--- description: Learn more about Hemingway Editor price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Hemingway Editor Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Proofreading Software](/directory/31559/proofreading/software) > [Hemingway Editor](/software/1015776/hemingway-editor) # Hemingway Editor Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1015776/hemingway-editor Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1015776/hemingway-editor?page=2) > Text editing tool for Mac and PC that allows users to format text, correct grammatical errors, export documents, and more. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 13 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 13 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Hemingway ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Grammar Check - Text Editing ## Category - [Proofreading Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31559/proofreading/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Grammar Checker](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/211358/grammar-checker) — 4.7/5 (101 reviews) 2. 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It’s one of my top copywriting tools for copy and content writing for marketing, emails, and patient education. ----- ### "Very good for improving / polishing text" — 5.0/5 > **Lewis** | *21 September 2024* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very good for improving / polishing AI generated content. Just paste it in, read through Hemingways recommendations and accept or decline as you see fit. Checks all grammar, spelling, tone and can make text easier to read. Good price as well\! > > **Cons**: Maybe a Google docs addon / plugin would be cool. Everything else is pretty good though. > > I’ve used it for around a week and it’s brilliant. Everything I need to improve AI generated content. ----- ### "Sufficient for first draft or conversational communication" — 3.0/5 > **Sotto** | *20 December 2022* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Like the title, it's good for quick communication. Just fast checking glaring errors in your document and you are ready to go. One can write and edit directly on the apps, and for my case, I just use Copy and Paste into the media I want. It has some extra function like bulleting and numbers too. > > **Cons**: This is contradictive with the Pros. It is sufficient for quick draft or conversational written communication. At the same time, we might as well go without this apps, because it doesn't really detect glaring grammar mistakes anyway. It is still helpful with detecting typos. > > Quick draft, merely for fast communication that doesn't need sophisticated writing. For example, email communications between colleagues to get the work done (without wasting time on prose especially in multi-national companies). ----- ### "Sharing this gem with all my friends\!" — 4.0/5 > **Venita** | *01 May 2023* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Hemingway Editor comes with many useful features that make it an excellent tool for writers who want to produce polished and effective content. One of its strong suits is its ability to provide visual suggestions, such as highlighting sentences and phrases that are too long, complicated, or unclear. By doing so, it emphasizes readability and helps writers convey their message more effectively. Additionally, the tool helps flag the use of adverbs and passive voice language, encouraging writers to enhance their language and be more concise. Moreover, Hemingway Editor is very useful in detecting common grammar errors and spelling mistakes, thereby helping reduce the possibility of typos. > > **Cons**: While Hemingway Editor is a great tool for writers, it has a few limitations that users should be aware of. First, the tool does not recognize every idiom or colloquialism, so it might sometimes suggest changes that might alter the intended meaning. Second, Hemingway Editor focuses more on style and grammar rather than on the content itself, so users might still need to go over their writing to verify that their points are sound. Third, the suggestions provided by Hemingway Editor might not always apply to every type of writing or may sound too prescriptive. Nevertheless, Hemingway Editor is still a valuable tool that can help writers improve the quality of their writing, provided the suggestions it offers are reviewed and contextualized with the writer's intentions. > > I am thrilled with this product\! It has exceeded my expectations and I have even recommended it to friends. Everyone I have introduced it to has been equally impressed and found it to be very useful. I am glad I found this product and I plan on using it for my future writing projects to improve my writing skills. ----- ### "Hemingway Editor: A Reliable Writing Aid" — 4.0/5 > **Leha** | *20 September 2022* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Hemingway Editor is superb for editing short pieces. In case of long pieces, the app suggestions changes which are redeemable to make the write up smooth, crispy and catchy. Apart from this, it also assesses the readability and and complexity of sentence structures, making them more comfortable and easy to comprehend without an overload of information. > > **Cons**: However, that's it about Hemingway Editor. The proofreading tool is almost non-existent, and one has to make grammatical changes by themselves. It's a bit of a downer since grammar is a crucial part of writing. As also hinted before, the app is not so good with long pieces since one again has to make amends through the sea of suggestions which can be tiresome to follow up. > > Hemingway is definitely cheaper than Grammarly and other software. The affordability part is a huge pro, but then again, it kind of makes one compromise on the grammatical aspect, which makes it less appealing. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1015776/hemingway-editor?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1015776/hemingway-editor) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data