Hemingway Editor vs Grammarly | Pros, Cons, & Which You Should Use

Should you use an editing software? Should you stick to editing on your own? If you decide the answer is yes, you want to use an editing software, how do you choose which one to use?
If you're currently trying to decide what software to use, you're likely struggling to pick between either Hemingway or Grammarly.
What are the pros?
Cons?
Each software has its own great features, but which one is best for you depends on your specific writing needs and overall preferences as a writer.
In this video, we break down the differences between the Hemingway Editor app and Grammarly to help you choose which one best meets your needs-and if you want to use one of them at all.
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Have you used either of these writing softwares? Which one was your favorite or what other ones do you use for editing? P.S. -- check out the reviews for these softwares here: self-publishingschool.com/grammarly-review-pros-cons/ self-publishingschool.com/hemingway-app-editor/

[@hectorsoto6426]

I really appreciate this video. The fact that I was becoming obsessed with every single little detail Hemingway highlighted was frustrating me. Thank you for making it clear that in correcting every detail, we lose the voice in our writing, and for this reason; we shouldn't take Hemingway's suggestions too seriously.

[@araphel1836]

In my opinion as a beginner writer, you should use both. Start out with Grammarly to fix your grammatical errors and only afterwards use Hemingway for the finishing touches.

[@BrianaMorganBooks]

Fully agree!

[@pacomontoya]

I would agree with this too since they both do different things to help with your writing. I have the Grammarly extension and when I use the Online Hemingway Editor Grammarly actually still shows up on there.

[@sagarjaiswal7002]

Have u used both at a same time?

[@eillaross2241]

That's what I'm doing.

[@swagnexttuber-boombeach7092]

Hemingway editor shows long sentences as hard to read. why?

[@ChandlerBoltOfficial]

Great video (and blog posts), Bella!

[@barrykwhoop5556]

Thanks, Bella, that was a very helpful comparison. I already use Grammarly basic and was wondering if I should use Hemmingway instead. Now I can see that using both would work really well as they can be complementary to each other, rather than being an either/or option. I also can see from your examples with Hemmingway that it needs to be used judiciously to work with your own style of writing. In my own writing, I sometimes like to break the rules for dramatic effect, such as very short staccato sentences. The human brain can make the leap in grasping the meaning from one word to another, despite not being connected in the usual way. Most editing software, including Grammarly, pick this up as an error or bad writing even though many established authors also use such techniques. However, I still like to know what rules I'm breaking so that I can decide if it is being done for the right reason in each case. I think I will download Hemmingway on the basis of your video, Bella. I think it will be very useful to me. Thanks for helping me come to that decision.

[@BrianaMorganBooks]

Thanks for sharing this video, Bella! It's super helpful! I prefer Hemingway personally because I'm more concerned with style, but I think more people are familiar with Grammarly.

[@SocialSouls]

Grammarly for quick edits, hemmingway for detailed edits.

[@cw5986]

Thank you! I love Grammarly!

[@gregorbegger9291]

Bad thing I found about Grammarly is that it will underline sentences that do make sense.

[@calvintrieuco]

Thank you for explaining the difference. Grammarly has been amazingly helpful to me!

[@hardikarpradeep]

Started using Hemingway very recently. I don't really need that much help with my grammar so the choice was clear. What I find though is it kind of makes you dumb down your writing style if you act upon every change it suggests. So use it judiciously is what I would say.

[@naturallytuli8536]

Dumb down is true... it highlights the word 'however' i found that confusing

[@arinetwork4886]

Grammarly is not good stylistically. I had the paid edition that recently ended. I'd like to try something else for the purpose of style. Sometimes the passive voice sounds better.

[@kevgh3869]

Does The Hemingway app indicated straight out mistakes, such as missing words?

[@SimplymeGu]

useful! thank you

[@jannatmuhammad3884]

Which software is best for proofreader,,n should we buy these or use free version

[@iKnowYoureBusyBut...]

