Grammarly: AI Writing Keyboard 4+

5 stars

Notes—I wish there were a way to view previous versions of projects throughout the correction process so I could keep track of which grammar skills need to be touched up the most. What do my patterns look like? What seems to be the disconnect that keeps me making the same mistakes on a loop? These questions are nearly impossible to answer without anything to refer back to. I try to keep separate files saved in the same folder as the original, but I am rarely successful. With all its current capabilities, I am surprised this isn't an option. On Canva, there is a page with each project version and a time stamp to locate what you need quickly and easily.

Otherwise, the app is flawless in terms of its current capabilities and expected results. I wish I had the funds to gift a subscription to Grammarly to everyone I know! The public education system (especially in the Great Plains states) has let us all down, which shouldn't affect us now as adults when trying to advance in our careers and lives. However, that is unfortunately the case for many adults I grew up with. Communicating well gets you further than you can imagine, and Grammarly provides a simple way to ensure you're always on point, which helps you learn from your mistakes along the way. I was fortunate enough to have a student membership included with my tuition, and I will never go back to a life where I don't have this excellent secret weapon in my hands.

Conflicted!

I like the idea of the app. However, I have been unable to figure out the best way to use it. I have premium, and it regularly chastises me regarding my constant misuse of passive voice, and only once in a while does it tell me what to do about it. I am proclive to speak that way, so why would I automatically know what my Alternatives might be? Sometimes, it is self-evident, but other times I am just lost. I also have an issue with some of the corrections they instill because I write how I speak and have a weird way with words. It's a part of my character. For example, it doesn't like that I used the word “obviously“ in the sentence above, but I used it to emphasize my statement, and that's what I want it to say. Lol smh On the other hand, (Grammarly) is an essential tool that helps me see what my weaknesses are and how to improve on them, so I gave it four stars. Thank you, Grammarly. Would recommend.

Addendum: This is a very helpful tool for someone who can use it more efficiently than I But I guess mine didn't renew and when I was about to renew it manually I had to stop and ask myself “Why should I restore my purchase?”- I like to have it available to me but I don't know if it's worth the high cost. I have to think about it for a while.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! Grammarly Premium offers rewrites for passive voice sentences when it's clear who or what is performing the action in the sentence. For example, if you write “The warning was ignored by everyone,” Grammarly suggests “Everyone ignored the warning.” ​​​If there is no clear way of rephrasing the sentence, Grammarly will still help you identify the use of passive voice. Also, if you are a Grammarly Premium user, you can deactivate these types of suggestions as instructed here: https://gram.ly/cbbHVjK. If you ever spot an incorrect suggestion by Grammarly, feel free to send an example to us. To do so, please click "App Support" next to the "Write a review" button on our App Store page.

full of bugs, that support won't address

I have written and in the process of editing/proofreading it, so i thought grammarly would be a good choice, well it is BUT , my book is over 70k words, but you can not import that file, since grammarly has limitations on the size, so i can only edit 8k words at a time, and God forbid you are trying to edit on an ipad (have ipad pro 11, 4th gen), you will be left with a 2*2 inch of working space to read, a lot of time it will stop saving, because it saves only online (God forbid of local save) so unless you copy and paste to "pages" you will loose all the edits that you do or have done. the "undo" is a disaster, suggestion that you choose to ignore temporarily stay in the way, suggestions will be hidden behind the keyboard, so you have to close the keyboard many times to access it, tons of bugs, and when i addressed it to their support, they would ignore what i say, and suggest things like "check your internet connection" , even though i said my connection is fine, and as per this typing i have recorded the issue proving that my connection is fine, but no one listens. tons of bugs and limitations. You would think as much as grammarly is advertised they would listen to constructive criticism with bugs that deserve fixing, but no, they ask for my file, MY BOOK, so no am not sending the file since it is irrelevant.
I would love if that App works without the glitches and bugs, but it is and sadly enough, their support is not as supportive.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for reporting this! Sorry for the trouble. We understand how inconvenient this may be for your writing. Would you mind submitting a support ticket via https://gram.ly/3j7Ylsq so we can gather some additional information to investigate any bug you've come across?