Hemingway Editor on the BookBird Score
BookBird Score · editing & grammar · #3 of 4
Best for: Cutting long sentences and passive voice to a target reading level
- Plans (USD)
- Free online editor and tools
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 5K: $25 a month
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 5K: $100 a year
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 10K: $30 a month
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 10K: $150 a year
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Team 10K: $30 a month (per user)
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Team 10K: $150 a year (per user)
- Hemingway Editor 3 desktop (Classic): $19.99 one-time (Mac and PC)
- Free trial
- 14 days
- Platforms
- web, Windows, Mac
- Checklist
- Grammar and spelling, Style and readability reports, Rewrite suggestions
- Trustpilot
- 3 from 6 reviews
- US searches a month
- 12,100 (“hemingway editor”)
Hemingway Editor pricing
Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Free trial: 14 days. The plans as Hemingway Editor’s own site listed them on October 2, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free online editor and tools
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 5K: $25 a month
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 5K: $100 a year
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 10K: $30 a month
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Individual 10K: $150 a year
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Team 10K: $30 a month (per user)
- Hemingway Editor Plus — Team 10K: $150 a year (per user)
- Hemingway Editor 3 desktop (Classic): $19.99 one-time (Mac and PC)
What Hemingway Editor offers
From Hemingway Editor’s own pages, checked on October 2, 2026:
- Readability grade scoring
- Highlights for wordiness, weak language and passive voice
- AI sentence rewrites (5K or 10K sentences/month on Plus)
- Advanced grammar fixes
- Adjust tone, length and style
- Set a target reading level
- Desktop: import .docx, export to PDF/Word/HTML/Markdown, publish to WordPress
Runs on: web, Windows and Mac. Exports: PDF, Word, HTML and Markdown.
Who Hemingway Editor suits, and what its pages do not list
- Best for: Cutting long sentences and passive voice to a target reading level.
Not on Hemingway Editor’s feature list when we checked: works inside word, google docs or the browser, fiction-specific analysis and a version for iOS and Android. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being listed, and the score only credits what is.
Reviews and search interest
On Trustpilot, Hemingway Editor has 3 stars from 6 reviews. G2 blocked our requests, so its ratings are not used.
About 12,100 people a month search Google in the US for “hemingway editor” (Google Ads data via DataForSEO). That search interest is the Demand part of the score.
Hemingway Editor alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProWritingAid | 8.5 | Free plan; paid from $120 a year | Fiction writers who want reports on pacing, overused words and readability |
| Grammarly | 8.2 | Free plan; paid from $144 a year | Grammar and tone checks wherever you type, on every device |
| AutoCrit | 6.2 | Free plan; paid from $15 a month (billed yearly) | Fiction reports that compare your manuscript with your genre |
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Hemingway Editor questions
How much does Hemingway Editor cost?
Free plan; paid from $19.99 one-time. Hemingway Editor lists 8 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
Is there a free trial of Hemingway Editor?
Yes, 14 days.
What devices does Hemingway Editor run on?
web, Windows and Mac, according to its own site.
How the BookBird Score is computed: the formula. Prices, features and ratings were read from the vendor’s site and Trustpilot on October 2, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.