AI writing · 2026
Free AI writing tools 23 tools ranked by verified data
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
We scored 31 tools with a free plan among AI writing tools with the same 7-criterion scorecard; 23 have enough verified data to be ranked.
Every listed tool has a free plan; the table shows exactly what each free plan allows, as the vendor states it.
Typefully ranks first with 98/100, followed by Rytr (94) and Podcasts To Text (93).
The lowest starting price among ranked tools (the least you can pay for a paid plan, for one user or account) is starc's: $4.17 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.
Free plans compared
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | Free plan allows | From, billed monthly | Integrations | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Typefully | 98/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 1 user, 10 scheduled posts per month | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Rytr | 94/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | 10,000 characters per month | $7.50/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Podcasts To Text | 93/100 | 60%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $14/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Authormity | 92/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Paperpal | 91/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  starc | 90/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  CannerAI | 90/100 | 80%5 of 7 criteria | 3 images per month | $9/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Analyse | 89/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $9/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  easy-cv.ai | 88/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  Contant | 87/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | 1 workspace, 1 social account | $19/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  LinkGenie | 87/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $19/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  Jenni AI | 87/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $12/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  Notis | 83/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | 1,000 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 14 |  Revua | 80/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $15/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 15 |  Revise AI | 79/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 2,000 words per month | $16/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 16 |  Wordtune | 78/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 17 |  humanize-text | 77/100 | 70%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 18 |  Clariny | 76/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 19 |  Propelr | 76/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | 5 credits per month | $19/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 20 |  Scripti AI | 76/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $19/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 21 |  LLaMaRush | 72/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 22 |  Grammarly | 69/100 | 80%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $30/user/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 23 |  Massblogger | 64/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 20 credits per month | $59/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  MarketMuse | Not ranked | 50%4 of 7 criteria | 1 user | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Sally | Not ranked | 50%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $9.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Contents Pilot | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | 1 workspace | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Feedkraft | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | 1 workspace | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Inline AI | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  ScriptGrain | Not ranked | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  ShowsFarm | Not ranked | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Tamil Chat GPT | Not ranked | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Why each one ranks where it does
- 1. Typefully 98/100
Collaborative social media scheduler and writing editor for X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads and Mastodon, with AI writing help, a calendar and analytics.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - 2. Rytr 94/100
AI writing assistant that generates copy from use-case templates, with tone matching, plagiarism checks and a Chrome extension.
- Entry price (100/100): $7.50/month billed monthly on Unlimited (scored on the monthly price)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
From $7.50 per month billed monthly on the Unlimited plan.
- 3. Podcasts To Text 93/100
Transcription service that turns podcast episode links or audio files into editable transcripts, with AI show notes, chapters, translations and exports.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Pricing transparency (100/100): 5 of 5 plans have a public price
From $14 per month billed monthly on the Creator plan.
- 4. Authormity 92/100
LinkedIn content tool that learns a user's writing style from past posts, scores hooks before publishing, plans a multi-week calendar and schedules posts.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free Forever)
- 5. Paperpal 91/100
AI writing assistant for academic research that checks grammar, plagiarism and references, paraphrases text, and searches papers for citations.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price
From $6 per month billed yearly on the Prime plan.
- 6. starc 90/100
Desktop writing software for screenplays, novels, comics and other stories, with planning boards, character tools and an AI writing assistant.
- Entry price (100/100): $4.17/month billed annually on Pro; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
From $4.17 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.
- 7. CannerAI 90/100
AI content workspace that drafts LinkedIn and X posts in the user's voice from videos, articles and notes and publishes them on a schedule.
- Entry price (100/100): $9/month billed monthly on Creator (scored on the monthly price)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
From $9 per month billed monthly on the Creator plan.
- 8. Analyse 89/100
Analytics dashboard for Minecraft servers and Roblox experiences that ties players, sessions, retention and revenue to the campaign that brought each player in.
- Entry price (100/100): $9/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
From $9 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan.
- 9. easy-cv.ai 88/100
AI resume and CV builder that tailors CVs and cover letters to job postings, with job matching, application tracking, translation and headshots.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 10. Contant 87/100
LinkedIn-focused platform for AI-written posts, carousel design, scheduling, analytics and identifying post engagers to add to an outreach CRM.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Verified features (100/100): 4 of 8 tracked features verified: analytics, templates, ai assistant, brand voice
From $19 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan.
How we picked
Every one of these AI writing tools is scored by the same 7 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to AI writing tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other AI writing tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $9.99/month or less = 100, $69 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $4.92/month or less = 100, $49 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 8 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, brand voice, seo optimisation, plagiarism checker, browser extension). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 4 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $13 per user or less = 100, $69 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
| Languages | 10% | Category | Number of languages the vendor says it offers.Linear scale: 100 or more = 100. No stated count = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
What is the best free AI writing tool?
Typefully, with 98/100 on our scorecard; Rytr is second with 94/100.
What is the cheapest free AI writing tool?
By entry price among ranked tools, starc: $4.17 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.
Which free plan allows the most social accounts?
Contant's free plan allows 1 social account, the most among the tools listed here.
How did you rank these AI writing tools?
Each tool gets 0 to 100 per criterion from its published pricing, limits and features; the total is the weighted average over the criteria with verified data. Tools with under 60% of the weight covered are not ranked.