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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[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

✋Totally agreed! Lifetime has been my best investment for my author business.

[@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! 🎉🎉

[@DaleLRoberts]

100% agreed! I love me some PWA. They're the best.

[@boilemtouthang3590]

Does it show as AI flagged when you use this???

[@theresamcevoy6120]

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 scroll.....(while funny, wrong idea)

[@DaleLRoberts]

hahaha That's hilarious! haha

[@Gustaiiv]

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

[@DaleLRoberts]

Aw, thanks! That's so nice of you to say.

[@LivestreamUniverse]

Great resource for writers! Thanks Dale!

[@DaleLRoberts]

Thank YOU, buddy!

[@cristianstriblea792]

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

[@DaleLRoberts]

Perfect! Happy to help.

[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Yeah, all the apps will highlight non-issues. I get it a LOT! haha Build a customized style guide to minimize some issues.

[@sagheermuhammad9343]

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

[@DaleLRoberts]

Nigeria is in the house! Thanks so much for the shout and continued support. Fun fact: Nigeria is one of the top 5 countries that watches my videos. I see you over there! 😎🔥

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

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

[@DaleLRoberts]

Go with the cheap options first. No sense spending a bunch of money to find it's not a good fit. Start with Hemingway and Ginger. Then, test out the other options. Experiences will vary, so don't take my word for it. Give them a shot and see what you think.

[@theresamcevoy6120]

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)

[@DaleLRoberts]

haha Yeah, that's one of the reasons I placed ChatGPT in the honorable mentions. It's definitely not on par with the other apps. Is it good? Sure, but it does have its limitations.

[@mwhite212]

I'm a graphic designer that does some occasional copywriting, and unfortunately, the Pro Writing app for Mac desktop is doing something wonky with mouse cursor position. This causes frustrating issues with my design software. So I had to stop using it. I kind of wish they would design something like the Hemingway Editor and leave my house alone. lol.

[@mwhite212]

Wait. I stand corrected. I think they have an editor App I didn't see before. :)

[@DaleLRoberts]

Hmmm, I never have had that issue. Weird.

[@Bob-yl9pm]

We are ALL authors! EVERYBODY

[@DaleLRoberts]

Indeed.

[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Ohhhhh, I didn't even think about those settings. Thanks for mentioning that.

[@edwardlin2941]

helpful, thank you

[@DaleLRoberts]

You're welcome!

[@roo2592]

Every time I use AI, I see words and phrases like "kaleidoscope" and "tapestry" so often. AI just loves certain words and phrases for some reason.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Yeah, someone started a thread about commonly used words by AI over in my Discord community.

[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Interesting. Yeah, I'm tempted to try out all of them with the same manuscript, then see how many corrections it suggests versus how many are actually worthwhile. Stay tuned!

[@CCoburn3]

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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Interesting.

[@poetryandpurpose]

thanks for this!

[@DaleLRoberts]

My pleasure!

[@LivingLaBern]

Seems like Ginger is a great option .

[@DaleLRoberts]

Yeah, it's not too bad, especially if you just stick with the basic version.

[@theaterkidd302]

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

[@DaleLRoberts]

One of my good friends from my pro wrestling days pointed it out once by sending me Devin playing Kingdom for EMG Pickups. Killer performance! Devin happens to be one of my favorite musicians and I’ve followed him since he was the lead singer for Vai. And our hairlines look exactly the same. If I grew out my hair, it’d definitely be a skullet like Devin had in Strapping Young Lad. So yeah, I’ve gotten that before. I just wish I was as talented as him on guitar and in singing. The dude has incredible skills and range.

[@theaterkidd302]

@@DaleLRoberts Wow, that’s great! Thank you for your videos!

[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

There’s a good reason I emphasized “human editor” a couple times in the video.

[@nafisfuadayon6832]

Sending love from Bangladesh

[@DaleLRoberts]

Shout-out to Bangladesh! Thanks for watching.

[@nafisfuadayon6832]

@@DaleLRoberts My pleasure.

[@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.

[@DaleLRoberts]

Yeah, experiences and opinions will vary. Also, there's a good reason I placed MS Word in the honorable mentions. I know some folks can't afford the premium option, so sometimes something is better than nothing.