The ProWritingAid Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about ProWritingAid in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
ProWritingAid
The Insider’s Guide
Grammar, style and story-critique toolkit for book writers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among writing tools, read from ProWritingAid’s own pages.
Made by Orpheus Technology · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from ProWritingAid’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on ProWritingAid’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade
ProWritingAid is an editing tool aimed mainly at fiction and book writers. Alongside grammar and style checking with more than 25 writing reports, it offers AI rephrasing, chapter critiques and credit-based analyses of a whole manuscript, plus planning and writing-habit tools. It runs in a web editor, in desktop apps for Windows and Mac, and through browser extensions.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about ProWritingAid, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Everything needs a connection, the desktop apps included.
- 1
Best for editing a novel chapter by chapter
Monthly is three times the yearly price, and the whole-manuscript analyses cost Story Credits on top.
- 2
Paid plans start at $10 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $10 per month, billed yearly ($120).
- 3
There is a free plan
Grammar, spelling and punctuation checks on up to 500 words at a time, 2 runs of each line-editing report, 10 Rephrases, 3 Sparks and 3 Creative Nudges a day.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, Windows and macOS, with a browser extension too.
- 5
Grammar Checker and Writing Reports
Fixes grammar, spelling, punctuation and consistency issues, and more than 25 reports analyze readability, sentence structure, sticky sentences and word choice.
- 6
Rephrase and Sparks
Rephrase offers alternative phrasings for a sentence, and Sparks suggests rewrites in different styles. Free accounts get 10 Rephrases and 3 Sparks a day.
- 7
Chapter Critique
Feedback on the pacing, dialogue and prose of a single chapter. Premium includes 1 critique a day and Premium Pro 30 a day.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 32 of 69
That is against the other writing tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
The plain part of ProWritingAid you could make: long-form writing. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
ProWritingAid at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $10 per month, billed yearly ($120)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows, Browser extension
- Made by
- Orpheus Technology, since 2013
- Category
- Writing Tools
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for editing a novel chapter by chapter
ProWritingAid is an editing toolkit for people writing books: grammar plus more than 25 reports on your prose and chapter critiques, inside Word, Scrivener and Google Docs. Monthly is three times the yearly price, and the whole-manuscript analyses cost Story Credits on top. The free plan checks 500 words at a time, everything needs a connection, and there are no phone apps.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Premium is $10 a month billed yearly ($120), which sits in the middle band for writing tools, where plans run from about $5 to $12. Monthly is $30, so yearly is the only sensible way in. Lifetime is $399, and Story Credits and plagiarism checks cost extra again. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free for good, but these are caps you'll hit on day one: grammar, spelling and punctuation on up to 500 words at a time, 2 runs of each report, 10 Rephrases and 3 Sparks a day. Fine for an email, not a chapter. |
| Features | B | It covers the whole job: grammar and style with more than 25 reports on readability, structure and word choice, Rephrase for other ways to say a sentence, Chapter Critique on pacing and dialogue, Story Canvas for planning, and whole-story reads up to 300,000 words on credits. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, so we go on the listing: it works inside the apps you already write in, Word, Scrivener and Google Docs, with nothing to configure, and there's a web editor too. Everything needs a connection, the desktop apps included. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A web editor, desktop apps for Windows and Mac, Chrome, Edge and Firefox extensions, and a real list of places it works inside: Word, Scrivener, Google Docs, Atticus, Vellum, Apple Notes, Notion and Wattpad. No phone apps, which keeps it off an A. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who ProWritingAid is for
- Fits if you write fiction and want feedback on a chapter, not only on your commas
- Works for editing in Scrivener, Word or Google Docs with the checks inside them
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $30 for Premium against $120 for the whole year
- Tight if you're staying free, since it checks at most 500 words at a time and runs each report twice a day
- Not for you if you edit offline, because the web editor and every integration, desktop apps included, need a connection
- Watch out: Manuscript Analysis and the other full-story tools need Story Credits, bought apart from the subscription
- Watch out: plagiarism checks are sold separately in bundles of up to 2,000 words a check, and there are no phone apps
Good to know
Good for
- Fiction writers who want feedback on a chapter or a whole manuscript
- Authors who edit in Scrivener, Word or Google Docs
- Writers who would rather buy a lifetime license than subscribe
Worth knowing
- The Free plan checks at most 500 words at a time and allows 2 runs of each report per day.
