Grammar and style checker
Looking for a Grammarly alternative?
One of the most widely installed writing tools there is — grammar, spelling, clarity and tone suggestions, everywhere you type. MonkeyPen is a different shape of tool, and this page is a comparison rather than a pitch — so the table starts with what Grammarly does better, and there is a section on when you should stay put.
Grammarly vs MonkeyPen, side by side
| Grammarly | MonkeyPen | |
|---|---|---|
| Genuinely better at | Being everywhere and catching mistakes. Browser, desktop, mobile keyboard, Word — it sits in the box you are already typing in and it will find the errors we do not look for, in real time. Nothing about our tool replaces having a grammar checker on. | Grammarly makes your sentences correct. We change how the writing sounds. A cover letter can be flawlessly correct and still read like a template, and that is the problem we work on. |
| Known for | One of the most widely installed writing tools there is — grammar, spelling, clarity and tone suggestions, everywhere you type. | One job: taking a draft that reads like AI wrote it and making it read like you wrote it, for a specific kind of writing. |
| Day to day it feels like | It sits everywhere you type and flags problems as you go. Corrections rather than rewrites. | Paste, say what the text is and the tone you want, get a rewrite plus a short note on what changed and why. No workspace, no templates, no account. |
Stay with Grammarly if…
……what you actually need is fewer typos and clearer sentences as you write. That is a different job and Grammarly is very good at it. Plenty of people should use both.
We are not a grammar checker, and we do not proofread. Keep yours on.
We would rather you kept the tool that fits than switched and went back a fortnight later. Nothing on this page is worth changing your workflow over unless the difference above is actually your problem.
What you get if you do switch
- A rewrite tuned to the text type. Tell it that it is a cover letter, an invoice reminder or a wedding speech and the instruction changes, because the reader changes.
- Writing insights, not just output. Every rewrite comes with three to five specific things that changed and why, plus one tip you can apply yourself next time.
- Nothing to set up. No account, no workspace, no brand kit. Paste, two dropdowns, done — 5 free every day.
- 100 pages that already know your case, each with the tool pre-set and the specific giveaway for that kind of writing.
- The same thing on your phone. MonkeyPen is an iPhone app too, at the same price.
Try it on the same paragraph
The only honest way to compare rewriters is to run one paragraph through both and keep the version you would actually send. Here is ours, free:
Paste a paragraph
No account. 5 free rewrites a day, then $5/month.
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Why it reads differently
Read it before you send it. Your name is on this, so fix anything that is not true of you and put back the one specific detail only you know.
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Grammarly and other product names belong to their respective owners; this comparison reflects each tool’s publicly described focus and our own honest read of it, and none of them has endorsed it. We deliberately quote no prices, ratings or user numbers for other tools, because those change — check their own site for current details. MonkeyPen is a writing tool: it rewrites what you give it and keeps the facts, and you should read any rewrite before you send it.