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Scribens Review: Price, Features and Score

Scribens: Free multilingual grammar checker with style analysis and readability stats. Free plan, on web, iOS, Android and browser extension. We did not test it; the facts come from its own pages.

Prices and data checked October 14, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

Scribens on the BookBird Author Score

Author Score · editing & grammar · #7 of 12 ·

Best for: Authors wanting a free web grammar check with repetition and readability reports

BookBird Author Score6.6/10 #7 of 12 editing & grammar. Worked out from Scribens’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts28.6/50Each of the 7 author jobs on the editing & grammar list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when Scribens’s own pages confirm it. 4 of 7 confirmed = 28.6 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts25/25A free plan, or a platform that takes no upfront fee, earns all 25 points.Adoption25 pts12.4/25Searches, 20 points: 4,400 a month for “scribens”, against Grammarly, the most searched in this category (2,740,000), on a log scale = 11.3. Trend, 5 points: down 29% (last three months against the first three of the year) = 1.1; a fall of half or more earns 0, no change 2.5, a rise of half or more 5. 66 of 100 points= 6.6 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

Author jobs, from Scribens’s own pages

  • Yes: Grammar and spelling
  • Yes: Style reports
  • Not stated: Fiction reports (not stated)
  • No: Handles a whole manuscript (no)
  • Yes: Works in Word, Google Docs or Scrivener
  • Yes: Custom dictionary or style rules
  • Not stated: Your text is not used for training (not stated)

Scribens pricing

Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Plans, in US dollars:

  • Free (8,000 characters per day, ad-supported, daily style-request limit)
  • Premium: price in USD not confirmed
  • Premium: price in USD not confirmed
  • Premium (annual): price in USD not confirmed
  • Group subscription: price in USD not confirmed

USD not confirmed: Scribens is a French company and its Premium prices exist only in euros (the price formatter always prints EUR and PayPal is set to EUR). The Premium panel is drawn by script, so the figures come from the site's own JavaScript, not a rendered pricing page. Premium: up to 5 million characters a month, 100,000 per check.

What Scribens offers

  • Grammar and spelling checks with an explanation for each error
  • Style analysis: repetitions, redundancies, long, heavy or unclear sentences, cliches, register shifts
  • Text statistics: word count, Flesch and Gunning Fog readability, reading time, word frequency
  • Configurable repetition and long-sentence thresholds
  • Add-ins for Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, OpenOffice and Outlook on Premium
  • Browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari; iOS and Android apps
  • Imports DOCX, ODT, PDF, TXT and HTML files
  • Personal dictionary; corrects texts in 40+ languages

Runs on: web, iOS, Android and browser extension.

Scribens alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
ProWritingAid8.8Free plan; paid from $120 a yearFiction authors wanting line edits plus whole-manuscript story feedback
Grammarly8.1Free plan; paid from $144 a yearAuthors wanting grammar checks inside Word, Google Docs and browsers
AutoCrit8.0Free plan; paid from $180 a yearFiction authors self-editing a full draft in a browser
LanguageTool7.3Free plan; paid from $69.90 a yearAuthors writing in several languages, inside Word or Google Docs
Marlowe7.0Free plan; paid from $29.95 one-timeNovelists wanting a structural critique of a full draft, per report

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