Grammarly vs Reflect

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AI writing assistant for grammar, tone, and clarity

A beautifully minimalist note-taking app designed to mirror the way you think, now with native AI integration.

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Description

Grammarly checks grammar, rewrites sentences, and generates drafts across every app.

Reflect is a beautifully minimalist, open-source, and AI-native note-taking application designed to function as a digital second brain. Built with end-to-end encryption, it mirrors human thought patterns by associating notes through automatic backlinks. Reflect natively integrates models like Claude Sonnet 3.7, GPT-4, and Whisper to assist with summarizing links, editing custom prompts, and audio transcribing. It also offers friction-free integrations with Kindle highlights, Google Calendar, Outlook, and web browsers via Safari and Chrome extensions.

Key features

• Citation manager
• Outline mode
• Focus mode

• End-to-end encryption
• Associated notes via backlinks
• Native AI assistant (Claude Sonnet 3.7, GPT-4, Gemini)
• Whisper speech-to-text audio transcribing
• Kindle highlights synchronization
• Google Calendar and Outlook integrations
• Chrome and Safari web extensions
• Offline status indicator
• MCP server support for coding agents
• SQLite-powered fast frontend codebase
• Markdown-first storage
• Advanced semantic search and filtering

Pros

• Real-time grammar checking
• Tone detection
• Plagiarism detection
• Rewriting suggestions
• Works across nearly every app
• Chrome, Edge, Word, Docs support
• Generative AI writing (GrammarlyGO)
• Enterprise security and SSO

• Note contents are completely secured via local end-to-end encryption, preventing even the company from reading them.
• Natively integrates top-tier AI models including GPT-4, Whisper, Gemini, and Claude Sonnet 3.7.
• Core code is open-source, markdown-first, and works seamlessly with local SQLite-powered performance optimizations.
• Integrates directly with Google Calendar and Outlook to effortlessly import and coordinate meeting entries.
• Provides dedicated browser extensions for Safari and Chrome to clip web links and sync Kindle libraries.
• Includes a powerful semantic search engine that indexes both text and OCRed image content within PDFs.
• Equipped with an Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allowing users to search and edit notes directly from coding agents.
• Features a robust custom prompt template editor in your preferences to manage tailored AI assistant prompts.

Cons

• Free tier is limited
• Sometimes over-corrects
• Style suggestions can feel generic
• Weak on creative nuance
• Chrome extension is resource-heavy
• Weak on technical jargon
• Business plan is pricey
• Only English is fully supported

• No permanent free tier is offered, requiring a paid subscription once the trial period expires.
• No native Android application is listed in their available downloads.
• Security compliance certifications (such as SOC2 or ISO) are not explicitly mentioned.
• The iPad application is currently classified as a Beta version available only via Apple TestFlight.
• Certain performance highlights, like inline PDF previews, are currently reserved for the macOS desktop application.

Pricing plans

• FreeEUR0/month
  • • Write without mistakes
  • • See your writing tone
  • • Generate text with AI prompts
• ProEUR12
  • • Everything in Free, plus advanced writing features
  • • Adjust your writing tone
  • • Rewrite full sentences
  • • Catch accidental plagiarism
• Enterprise—
  • • Everything in Pro, plus enterprise features
  • • Enterprise-grade privacy and security
  • • Custom roles and permissions
  • • Dedicated support

• One planUSD10/month
  • • Native AI integration using GPT-4 and Whisper
  • • Backlinks to associate notes
  • • End-to-end encrypted note contents
  • • Google Calendar and Outlook integrations

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