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Grammarly

$140/yr · Pro, billed annually

Verdict

Keep paying

The writing help is replaceable. The keyboard is not, and the keyboard is what people describe paying for.

60% replaceable

What paying users say

4.7 ★ App Store

  • “It interfaces with virtually every app I use to compose and is a welcome companion.”

    5 stars · August 2026

  • “They have a great system in place that allows you to use it on any device you have logged into.”

    5 stars · August 2026

  • “I do enjoy the help! I do not enjoy the price! I just cannot afford the cost.”

    4 stars · August 2026

The web consensus

Review sites land on "worth it if you write a lot, overpriced if you do not". The free tier is repeatedly called genuinely useful. The one thing every positive review names is the same: it works everywhere without copy-and-paste.

Read off the search results. These are affiliate review sites, and they are graded accordingly.

Capterra4.7 ★ · 7,222 reviews

Ease of use
4.8
Features
4.6
Customer service
4.5
Value for money
4.5

G2 and Trustpilot both refuse our fetch. Capterra answers.

Reddit

via Codex

  • r/Grammarly — The Only Reason I Paid For Premium ▲18

    Declining suggestion quality, removed features and cheaper alternatives made renewal unjustifiable.

  • r/LawSchool — Is Grammarly Premium Worth It? ▲6

    Generally not worth paying for — the free tier and other AI tools cover most needs.

  • r/CarletonU — Is grammarly worth it? ▲5

    Keep the free version. Premium was costly and its suggestions were sometimes wrong.

  • r/Grammarly — Is Grammarly Premium worth it? ▲5

    Split: some praised the extra corrections, others cancelled over distracting suggestions.

  • r/Grammarly — is premium subscription worthy? ▲5

    Too expensive unless you need it heavily for work or school.

X

via Grok

  • “i gave a year of grammarly a try, ended up cancelling it. especially bad on the phone.”

    @KostjaPalovic · 16 Aug 2026

  • “Cancelled Grammarly months ago, keyboard does it now. Never looked back.”

    @yeti_mind · 17 Jul 2026

  • “Apparently I was still paying for grammarly all this time”

    @sayyraawr · 11 Aug 2026

  • “i did cancel my grammarly subscription tho so eventually i will just rawdog being a grammar nazi”

    @Naomi_fromhh · 6 Aug 2026

Every one found was someone leaving.

Somebody already built it, free

GitHub, by stars

Or build it — what carries over

  • Corrections inside every app, as the keyboard

    No

  • The same account on every device

    No

  • Grammar, spelling and clarity rewrites

    Yes

  • Tone detection and adjustment

    Yes

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