Best AI writing tools: ranked
Writing assistants, copy and email drafting. Scored out of 100 with a standard hands-on test. How we score.
Top 10
Testing in progress, 0 ranked. A tool enters the top 10 only after every sub-score has published evidence, and the list appears once 10 tools are fully scored. We never estimate a score.
Scored (fewer than 10 so far)
Unranked: testing (23)
Candidates from our directory that fit this category. Listed alphabetically; listed is not ranked, and none of these has a score yet.
- Anyword AI copywriting platform that adds performance data to content generation.
- Arvow AI agents that the company says build backlinks, fix technical SEO issues and research, write and publish content aimed at Google and AI search citations.
- ChatGPT AI assistant to answer questions, write, create images and get work done.
- Claude Anthropic's AI assistant for work: chat, hand off tasks, create docs, decks and spreadsheets, and run scheduled tasks across your apps.
- EtherPK Agent Chat Feature in the EtherPK notes app that lets you chat with an AI agent about your notes and control what it can see.
- Google Deep Review Google Research tool that uses Gemini to review dense technical, legal or finance documents for weak arguments, errors and missing context. 2 free reviews per week; after that you add your own Gemini API key and pay Google's standard API rates.
- Grammarly AI writing assistance with personalized guidance across apps and websites.
- Hemingway Editor Editor that highlights ways to make writing bold and clear.
- Jasper AI agents that run end-to-end marketing workflows.
- Lex AI-powered word processor for drafting and refining writing.
- Magai One chat app with access to many AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others) under one subscription.
- Notion AI AI search, writing, analysis and chat built into Notion.
- NovelAI AI storytelling and anime image generation.
- ProWritingAid Writing and editing toolkit for storytellers.
- Rytr AI writing assistant with a free plan.
- Scalenut AI SEO and content tool covering keyword research, content writing and AI visibility tracking.
- Speechify Text-to-speech app that reads books, PDFs and web pages aloud in natural-sounding voices.
- Sudowrite AI writing tool built for fiction and novel writing.
- TextCortex Platform for deploying and governing AI agents on a company's own data, aimed at enterprises.
- Wordtune AI writing tool to paraphrase, rewrite and correct grammar.
- Writefull AI writing and proofreading tool built for academic writing.
- Writer Enterprise AI agent platform for on-brand, compliant work.
- Yila AI research assistant that searches scholarly databases, reads full papers and drafts citation-backed literature reviews you can keep editing; it can also reformat a manuscript to a journal or thesis template.
The standard test for AI writing
- Brief (fixed): a 600-word blog post "How small restaurants can cut no-shows" with 3 subheads and a CTA.
- Then a 120-word follow-up email to past customers from the same brief.
- Score: factual errors (each claim checked), structure, tone match, edits needed, plagiarism check, word-count accuracy.