Hemingway Editor

Hemingway Editor is the classic readability checker: paste your text and it highlights long and very hard-to-read sentences, passive voice, adverbs and complicated words, and gives your writing a readability grade. Since 2013 it has helped bloggers, students and professionals write bold, clear prose. Today it comes in three versions: a free online editor, an offline desktop app, and Hemingway Editor Plus with AI rewrites.

This review explains what each version does, whether Hemingway Editor is free, Hemingway Editor Plus pricing, its privacy promises, and how it compares with Grammarly and ProWritingAid.

What Hemingway Editor does

• Readability highlights: wordy sentences in yellow, very hard-to-read ones in red, plus passive voice, adverbs and complex words.
• Readability grade: see the school grade level needed to understand your text, and set a target reading level.
• AI sentence rewrites (Plus): fix wordy, unclear sentences and passive voice with one click.
• Advanced grammar fixes (Plus): catch tricky errors like your/you’re and its/it’s.
• Style and tone (Plus): apply one of eight styles, such as more confident, formal or friendly.
• Document review and “Ask Hemingway” (Plus): get feedback on your whole document or ask for custom changes.
• AI synonyms and a style guide (Plus).

Is Hemingway Editor free?

Yes. The online editor at hemingwayapp.com is free to use for readability highlights and the grade score. The AI features need Hemingway Editor Plus, which you can try free for 2 weeks with no credit card; the trial cancels automatically.

Hemingway Editor Plus pricing (2026)

Prices are in US dollars, including for India:

• Individual 5K: $8.33 a month billed annually ($100 a year), or $25 billed monthly. 5,000 AI sentences a month.
• Individual 10K: $12.50 a month billed annually ($150 a year), or $30 billed monthly. 10,000 AI sentences a month.
• Team 10K: $12.50 per user per month billed annually, for up to 50 users, with one bill and admin roles.
• Enterprise: custom pricing with 20,000 AI sentences per user, single sign-on and security assessments.

Grammar fixes, document reviews, synonyms and highlights are unlimited on every Plus plan. The annual plan saves up to $200 a year compared with monthly billing. See the official Hemingway Editor Plus page for current prices.

Hemingway Editor desktop app

Hemingway Editor 3 for Mac and Windows costs $19.99 one time and works offline. It includes the classic highlights, text formatting, one-click publishing to WordPress, export to HTML, Markdown, PDF or Word, and import from Word files. It does not include the new AI features.

Privacy

Hemingway is unusually clear here: it says neither Hemingway nor its AI providers use your writing to train AI models, it does not store your documents on its servers, and your writing and AI edits belong to you. It never sells your content.

Hemingway vs Grammarly vs ProWritingAid

Hemingway focuses on making writing simpler and easier to read. Grammarly is better for real-time grammar and tone everywhere you type, and ProWritingAid offers far more in-depth reports for long-form writers. Many writers use Hemingway’s free editor alongside one of them. Compare: Hemingway vs Grammarly vs ProWritingAid.

Who Hemingway Editor is for

Hemingway suits bloggers and content writers aiming for easy-to-read posts, students simplifying academic language, and authors cutting wordy prose. See more AI tools for bloggers and AI writing tools.

Visit the official Hemingway Editor website to try it free.