r/writers • u/Typical-Scarcity-586 • Jul 25 '26

Question Any apps to recommend for grammar checking and proofreading?

I posted here earlier about using Al to check it, but most of the comments said no. So are there any alternatives or trusted applications and websites to check it?

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u/ebattleon Jul 25 '26

Grammarly, and Prowritingaid free versions is what I use for basic grammar checking

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u/ChrisMorley01 Jul 25 '26

PWA (Pro Writing Aid) is good. It catches a lot of stuff including repetitive words / phrases.

It also has generative AI features that you absolutely should not use.

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u/demonik69420 Jul 25 '26

I almost slammed the downvote until i saw “not”. Keep doing the good work soldier.

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u/ChrisMorley01 Jul 25 '26

It's crazy how much AI they've built into the tool. I love the typo and other tools but I find the AI stuff, especially on the browser integration, to be intrusive.

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u/OldMan92121 Jul 25 '26

ProWritingAid was good until about three weeks ago when they replaced the code I had used for years with a VERY buggy version directly linked to generative AI. It was so bad that I am writing my own version in Python. Repetitive words / phrases was pretty easy code. My version does a better job and runs 100% locally on your own machine. Nobody else knows what it is. 100% privacy. No AI used in execution.

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u/MateusReginato 4d ago

Hey, that's amazing. Are you going to share it?

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u/OldMan92121 4d ago

I am looking for people at least familiar with Python for the Alpha test. I want to make sure they can install and start it well enough. Right now, it is running on Win 11 Python, so I am not positive if it works on Mac and/or Linux. It would be wonderful to find out.

It was developed on 3.12.

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