# ProWritingAid

> Gain confidence in your writing with the best grammar checker and paraphrasing tool that works wherever you do.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/prowritingaid](https://chrome-stats.com/d/prowritingaid)

## Overview

- **ID:** `prowritingaid`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ProWritingAid
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2,347
- **Weekly downloads:** 76
- **Rating:** 3.24 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.8.63463
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2019-02-25
- **Size:** 29 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/prowritingaid/)
- **Website:** [https://www.prowritingaid.com](https://www.prowritingaid.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/prowritingaid/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/prowritingaid/privacy/)

## Description

ProWritingAid is a powerful Chrome extension designed to boost your writing confidence by offering real-time grammar corrections and paraphrasing tools wherever you write. Compatible with popular apps like Google Docs, Notion, and more, it provides over 25 comprehensive writing reports including readability, sentence complexity, and pacing to help refine your text.

With customizable dictionaries and style guides, ProWritingAid tailors suggestions to match your unique writing style and goals. Trusted by over 3 million writers—including bestselling authors—this tool ensures your text is not only error-free but also engaging and memorable, all while keeping your data secure.

## Rankings

- #1,974 — Overall
- #83 — Language Support
- #230 — Social & Communication
- #3 — ai writing
- #3 — ai writing tool
- #3 — writing tool

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `cookies`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `storage`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- `docs.google.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension website URL may be invalid

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## Review summary

ProWritingAid for Firefox offers helpful grammar and style suggestions across sites and at a lower cost than Grammarly, with ongoing improvements. However, users frequently report major typing lag and overall slowdown, heavy paywall reliance and limited free use, a confusing UI, privacy/settings issues, and occasional glitches. The tool is valuable for writers who can tolerate the performance and access trade-offs.

### Pros

- Provides comprehensive grammar, spelling, and style suggestions, including alternative phrasings, helping writers catch errors and improve wording.
- Works across many sites and text fields, integrating smoothly without being intrusive.
- Cheaper than Grammarly and offers a useful free tier, making it a cost‑effective alternative.
- Ongoing improvements from developers and helpful for writers who miss typos or awkward sentences.
- In some contexts, offers more coverage than Grammarly or Language Tool on certain situations.

### Cons

- Significant performance impact: slows down the browser and introduces typing lag on most sites.
- Most advanced features are behind a paywall; free account is limited (e.g., word limits).
- Confusing or cluttered user interface that makes it hard to use all tools at once.
- Privacy concerns and settings can be ignored or require full disablement to protect privacy.
- Occasional glitches and inconsistent behavior that further hinder typing experience.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/prowritingaid)