You could have just said that Grammarly (non-premium) does basic spell check and makes you aware of spelling errors. I want to know if premium actually assists in rephrasing sentences to active rather than passive, etc.

[@johnmccarthyjr]

I have premium. It does not actually rephrase.

[@tomarcarjack]

The premium version of Grammarly provides many grammar edit suggestions that the free version doesn’t. It also points out run-on sentences, over-use of words, passive voice (which shouldn’t be overused when not a part of dialogue), and many more issues. I found this review overly simplistic. I use both the paid version of Grammarly and Pro Writing Aid to help with my editing. PWA is definitely more robust and offers way more style checks. But it is also a bit more complex to use. If you want to get published, I’d at minimum look into either the premium version of Grammarly or PWA. PWA offers a free version that features all style and grammar checks for up to 500 words at a time. Many people are happy with the free version. I find the paid version more helpful, because it gives much better feedback on longer passages. But the 500 word section checks are better than nothing.

[@vegasrenie]

Grammarly now has a beta feature in the premium version which will rephrase certain sentences. Sometimes the rephrasing is quite a reach and quite wrong, other times they are better than what you wrote. They are still working out the kinks, but I like it in that it helps me with style. I have PWA, but I am not sure if its complexity is worth the price of admission. I have yet to try Hemingway.

[@Mimi25291]

many writing mentors suggest that you can use both

[@tatomc8566]

I can feel you bro

[@ChibiiChibiiKids]

for the hemingway section. it would have been better if you had shown me how you would get around those paragraphs highlighted in red. i have no clue now how it would fixes it.

[@ZaneleJiane]

Helpful

[@Mr_Roadx]

you're so pretty. thanks for the information.

[@ZaneleJiane]

Grammarly does help with passive voice, thank you for punctuating the need to use of the author's voice.

[@swagnexttuber-boombeach7092]

which one good?

[@jamesfahey1991]

Why isn't this on AppStore?

[@MyaserIbrahim]

The Hemingway editor, is not giving you any options to edit, it just highlights your text into different colors

[@SaintGabriel111]

Why do you say that Grammarly doesn't help with the sentence structure when you have only used its free version? Aren't you misleading?...

[@timtrottproductions]

Grammarly integrates very well with Atticus.

[@lucindifer]

Grammarly free works just as well? Why would anyone buy the premium version then? Methinks you didn't look very closely at this.

[@henneburymarc]

Methinks you didn't either

[@Bushdid-eh9lb]

The problem is hemminway is a one time purchase. and Grammarly is a monthly subscription. I would much rather pay 20$ once.

[@stephanemalo8262]

The problem with Grammarly is the price. WAY to high. If they would offer a one time payment maybe but to spend $60/year is crazy when most of the writing tools offer the basic. Couple that with the Hemingway app and you have all your bases covered. That being said Grammarly interface make it attractive. Another negative is that Grammarly is cloud based so everything you write goes to the cloud. If your IT department finds out you will be in big trouble.

[@nepalonlinekhabar6271]

i dont understand what you said, but yeah you are speaking in english....

[@jimmears]

Hemmingway vs Grammarly Start 1:47

[@nepalonlinekhabar6271]

thanks man...

[@rayevans3708]

What an odd comparison...they're 2 different programs with different purposes.

[@selfpublishingcom]

So many people kept asking, so we had to do the side-by-side

[@allaboutknowledge6069]

Hemingway is so strick.

[@kasunwickramasinghe4473]

Hemmingway Editor sucks!!! It highlights only the lengthy sentences. You don't need an editor that only can do is separating long sentences from short.

[@selfpublishingcom]

What do you prefer instead?

[@raytbrown2]

Upon reading your post, I believe you would benefit from all software help in the pursuit of crafting sentences of any length. By way of example, your third in this post is clear as mud. So, perhaps less anger (!!!) and more calm is in order. Just, maybe.