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Ask HN: Grammarly Alternatives?
Grammarly has started injecting all sorts of upsell crap into their app to the point they've made it unusable for me. Does anyone have an alternative they like?
- nativespecies 3y agohttps://hemingwayapp.com/ https://hemingwayapp.com/
- rijavecb 3y agoThere's also Microsoft Editor to which I switched from Grammarly. I'd say it gets in the way a bit less than Grammarly but the suggestions popup/window sometimes gets buggy. It only works in Chromium browsers, so unfortunately no Firefox add-on :/
- Brajeshwar 3y agoI use Grammarly Premium for the last few years but recently have shifted mostly to online tool for longer writings and edits. I do have the Safari Extension running. I have not seen any form or upsell or ads, and I unsubscribed from their marketing emails. The closest alternative is https://languagetool.org https://languagetool.org
- neom 3y agoI use the free version, and occasionally they would prompt to upgrade to the premium, I didn't mind this. Now they highlight the text all number of colours and each colour means something but I can't use those features because I don't pay for it and I can't turn all the "you could have this but you don't" stuff. I get bugged at least 10 times a day by it to upgrade to some feature, and features I don't even want (otherwise I'd upgrade!) - anyway, thank you, I'll check our your recommendation.
- checker659 3y agosudowrite
- chatmasta 3y agoDelete the spyware from your computer and don't look back.
- CrypticShift 3y agohttps://quillbot.com/grammar-check https://quillbot.com/grammar-check ?
- DarrenDev 3y agoI built one pre-Grammarly that functions as an add-in to Microsoft Word. It's aimed at creative writers and never really took off, though it does have a cohort of die hard fans. Still sells a few copies a month after all these years - usually to romance writers. https://smart-edit.com/Home/Creative/ https://smart-edit.com/Home/Creative/ Some screenshots: https://smart-edit.com/Gallery/ https://smart-edit.com/Gallery/
- solardev 3y agoYou could ask ChatGPT for advice? It's one of the better writers I've seen.
- neom 3y agoThis is for comments sections and webapps, like hackernews, YouTube etc. I have dyslexia and make very basic mistakes all the time and typically don't notice them (I can re-read something 10 times and not see the mistake, only if I read it backwards will I sometimes notice) - maybe I should just pay for Grammarly Pro given I need it, but it's *how* they are upselling me that drives me nuts and makes me want to run away from them.
- texhewson 3y agoLanguage Tool?
- texhewson 3y agoLanguage Tool
- LopovJack 3y agoDEEPL Write.
- adawg4 3y agoAnyone have suggestions on a good free alternative as well?
- leros 3y agoI would like a Grammarly alternative too. In addition to the annoying upsell stuff, their little widget blocks some text inputs and I have to disable it to make the site usable.
- sinuhe69 3y agoFor simple online checking, Language Tool is the closest thing, with add-on for FF and Chrome. If you want to check for longer texts, DeepL Write (AI from Germany) is the better choice. It also supports many languages.
- vclouder 3y agoI really like and support (paid) https://languagetool.org https://languagetool.org