Head-to-Head Comparison
| Feature | Text Improver | Hemingway Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (web) / $19.99 (desktop) |
| Approach | AI rewrites your text | Highlights issues for you to fix |
| Readability score | No | Yes (grade level) |
| Passive voice detection | No (fixes automatically) | Yes (highlights) |
| Signup required | No | No |
| AI generation | Yes | Yes (Hemingway AI, paid) |
Hemingway Editor has been a favorite of writers since 2014. Its premise is simple: paste your text, and it color-codes problems — yellow for complex sentences, red for very hard to read, blue for adverbs, green for passive voice, purple for simpler word alternatives. The readability grade level sits prominently at the top.
Diagnosis vs. Treatment
Hemingway diagnoses writing problems. It shows you what is wrong but leaves the fixing to you. That is by design — the tool teaches you to write more clearly by making problems visible. Txtory treats writing problems directly. It takes your text, applies AI-powered improvements, and returns a better version. One teaches the craft; the other does the work.
The Readability Lens
Hemingway’s readability grading is its killer feature. Seeing that your blog post reads at a Grade 14 level — when your audience expects Grade 8 — is an immediate, actionable insight. Txtory improves text quality but does not quantify readability. For writers who need to hit specific readability targets (health content, government communications, marketing copy), Hemingway’s scoring is hard to replace.
The Bottom Line
Hemingway Editor is for writers who want to understand and improve their own writing habits. Txtory is for writers who want their text improved now, by AI, without a lesson. Both are free for web use — there is no reason not to use both.