What it is.
Hemingway App is a browser editor for readability. It loads at hemingwayapp.com with nothing to install and no account, and you paste text straight onto the page.
Color does the grading. Yellow marks sentences to shorten or split, and red marks the ones readers get lost in, with a grade-level score updating as you cut. The free checker scans an unlimited amount of text at once.
Editor Plus adds a grammar checker and AI rewrites. A classic desktop app for Mac and PC sells for $19.99 and works offline.
What you get.
- Free web editor that grades readability by color
- An instant grade-level score for whatever you paste in
- No text cap; the free checker scans an unlimited amount of text at once
- Exports to Word, Markdown or a plain text file
- A desktop app for $19.99 that runs with no internet connection
How to set it up.
Open hemingwayapp.com and paste your draft straight into the editor.
Read the grade-level score, which updates as you edit.
Shorten or split every yellow sentence until the color clears.
Rewrite red sentences from scratch, since those are the ones readers abandon.
Export to Word or Markdown when the score sits where you want it.
Pricing Plans
Free web editor
$0
readability color coding, unlimited text, no account
Desktop app
$19.99
one-time buy for Mac and PC, runs with no internet connection
Use cases
Cut a dense draft
Paste the copy and rewrite the sentences it marks as hard to read.
Grade a landing page
Check the reading level before it goes to someone outside the company.
Long documents with no cap
Run a full guide through the free editor without splitting it up.
Best for
Pre-publish readability pass
Run landing page or blog copy down to a lower grade level before it goes live.
Editing without a subscription
The free editor carries the whole color-coding system, so occasional writers never need to pay.
Open the tool
Opens on Google in a new tab.