Quick Overview
ProwritingAid is an all-in-one tool that offers to “make your writing shine”. Our team checked how well it actually polishes out different mistakes. Unfortunately, we found that it wasn’t the right fit to correct punctuation errors and misused words. However, it could handle a few grammatical and spelling issues. In general, Prowritingaid only earned 48.7/100 pts of A*Help score, showing itself as not the best solution for proofreading.
Prowritingaid Value For Money — 16/30
1/5
Supported languages
6/8
Features
0/3
Extra services
6/10
Free use & wordcount limits
3/4
Subscription
Prowritingaid Overall Experience — 17/20
3/3
Registration
6/6
Website Experience
2/2
Support
0/3
Document Upload
6/6
Access
Prowritingaid’s Quality of Help — 15.7/50
3.5/10
Correction Quality: Email
4.2/15
Correction Quality: Personal Statement
7/20
Correction Quality: Research Paper Intro
1/5
Checking Process
| >Txt 1 – Email | >Txt 2 – Personal Statement | >Txt 3 – Research Paper Intro | |
| >Grammar | 2/4 | 2/5 | 4/5 |
| >Punctuation | 0/5 | 1/3 | 3/5 |
| >Spelling | 5/6 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| >Word Use | 0/4 | 0/6 | 2/15 |
| >Word Order | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| >General Mistake Correction Score | 7/20 | 6/21 | 11/32 |
Sapling’s Main Specs
| >Supported languages | English |
| >Features | |
| Grammar | ✅ |
| Spelling | ✅ |
| Punctuation | ❌ |
| Words/Sentence suggestions | ✅ |
| >Possible extra services | |
| Translation | ❌ |
| Rephrasing | ❌ |
| Wordcount | ❌ |
| >Free use & Wordcount Limites | |
| Free use | ✅ |
| Wordcount | 500 words (in-reality checks more) |
| >Subscription | |
| Needed | ❌ |
| Plans | monthly – $30/month yearly – $120/year lifetime – $399 |
| >Registration | |
| Need to create an account | ❌ |
| Email for registration | ✅ |
| Third-party registration (Google, Facebook, Apple) | ✅ |
| >Website Experience | |
| Easy-to-use platform | ✅ |
| Aesthetic Interface | ✅ |
| Irritating ads | ❌ |
| >Support | |
| Contact center | ✅ |
| Email, live chat, contact form, phone, WhatsApp | ✅ On-site chat |
| Guide | ❌ |
| >Document Upload | |
| Docx/doc files | ❌ |
| Pdf files | ❌ |
| Word | ❌ |
| >Access | |
| Apps | ✅ |
| Browser Extension | ✅ |
| >Checking process | |
| Underlines each mistake | ✅ |
| Underlines incorrect sentences | ❌ |
| Option to correct all mistakes at once | ❌ |
| Shows the general grammar score | ❌ |
| Underlines mistakes that are not there | ✅ |
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