Hemingway Editor on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · editing & grammar · #6 of 12 ·
Best for: Writers tightening prose; one-time desktop app or AI subscription
Author jobs, from Hemingway Editor’s own pages
- Yes: Grammar and spelling
- Yes: Style reports
- Not stated: Fiction reports (not stated)
- Not stated: Handles a whole manuscript (not stated)
- Yes: Works in Word, Google Docs or Scrivener
- Not stated: Custom dictionary or style rules (not stated)
- Yes: Your text is not used for training
Hemingway Editor pricing
Several ways to pay, one-time option. There is a free plan. Free trial: 14 days. The plans as Hemingway Editor’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free online editor
- Editor Plus Individual 5K: $25 a month
- Editor Plus Individual 5K: $100 a year
- Editor Plus Individual 10K: $30 a month
- Editor Plus Individual 10K: $150 a year
- Editor Plus Team 10K: $30 a month (per user, up to 50 users)
- Editor Plus Team 10K: $150 a year (per user)
- Editor Plus Enterprise: price in USD not confirmed
- Hemingway Editor 3 desktop (Classic): $19.99 one-time (Mac or Windows; no AI features)
Plus trial 2 weeks, no card. Monthly prices read from the rendered page after selecting Monthly; annual shown by default.
What Hemingway Editor offers
From Hemingway Editor’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Highlights wordy and hard-to-read sentences
- Flags adverbs, passive voice and complicated words
- Readability grade score with a target reading level
- Plus: AI rewrites (5,000 or 10,000 sentences a month)
- Plus: advanced grammar fixes and tone or length changes
- Desktop app imports .docx and exports Word, PDF, HTML, Markdown
- Desktop app works without an internet connection
- One-click publishing to WordPress from desktop
Runs on: web, Windows and Mac. Exports: PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown and TXT. Works offline. Launched: 2013.
Who Hemingway Editor suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Writers tightening prose; one-time desktop app or AI subscription.
Not confirmed on Hemingway Editor’s pages when we checked: fiction reports, handles a whole manuscript and custom dictionary or style rules. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
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Hemingway Editor alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProWritingAid | 8.8 | Free plan; paid from $120 a year | Fiction authors wanting line edits plus whole-manuscript story feedback |
| Grammarly | 8.1 | Free plan; paid from $144 a year | Authors wanting grammar checks inside Word, Google Docs and browsers |
| AutoCrit | 8.0 | Free plan; paid from $180 a year | Fiction authors self-editing a full draft in a browser |
| LanguageTool | 7.3 | Free plan; paid from $69.90 a year | Authors writing in several languages, inside Word or Google Docs |
| Marlowe | 7.0 | Free plan; paid from $29.95 one-time | Novelists wanting a structural critique of a full draft, per report |
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Hemingway Editor questions
How much does Hemingway Editor cost?
Free plan; paid from $19.99 one-time. Hemingway Editor lists 9 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Hemingway Editor run on?
web, Windows and Mac, according to its own site.
Is there a free trial of Hemingway Editor?
Yes, 14 days.
What file formats can Hemingway Editor export?
PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown and TXT, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Hemingway Editor’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.