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Editing reports and story critiques for authors. Free (2 report runs a day); Premium $30/month billed monthly, about $10/month on yearly billing per the page's own 67% saving; Premium Pro higher; lifetime plans offered; 3-day money-back on yearly and lifetime.
Editor's take: “The deepest editing reports for authors; Premium $30 a month billed monthly, far less on yearly and lifetime plans” — Sohail Akhtar
Reviewed by Sohail Akhtar
Lead Editor & Founder
What we like
Limitations
| Plan | Details |
|---|---|
| Free | Free – $0, each line-editing report up to 2 runs a day, Story Canvas |
| Premium | Premium – $30/month billed monthly (Google snippet of the vendor's pricing page, 14 September 2026); yearly billing marked 67% cheaper, about $10/month; lifetime plan offered – unlimited report runs and rephrases |
| PremiumPro | Premium Pro – about a fifth above Premium on the same terms (regional display, 14 September 2026); lifetime plan offered – adds 30 chapter critiques and 50 Sparks a day |
| Guarantee | 3-day money-back guarantee on yearly and lifetime purchases |
ProWritingAid has a free plan that runs each line-editing report up to twice a day. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 showed our checker regional rupee prices, so the dollar figures here come from the vendor's other statements: Google's snippet of prowritingaid.com/pricing read Premium at $30 per month billed monthly, and the page's own toggle marks yearly billing as 67% cheaper than monthly, which puts Premium near $10 per month on a yearly plan. Premium Pro was about a fifth more than Premium on the same terms in the regional display (₹660 against ₹550 a month billed yearly). Lifetime plans are offered for both tiers and yearly and lifetime purchases have a 3-day money-back guarantee. Confirm on the vendor's page before budgeting.
Quick Summary
ProWritingAid is the editing suite built for novelists: twenty-plus line-editing reports, rephrasing, chapter critiques and manuscript analysis. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed a free plan, Premium and Premium Pro on monthly, yearly and lifetime terms; Google's snippet of that page read Premium at $30 a month billed monthly, and the page marks yearly billing as 67% cheaper than monthly.
Associated Tags
fiction editing software, line editing reports, grammarly alternative for authors, manuscript analysis, lifetime writing tool
Who should use ProWritingAid?
Discover practical workflows and real-world scenarios where ProWritingAid delivers key solutions.
A novelist runs a full manuscript through pacing and dialogue reports before querying
A self-publisher buys a lifetime licence instead of a subscription
A student uses the free plan for two report runs a day
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