AI Spotlight: Quillbot AI-Powered Paraphrasing Tool
QuillBot is an AI-powered writing and editing tool to assist your writing process. With the click of a button, change the tone of your language to reflect a variety of different styles. The tool offers paraphrasing, grammar checking, plagiarism checking, citation generation, translation into 40 languages, content improvement and more. Quillbot calls itself the “total writing package”.
Learning Curve Scale (0-10):
The ease of use for Quillbot earns it a low learning curve score. Once you open the website or install the extension in your browser, the tools are easy to see and integrate in your workflow. QuillBot’s easy navigation and user-friendly UI earn it a Learning Curve Score of 2.
The variety of styles are worthwhile for both beginners and experienced writers.
Features:
Functionalities for spell-checking, paraphrasing, summarizing, plagiarism checking, and citation generating are available in the left navigation bar.
An advanced paraphrasing tool offers multiple modes for different writing styles including standard, fluency, formal, simple, creative, expand, and shorten
Use with writing program like Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Install the Chrome extension or download the app to use across programs on MacOS.
On the app, your writing sample is featured on the left, QuillBot’s recommendations are displayed on the right.
Favorite Features:
Once you enter your text into the tool, I like seeing both my original text on the left side and suggested text on the right side. Toggle the tabs across the top to see rewording options and modes, or styles of language that are available.
Price:
QuillBot offers a free plan that allows 125 words to be edited at a time and a limited amount of writing styles/modes. The premium plan offers editing to unlimited amounts of words for $8.33/month billed yearly, $13.33 per month semi-annually, or $19.95 per month.
The premium version also includes unlimited modes of writing - among its unique options are poet, copywriter, diplomatic and lovestruck.
App Store Reviews:
2.9 out of 5 with 23 ratings. Users on the Apple App Store give QuillBot mixed reviews. Some users praise the app for its helpful writing features and time-saving capabilities. However, others have pointed out areas for improvement and concerns about privacy with the iOS keyboard.