Edyt vs. Grammarly: Both Catch Your Typos. Only One Rewrites for Free.
If you are comparing Edyt and Grammarly, you probably already know what Grammarly does well. It underlines the typo before you hit send. Edyt does that now too, on your Mac or PC and in the browser.
So the real question is what happens after the typo. That is where the two are very different, and most of the difference is in what you get without paying.
The short version
| Edyt | Grammarly | |
|---|---|---|
| Underlines mistakes as you type | Free, on Mac, Windows and in Edyt Web | Free, on Mac, Windows, the browser and phones |
| Rewrite a whole sentence | Free, one shortcut in any app | Pro only |
| Change the tone | Free, in your own words | Pro only |
| Translate inside your apps | Free, including messages you receive | Pro only |
| Pro, paid monthly | $8 a month | $30 a month |
| Pro, paid yearly | $60 a year | $144 a year |
| What happens to your text | Not kept after the reply, never trained on | Used to improve its products unless you opt out |
| Plagiarism and AI-text detection | No | Pro |
If you mostly want the typo check, both do it. If you also want to fix the sentence, not just the spelling, Edyt does that on the free plan, and Grammarly asks you to upgrade.
The typo check: both do it
On Mac and Windows, Edyt marks mistakes while you write in Mail, Slack, Notes, Messages, your browser and most other apps. Hover a mark and a small card shows the fix. One click puts it in place. There is nothing to copy and no shortcut to remember.
The same card also has Rewrite, Alternatives, Shorter and Sound Natural for the whole sentence, for the times the fix alone is not enough.
In the browser, paste a draft into Edyt Web and it checks it the same way, or use the free grammar checker without an account. If you need marks under every word on your phone today, Grammarly covers that and Edyt does not.
Rewriting is where the free plans split
Most writing help is not about typos. It is the reply that sounds stiff, or the sentence you have rewritten three times.
On Grammarly's free plan, you can see the tone of your writing, but changing it and rewriting full sentences are Pro features. Its plans page says so in the comparison table.
In Edyt, select the sentence in any app on Mac or Windows and press Ctrl+Shift+C. It comes back rewritten, in place, in the app you are already in. For example:
I am writing to let you know that the deck will be delivered by the end of the day today.
becomes
The deck will be with you tonight.
You decide how Rewrite sounds. Its instruction is plain text you can edit, for example "Direct and warm. Short sentences. No corporate filler." Write it once and every rewrite comes back that way. That is the part a tone menu cannot do.
The price, when you do pay
Edyt Pro is $8 a month, or $60 a year. Grammarly Pro is listed at $12 a month, which is the price when you pay for a full year up front, so $144. Paid month to month, it is $30.
That makes Edyt's monthly plan less than a third of Grammarly's, and the yearly plan less than half.
The bigger difference is what the free plans contain. Edyt's free plan has no locked actions: Proofread as you type, Rewrite, Proofread, Alternatives, Explain, Translate, your own prompts and Edyt Web are all there, with no credit card and no trial clock. The free plan limits how much you use them, not which ones. Pro removes the limit. See pricing
Prices change, so check both pages before you decide.
What a checker does not do
Edyt is not only for what you write. It is for what you read, too.
- Explain (Ctrl+Shift+X): select a contract clause, a line of jargon or an acronym, and get it in plain words next to the text. You can ask a follow-up in the same panel.
- Translate (Ctrl+Shift+T): select a message in another language and the translation appears next to it. Write your reply, then translate that back before you send it. Grammarly's own translation page says translating inside your apps needs Pro.
- Your own prompts (Ctrl+Shift+J): save the things you ask for every day, like "reply politely" or "make this a short summary", pin them to the toolbar and run them on any selection. The Prompt Library has ready-made ones to start with. Grammarly's assistant takes free-form prompts too, 100 a month on its free plan.
All of these open from one shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+Space, which shows the toolbar next to your selection. Every action on it is one letter away.
What happens to your text
Edyt sends only the text it checks or you act on, over an encrypted connection, and keeps none of it after the reply comes back. Your text is never sold and never used to train AI models. What Edyt stores is your account, your saved prompts and usage counts. How Edyt handles your text
Grammarly's privacy page says it never sells your content. It also says it uses your writing to improve its products, with a setting to opt out, and that documents you save in its editor stay until you delete them.
Neither is hiding anything. But if you write contracts, client emails or anything private, it is worth knowing which policy your words fall under.
When Grammarly is the better pick
I build Edyt, so take this with that in mind. Grammarly is still the better choice if:
- You need as-you-type checking on your phone today.
- You rely on plagiarism checks or AI-text detection.
- Your company already runs on its business plan and shared style guides.
You also do not have to choose. You can keep Grammarly for the marks and use Edyt's shortcut for everything after them.
Try it on one real message
The fastest way to see the difference is to use it on something you are actually writing. Install Edyt, open your next email, and press Ctrl+Shift+C on the sentence you like least. It is free, and you will know in about ten seconds whether it is for you.
Try it on your own writing.
Free to download. Free to use. No credit card required.
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