AI-powered research assistant for academic writing and scientific discovery
Rewrite or reply to your messages before you send them, choosing from safer, funnier, or custom tones
Stage
Startup
Startup
Founded
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free tier with 800 words. Paid plans: Basic $6.99/month (10,000 words/month for Daily Academic Toolkit, 5,000 for Research Assistant Pro); Pro $10.99/month (50,000 words/month for Toolkit, 7,500 for Pro); Ultimate $35.99/month (unlimited Toolkit access, 15,000 words/month for Research Assistant Pro
Free: $0 forever for on-device rewrites with unlimited rewrites, no account required. Pro: $3.99/month or $39.99/year; new subscribers get a 14-day free trial and can cancel anytime.
Key features
Literature review tools to find and organize relevant research
Note-taking and mind-mapping features for organizing research insights
Essay and academic writing assistance
Support for responding to reviewer comments and revisions
Grammar checker and citation format conversion
Paraphrasing tools for original content creation
Over 50 modules in Daily Academic Toolkit for essay and research support
Research Highlights Extractor and Content Fusion tools
Multiple AI model integration with seamless switching
End-to-end encryption and advanced security measures
Safer tone that clarifies and reduces hostility
Funnier tone that changes register
Custom tone by typing your own instructions
Cloud rewrites for Pro subscribers
How I Sound feature to apply your voice to rewrites
Support for longer drafts on Pro
Works in iPhone keyboard and as an app
What makes it different
Grounded in scientific expertise with content trained on scholarly articles and STM knowledge
Comprehensive all-in-one platform covering entire research lifecycle from idea to publication
User data ownership and privacy protection without using inputs to train base models
Model-agnostic flexibility allowing seamless switching across different LLMs
Journal-standard output optimization for publication-ready academic content
Never sends messages automatically—you always copy and send manually
Drafts never used to train models; privacy-first design
Free on-device rewrites with no daily limits or quotas
Works directly in iPhone keyboard for seamless workflow
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