Best Grammar Checkers for Authors

Are you an author looking for the best bargain in spelling and grammar check apps? Then, check out this list of the top five grammar checkers, organized according the lowest to highest cost per month.

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- Dale L. Roberts

[trapsaltnburn]

I am 100% a ProWritingAid person, myself! I tried Hemingway, didn't gel with it, and discovered ProWritingAid in trying to find an alternative. Fell in love with it! Ended up getting a killer deal (maybe on Black Friday?) for a lifetime membership, and have never regretted my decision.

That said, I don't mind Word's editor for my school work (the only thing I use Word for) overall, although I'd say you really have to know your basic grammar rules to know when to disagree with the editor. Still, for a lightweight pass on a school assignment, it's been fine, and I DO like that it gives you some formality options and is integrated right into Word.

[AuthorDLTillery]

I love Prowriting Aid! It is for sure the must have for me in my self editing process Well worth the price for me. I think as a writer for sure have back up for your process. My editor is after all this. Thanks so much for the well of info Dale! 🎉🎉

[theresamcevoy]

I used Grammarly before and while it was good, it gave me some problems with the editing: Example: I wrote: She turned to the scrolls.... Grammarly suggestion: She turned into a funny, wrong idea)

[LivestreamUniverse]

Great resource for writers! Thanks Dale!

[cristianstriblea]

Wonderful info .
Thanks
This video made me to decide what app to buy .

[Gustaiiv]

Interesting. You’re always on top of things. Thank you.

[sagheermuhammad]

❤🎉hey dale, from Nigeria.
Love your content!😊

[dmandrewsauthor]

Using Grammarly (free version) to pick up errors in my manuscript this very day. Does give out the odd suggestion where it doesn't understand the context, but is otherwise good for a simple revision.

[DovieRuthAuthor]

So many choices that I can’t make up my mind. I have lots of basically finished manuscripts waiting for my decision.

[theresamcevoy]

One comment about Chat GPT, I have used it for my editing, and it does help place the punctuation in the manuscript, even those that are questionable. It works better for my fiction editing, it hasn't yet tried to turn a person into a scroll (lol)

[KimCormackAuthor]

I've been 100 percent Grammarly for over a decade. I use the UK version. Honestly, I'm miffed they have UK and North American settings, like Canadians use US English. So, I have to set it UK. I tried Prowriting Aid but didn't vibe with it. Once you train Grammarly, it's great. I'm not a fan of the price, though.

[KimCormackAuthor]

New York Hive is almost done. Being someone with limited fine motor skills MS wise, microsoft word knows what I meant to write. When my brain gets fatigued I'll mix up a word or ten. lol. It underlines it, and when I come out of my rabbit hole, it's an easy fix, because it's trained to my writing style. I can only imagine using all of them. Grammarly and Word AI are not always correct context wise. You can't always trust a reworded paragraph suggestion. Humour doesn't translate yet.

[theaterkidd]

Has anyone ever told Dale that he looks a lot like Devin Townsend?
Anyways love the content, thanks 🙏

[CCoburn]

Grammarly used to be good, but it has become super-annoying. It is ALWAYS trying to suggest changes -- mostly "happy" to "glad." I just want something that checks spelling, punctuation, and grammar. I don't want a program that keeps trying to rewrite everything I write.

[FZWbooks]

I still use a human editor for all my books. Machines and AI's are great but my books are designed for human beings. Even if I were to use these softwares, I'd still pay for a human editor.

[mirandathorn]

I have to REALLY disagree about Word. It caught one misused word at the beginning of my latest book, so I decided to check all of its corrections, only to find 90% of them ridiculous word choice suggestions that would have changed the meaning of entire sentences into gobbledygook. It was annoying to wade through and I did eventually give up after specifically checking their spelling suggestions. I'm a Grammarly girl, but you're right, I do wish they had a lifetime option.