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Editorial pick
Hemingway Editor
Readability + clarity editor.
Try Hemingway Editor✓ Free trial available
Best for
Writers and marketers who want a sharp readability filter for clear, plain-language writing — cheap and focused.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $8/mo
- Setup time
- Instant
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/19/2026
What we love
- ✓One-time desktop purchase is rare and valuable
- ✓Simple, focused tool — does one thing well
- ✓Grade-level metric is a useful editorial guardrail
Where it falls short
- −Style rules are blunt — flags valid stylistic choices
- −AI rewrites are weaker than dedicated writing assistants
- −Free web version has no save or sync
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20263 tiers
Web (Free)
$0
forever
- ✓Editor in browser
- ✓All readability features
- ✓No save
Desktop
$19.99
one-time purchase
- ✓Mac and Windows
- ✓Save and load files
- ✓Offline use
- ✓Export to Word/HTML
Hemingway Plus
$10
per month
- ✓AI sentence rewriting
- ✓Cloud save
- ✓Browser extension
Why we picked it
Free, fast, and forces you to write cleaner. No AI needed (until recently).
Overview
Highlights complex sentences, passive voice, adverbs. The minimalist tool everyone uses before publishing.
Key features
- ●Highlights hard-to-read sentences in yellow and red
- ●Flags adverbs, passive voice, and complex phrases
- ●Readability grade level for any text
- ●Desktop app for offline editing — one-time purchase
- ●AI rewriting (Plus) for flagged sentences
- ●Export to Word, Markdown, HTML
Best use cases
Marketing copy polish
Tighten landing pages, emails, and ads to a 6th-8th grade reading level for broader appeal.
Blog editing
Run blog drafts through Hemingway before publishing to cut passive voice and tighten sentences.
Technical writing
Make API docs and onboarding emails accessible to non-technical readers.
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