Hemingway Editor

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Updated On June 4, 2025

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Overview

Category: Writing Assistant

Pricing Model: Freemium

Hemingway Editor is a powerful tool designed to make your writing bold and clear. It works by highlighting specific areas in your text that could be improved: adverbs, passive voice, complex sentences, phrases with simpler alternatives, and sentences that are hard or very hard to read. Each type of highlight corresponds to a color, helping you quickly identify issues.

Beyond simple highlighting, the editor provides a readability score for your text, indicating the education level required to understand it. The paid desktop version offers additional features like offline writing, importing files (.docx, .txt, .md), and exporting to various formats (HTML, Markdown, .docx, PDF), as well as direct publishing capabilities to platforms like WordPress and Medium. While it doesn't check grammar or spelling in the traditional sense, its focus on sentence structure and style makes it an invaluable tool for writers aiming for conciseness and impact.

Key Features

Highlights Adverbs and Weakening Phrases
Identifies Passive Voice
Points out Complex Sentences
Suggests Simpler Alternatives for Phrases
Marks Hard-to-Read Sentences
Calculates Readability Score
Offline Mode (Desktop App)
Import/Export Functionality (Desktop App)
Direct Publishing to CMS (Desktop App)

Supported Platforms

Web Browser
Windows App
macOS App

Pricing Tiers

Online Editor

Free

Highlights writing issues (adverbs, passive voice, complex sentences, etc.) in real-time
Provides a readability score
Web browser access only
No saving or exporting functionality

Desktop App

$19.99 (One-time purchase)

All features of the Online Editor
Offline access
Import documents (.docx, .txt, .md)
Export to various formats (HTML, Markdown, .docx, PDF)
Direct publish to WordPress and Medium
Saving functionality

User Reviews

Hemingway App is very useful to make texts clear and simple. It highlights sentences that are hard to read and suggests changes. It's very easy to use, just paste your text and it analyzes it.

Pros

Simple interface, effective at highlighting common writing issues, improves clarity.

Cons

Doesn't check grammar or spelling, limited features in the free online version, no integrations.

Capterra

I love how Hemingway points out where I'm being too verbose or using weak language. It's like having a style editor look over my shoulder. It's not a full grammar check, but it's great for style.