Hemingway Editor
AI-powered clarity-focused writing editor
Overview
Hemingway Editor flags overly complex sentences, passive voice, and adverbs — now with an AI rewrite feature that proposes simpler alternatives. Free web tier; desktop app and AI premium are paid.
Pricing
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Use cases
ASEAN Perspective
Hemingway Editor in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Hemingway Editor is a long-standing writing tool that highlights hard-to-read sentences, passive voice, adverbs, and complex phrasing, with a readability grade to push you toward clearer prose. The newer paid plan adds AI rewriting and editing on top of the classic free web app. It suits writers, students, and professionals who want punchier, more readable copy without a learning curve.
Caveats: its rules are blunt and opinionated, sometimes flagging deliberate stylistic choices, and it is not a grammar/spelling checker on the level of Grammarly. The free version is genuinely useful; the AI features are a modest, optional upgrade. English-only by design, so ASEAN readiness is limited to English writing. No public API.
Notable facts
- Hemingway Editor was built by two brothers (Adam and Ben Long) in a weekend as a side project and became viral without any marketing.
- The Grade 9 readability target was chosen because the New York Times writes at approximately Grade 9 — accessible to 90% of adult readers in the US.
- Hemingway Editor has no AI generation — it purely analyses text, making it one of the few modern writing tools that adds value without any LLM component.
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