- Manuscript Analysis, Virtual Beta Reader and the other full-story tools need Story Credits, bought separately from a subscription.
- An internet connection is required for the Web Editor and every integration, including the desktop apps.
- Plagiarism checks are sold separately in bundles, and each check covers up to 2,000 words.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$10
A month to start. There is a free plan too
ProWritingAid has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per month, billed yearly ($120).
Free
$0
Grammar, spelling and punctuation checks on up to 500 words, with 10 Rephrases, 3 Sparks and 2 runs of each report per day.
Premium
$10
per month, billed yearly ($120); $30 billed monthly
Unlimited word count, report runs and Rephrases, 25+ writing reports, a custom style guide, 1 Chapter Critique and 5 Sparks a day.
Premium Pro
$12
per month, billed yearly ($144); $36 billed monthly
Everything in Premium, plus 30 Chapter Critiques and 50 Sparks a day, live workshops, daily cowriting sprints and a 200+ workshop library.
Premium (Lifetime)
$399
one-time payment
The Premium feature set for a single payment instead of a subscription.
Premium Pro (Lifetime)
$699
one-time payment
The Premium Pro feature set for a single payment instead of a subscription.
The free plan
Grammar, spelling and punctuation checks on up to 500 words at a time, 2 runs of each line-editing report, 10 Rephrases, 3 Sparks and 3 Creative Nudges a day.
Read from prowritingaid.com on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 67% with yearly billing
Premium is $10 a month billed yearly ($120) against $30 billed monthly, and Premium Pro is $12 a month ($144) against $36. The pricing page states a 67% saving.
Stated on prowritingaid.comLifetime license
Lifetime licenses from $399
A one-time payment of $399 buys Premium and $699 buys Premium Pro, each with a 3-day money-back guarantee.
Stated on prowritingaid.comEducation
20% student discount on annual plans
Students get 20% off annual subscriptions by verifying through the Student App Centre with an academic email address or other evidence of student status.
Stated on help.prowritingaid.comEducation
Free ProWritingAid for Education license
Primary and secondary school teachers can apply for a free ProWritingAid for Education license for themselves and their students.
Stated on help.prowritingaid.comBy country
Lower price shown to buyers in India
ProWritingAid says prices depend on the visitor's country and shows rupees in India. On 9 October 2026 Premium there was ₹550 a month billed yearly (₹6,600), against $10 a month ($120) in a US copy archived on 5 October.
Stated on prowritingaid.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows and Browser extension
Grammar, style and story-critique toolkit for book writers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, long-form writing, grammar & style.
- Grammar Checker and Writing Reports
- Fixes grammar, spelling, punctuation and consistency issues, and more than 25 reports analyze readability, sentence structure, sticky sentences and word choice.
- Rephrase and Sparks
- Rephrase offers alternative phrasings for a sentence, and Sparks suggests rewrites in different styles. Free accounts get 10 Rephrases and 3 Sparks a day.
- Chapter Critique
- Feedback on the pacing, dialogue and prose of a single chapter. Premium includes 1 critique a day and Premium Pro 30 a day.
- Full-manuscript analysis
- Manuscript Analysis, Plot Analysis, Character Analysis, Virtual Beta Reader and Marketability Analysis each cost 1 Story Credit per run on stories up to 300,000 words.
- Planning and writing tools
- Story Canvas gives guided prompts on characters, plot, setting and structure before drafting, and Writing Sessions provide a distraction-free writing space.
- Works inside other writing apps
- Desktop Everywhere for Windows and Mac covers Word, Scrivener and other desktop apps, and Chrome, Edge and Firefox extensions cover Google Docs, Atticus and web pages.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Microsoft Word
- Google Docs
- Scrivener
- Atticus
- Vellum
- Apple Notes
- Notion
- Wattpad
ProWritingAid is made by Orpheus Technology, and has been around since 2013.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
32/69
Other writing tools it is graded above
ProWritingAid's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (B, above 36 of 69) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 5).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 28 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 writing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. ProWritingAid’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 69
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 69
- BFeaturesAbove 36 of 69
- BEase of useAbove 32 of 69
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 32 of 69
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 writing tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. ProWritingAid is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of ProWritingAid you could make: long-form writing. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $120 a year.
