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Hemingway EditorWrite bold and clear — the editor that kills bad prose

Writing & Grammar
🥇 Team Flat Rate

Hemingway Editor highlights complex sentences, passive voice, adverbs, and hard-to-read phrases in your writing. Used by content teams, marketers, and authors to make writing clearer and more impactful. Available as web app and desktop app.

Best for

  • +Content teams wanting clearer, more readable copy
  • +Email marketers improving engagement rates
  • +Non-native English writers checking prose quality

Not ideal for

  • Teams needing grammar and spell checking (use Grammarly)
  • Technical writers where complex terminology is necessary

Illustrative Case Study

Based on realistic usage patterns and typical results reported by users — not a verified customer story. Numbers are illustrative.

The Problem

A marketing team's emails had a 12% open-to-click rate. Copy was dense, sentences averaged 28 words, and readability scored at college level — way above their audience.

The Solution

Required all marketing copy to pass through Hemingway Editor before publishing. Targeted Grade 6-8 readability. Team focused on eliminating passive voice and reducing sentence length.

The Result

Average readability improved from Grade 14 to Grade 7. Email open-to-click rate jumped from 12% to 15%. Blog time-on-page increased 22%.

💡 ROI Estimate: Tool costs $19.99 one-time (or free online). 25% better email engagement on 50K list = ~$3,000/mo additional revenue. ROI: essentially infinite.

— Frequently asked questions about Hemingway Editor

How does Hemingway compare to Grammarly Business?+
Different focus. Grammarly catches grammar, spelling, and style errors. Hemingway focuses purely on readability — sentence complexity, passive voice, and clarity. Many writers use both: Grammarly for correctness, Hemingway for clarity.
Is the free web version enough?+
For most users, yes. The free web version has the full readability analysis. The $19.99 desktop app adds offline access, direct publishing to WordPress/Medium, and file import/export.
Does Hemingway work for non-English languages?+
No. Hemingway Editor only works with English text. The readability algorithms and style rules are English-specific.

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$/hr

Hemingway Editor saves ~5 hrs/mo on Copy editing and readability review.

Time value (5 hrs × $50)$250/mo
Tool costFree
Net monthly savings$250/mo

* Estimate based on typical usage. Your actual results will vary.

Pricing

Starting from$19.99 one-time (Desktop)
✓ Free plan

Quick facts

CategoryWriting & Grammar
Headquarters🇺🇸 USA
5.0/ 5.0Boring Score

💡 Tool costs $19.99 one-time (or free online). 25% better email engagement on 50K list = ~$3,000/mo additional revenue. ROI: essentially infinite.