mode and version history

Writing and editing continue without a connection and sync across devices once back online. AI features do not work offline.

HyperWrite

• Free$0

  A limited number of monthly credits on HyperWrite's basic AI.

• Premium$16

  per month, billed annually ($192); $19.99 billed monthly

  250 AI messages a month, citations and real-time information, 3 custom personas, the library of AI tools and unlimited TypeAheads.

• Ultra$29

  per month, billed annually ($348); $44.99 billed monthly

  Unlimited AI messages, 10 custom personas, unlimited TypeAheads and first access to experimental writing and agent features.

Type.ai

• Free$0

  Every feature with a limited, one-time grant of credits that never expire. Once they are spent, AI features pause but drafts stay accessible.

• Basic$8

  per month, billed annually ($96); $12 billed monthly

  500,000 credits a month, pitched at shorter content and stories, with premium AI models and priority email support.

• Pro$16

  per month, billed annually ($192); $24 billed monthly

  1,500,000 credits a month, three times the Basic allowance, pitched at longer works such as a novel or screenplay.

• Max$64

  per month, billed annually ($768); $96 billed monthly

  6,000,000 credits a month, twelve times the Basic allowance, pitched at writers producing several books a year.

HyperWrite

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing as saving 20%. Premium drops from $19.99 to $16 a month ($192 a year) and Ultra from $44.99 to $29 ($348 a year).

Type.ai

• Annual discount

  Save 33% with annual billing

  Paying annually cuts Basic from $12 to $8 a month, Pro from $24 to $16 and Max from $96 to $64. The pricing page labels this a 33% saving.