What you could make
- Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Grammar checking as you type, wherever you type.
- A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Scrivener among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. ProWritingAid’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Grammarly, AutoCrit, Hemingway Editor, LanguageTool and Fictionary
The 5 tools ProWritingAid is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Grammarly
Free plan · from $12/mo
Writing assistant for grammar, tone and rewrites in any app.
- Only Grammarly lists iOS and Android apps.
- ProWritingAid also covers long-form writing.
- Grammarly also covers AI agents, citations and documents.
- 2.0GPA
AutoCrit
Free plan · from $15/mo
Online manuscript editor and story analysis for book authors.
- Only ProWritingAid lists Windows and macOS apps.
- Only ProWritingAid lists a browser extension.
- 2.4GPA
Hemingway Editor
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Readability editor that flags wordy, hard-to-read sentences.
- Only ProWritingAid lists a browser extension.
- Hemingway Editor can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- ProWritingAid also covers long-form writing.
- 2.8GPA
LanguageTool
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Grammar and style checker for more than 30 languages.
- Only LanguageTool lists an iOS app.
- LanguageTool is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- ProWritingAid also covers long-form writing.
- 1.8GPA
Fictionary
Free trial · from $14/mo
Story-structure software for outlining, writing and editing novels.
- ProWritingAid has a free plan. Fictionary does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only ProWritingAid lists Windows and macOS apps.
- Only ProWritingAid lists a browser extension.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is ProWritingAid free?
ProWritingAid has a free plan. Grammar, spelling and punctuation checks on up to 500 words at a time, 2 runs of each line-editing report, 10 Rephrases, 3 Sparks and 3 Creative Nudges a day.
How much does ProWritingAid cost?
ProWritingAid lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does ProWritingAid work on?
ProWritingAid is available on Web, Windows and macOS. It also has a browser extension.
Does ProWritingAid offer any discounts?
ProWritingAid publicly lists the following: Save 67% with yearly billing; Lifetime licenses from $399; 20% student discount on annual plans; Free ProWritingAid for Education license; Lower price shown to buyers in India.
Does ProWritingAid have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. ProWritingAid is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Does ProWritingAid have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. ProWritingAid is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Is ProWritingAid open source?
ProWritingAid is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
What does ProWritingAid integrate with?
ProWritingAid's listing names Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, Atticus, Vellum, Apple Notes, Notion and Wattpad.
Does ProWritingAid have a student discount?
20% student discount on annual plans. Students get 20% off annual subscriptions by verifying through the Student App Centre with an academic email address or other evidence of student status.
Who makes ProWritingAid?
ProWritingAid is made by Orpheus Technology. It dates from 2013.
What are the alternatives to ProWritingAid?
The closest alternatives to ProWritingAid in our directory are Grammarly, AutoCrit, Hemingway Editor, LanguageTool and Fictionary.
How does ProWritingAid compare with other writing tools?
ProWritingAid's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade, and level with 10.
Is ProWritingAid good value for money?
ToolGPA grades ProWritingAid C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 28 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of ProWritingAid?
The plain part of ProWritingAid you could make: long-form writing. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from ProWritingAid’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ProWritingAid's own pages on 9 October 2026. Its pricing page shows rupees where we read it, so the dollar prices are from archived US copies of that page. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-02-28.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Orpheus Technology. Prices change, so check prowritingaid.com before you buy.
- prowritingaid.com/pricing
- web.archive.org/web/20260921080526/https://prowritingaid.com/pricing
- web.archive.org/web/20261005054008/https://prowritingaid.com/pricing
- prowritingaid.com
- prowritingaid.com/features
- prowritingaid.com/integrations
- prowritingaid.com/credits
- prowritingaid.com/download/desktop-editor
- prowritingaid.com/en/App/PlagiarismChecker
- prowritingaid.com/about-us
- help.prowritingaid.com/article/95-what-is-the-difference-between-free-and-premium
- help.prowritingaid.com/article/84-does-prowritingaid-offer-a-student-discount
- help.prowritingaid.com/article/99-what-do-i-need-to-use-prowritingaid
- help.prowritingaid.com/article/142-what-currency-is-shown-for-prowritingaid-pricing
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- ProWritingAid, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/prowritingaid
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what ProWritingAid’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. ProWritingAid is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Orpheus Technology. Prices and plans change: check prowritingaid.com before you buy.