Essay Writer App vs QuillBot

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: Essay Writer App — $5.99/mo vs $19.99/mo for QuillBot
Free plan: Only QuillBot (Essay Writer App has paid plans only)
Higher Trust score: QuillBot — 93 vs 67 for Essay Writer App
Best fit: Essay Writer App: Drafting a short essay outline or first pass to rewrite yourself · QuillBot: Students and non-native writers rewording essays and emails sentence by sentence
Platforms: Essay Writer App: Web · QuillBot: Web, Chrome extension, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Essay Writer AppEssay generator with a built-in humanizer sold on getting past Turnitin and ZeroGPT checks

QuillBotParaphrasing, summarising and citation tools for students

Side by side

Fact	Essay Writer App	QuillBot
Category	Essay & Assignment Help	Paraphrasing & Rewriting
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Starts at	$5.99/mo	$19.99/mo
Trust score	67 / 100	93 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, Chrome extension, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Company	—	Learneo, Inc.
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Essay Writer App

Cheap and blunt: a generator plus a detector-evasion pass, priced under fifteen dollars a month at every tier. The 1,500-word ceiling applies even on the unlimited plan, so longer coursework has to be stitched together. The product's entire pitch contradicts the disclaimer in its own footer, and the operator is anonymous, which is a poor combination for anything with your name on it.

Pros

Entry plan at $5.99 a month, cheaper than most essay tools
Outliner, paraphraser, grammar check and citation generator bundled in
A human-writer ordering route sits alongside the AI tool

Cons

1,500-word ceiling per essay on every plan, including the unlimited tier
No company name, registration or country published anywhere
No free tier — the tool is behind a subscription from the first essay

QuillBot

QuillBot remains the fastest way to reword a paragraph you have already written, and the free tier is enough for occasional use; Premium at roughly $8 to $20 a month depending on term buys the extra modes, longer inputs and the plagiarism checker that students actually want. Against a general chatbot it wins on speed and a purpose-built interface, not on writing quality, and against Grammarly it is cheaper but narrower.

Pros

Free tier includes grammar checking, two paraphrase modes, translation and AI detection
Extensions and apps for Chrome, Windows, macOS, Safari, iOS and Android keep it inside the writing surface
Paraphrase modes and a synonym slider give more control than a one-shot rewrite prompt
Backed by Learneo, a large education group, rather than an anonymous operator

Cons

Month-to-month Premium is about 2.4 times the annual rate, so the headline low price assumes a year up front
The site blocks automated access, so none of the figures here come from its own pricing page
The App Store listing itself disagrees on how many Premium paraphrase modes exist (8 versus 10+)
The heavy student use and the AI detector attract academic-integrity scrutiny that can rebound on users

Which one fits

Choose Essay Writer App if you need

Drafting a short essay outline or first pass to rewrite yourself
Paraphrasing and citation formatting on a small budget
Students who want a cheap monthly tool rather than per-page ordering

Choose QuillBot if you need

Students and non-native writers rewording essays and emails sentence by sentence
Anyone who wants grammar, paraphrase, summary and citation tools in one browser extension
Occasional users, since the free tier handles short rewrites without an account upsell wall