Scribens review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Free grammar checker with explanations, in over 40 languages
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Scribens report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a free grammar check that explains each mistake
Scribens checks grammar and spelling in 40-odd languages and explains each error it flags. The free version is capped at 8,000 characters a day and shows ads. Premium costs €4.99 a month on a one-year term but €9.90 if you pay monthly, and the pricing sits on the mobile app page.
Who Scribens is for
- Fits if you check short texts and want to learn why each correction was made
- Works for people writing in a language other than English
Who Scribens is not for
- Skip it if you check long documents, as Free stops at 8,000 characters a day
- Tight if ads bother you, since Free shows them and removing them needs Premium
- Pricey if you pay monthly: €9.90 against €4.99 on the one-year term
- Watch out: prices were read in euros and sit on the app page, and the homepage footer carries a 2020 copyright
Why Scribens gets a 2.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money€59.90 for a year, about €4.99 a month, which is in the cheapest quarter. The one-month price is €9.90.
- BFree plan and trialFree checking of up to 8,000 characters a day, with ads. One person can get through short documents on that.
- CFeaturesGrammar, paraphrasing in tones, 40 languages, extensions and a mobile app. The listing notes extensions appear under Premium, so what Free includes is unclear.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record, but it's paste-and-check on the web with nothing to set up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, Chrome extension, Office and Google add-ins, plus iPhone and Android. No desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Scribens's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Scribens's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 67 of the 100 other writing tools we grade, and level with 18.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 68 of 100) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $5.57 a month, against a middle price of $8.33 for the category: 13 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 101 writing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Scribens’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 53 of 100, level with 11
- BFree plan and trialAbove 68 of 100, level with 12
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 100, level with 63
- BEase of useAbove 58 of 100, level with 40
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 51 of 100, level with 41
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 79 writing tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Scribens, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Scribens does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 67 of the 100 other writing tools we grade. It costs $66.90 a year.
What you could not
- Grammar checking as you type, wherever you type.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft Word among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Scribens’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.
What is Scribens?
Scribens is a grammar and spelling checker that explains each mistake it finds. The free web version is ad-supported and capped per day, and Premium adds higher limits, paraphrasing in 20 tones and an ad-free site. It also offers a Chrome extension, Office and Google add-ins, and a mobile app.
Worth knowing
- The free version is limited to 8,000 characters a day and shows ads.
- Prices were read in euros; no dollar price was displayed.
- Extensions are listed under Premium on the homepage comparison, so check what the free version includes.
- The homepage footer carries a 2020 copyright and the pricing sits on the mobile app page, not a dedicated pricing page.
Key features
- Grammar and spelling checks
- Covers conjugation, agreement, prepositions, homonyms and punctuation, with an explanation attached to each mistake.
- Rewriting and paraphrasing
- Rewrites text in 20 possible tones. Unlimited paraphrasing is a Premium feature.
- Over 40 languages
- The checker works in more than 40 languages, including English, French and Spanish, with dictionaries for definitions and synonyms.
- Extensions and add-ins
- A Chrome extension and add-ins for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, per the homepage.
- Mobile app
- A keyboard on iOS and an accessibility-based overlay on Android offer correction, rephrasing and translation in other apps.
Scribens pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Scribens has a free plan, and paid plans start at €4.99 per month on the 1-year term (€59.90 per year).
- Starts at
- €4.99 per month on the 1-year term (€59.90 per year)
- Free plan
- Grammar checking with explanations, dictionaries and 40 languages, limited to 8,000 characters per day and shown with ads.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Grammar and spelling checks with explanations, up to 8,000 characters per day, with ads. |
| Premium 1 month | €9.90per month, billed monthly | Up to 5 million characters a month, 100,000 per check, unlimited paraphrasing and no ads. |
| Premium 3 months | €24.90per 3 months (€8.30 a month) | Same Premium features. The page marks this term as 16% off the monthly rate. |
| Premium 1 year | €59.90per year (€4.99 a month) | Same Premium features. The page marks this term as 50% off the monthly rate. |
Read from scribens.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scribens before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount50% off the yearly term
The mobile app page shows the 1-year Premium term at €59.90, marked 50% off the monthly rate, against €9.90 billed monthly.
Stated on scribens.com
Works with
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Common questions
Does Scribens have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Scribens is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Scribens have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Scribens is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Scribens open source?
Scribens is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.