ProWritingAid
ProWritingAid is aimed at fiction and long-form writers who want more than a grammar pass.
Best for Novelists planning, editing and critiquing full-length manuscripts
- Starts at
- $30/month flat
- Free plan
- Yes
- Price checked
- 2026-10-18
Pricing
Price checked: 2026-10-18. Source: official pricing page.
Free plan: Free plan with limited checks
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Billing unit | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | $30 | $10 | flat | $120/yr; lifetime $399 one-time | Source |
| Premium Pro | $36 | $12 | flat | $144/yr; lifetime $699 one-time | Source |
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Overview
Alongside a grammar and style checker, it offers planning tools such as Story Canvas, writing-session tracking, and deeper critiques including chapter and story critique, plot and character analysis, manuscript analysis, a virtual beta reader and marketability analysis. Writers typically draft in their usual editor, then run reports to catch pacing, repetition, readability and structural issues before sending work to a human editor. A free tier lets beginners try Story Canvas and limited daily line-editing runs; Premium and Premium Pro unlock the fuller report set, and both offer lifetime licenses as well as monthly or yearly billing. Limitation: free users are capped (for example, short word limits and a small number of rephrases and report runs per day), and the product is built around improving your own draft rather than generating a book for you. Teams that want a blank-page AI novelist may prefer a fiction-focused generator instead.
Key features
- Manuscript and story critiques (plot, character, marketability, virtual beta reader)
- Line-editing reports for grammar, style, pacing and readability
- Story Canvas planning plus writing-session tracking
Limitations
The free plan limits how much text you can run through reports each day (for example, short word caps and limited rephrases); full manuscript workflows need Premium, Premium Pro or a lifetime license.