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ReText vs Wordtune

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. ReText starts at $7, Wordtune at $4.89. Both have a free tier.

ReTextParaphrasing at three strengths plus grammar checking, summarising and expansion, in four languages.WordtuneSentence rewriter that keeps the meaning you intended

Side by side

FactReTextWordtune
CategoryParaphrasing & RewritingParaphrasing & Rewriting
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$7 month$4.89 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWeb, Chrome ExtWeb, Chrome Ext
Company—AI21 Labs
Launched—2020
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

ReText

A competent multi-tool rewriter that is notably better at Russian than the English-first competition, and cheap — a million characters per tool for the price of a coffee. The uncomfortable part is the positioning: the site sells detection-bypass as a feature, which is a different product from a writing assistant.

Pros

  • Three paraphrase intensities plus separate synonym replacement
  • Grammar checking tuned to language-specific rules rather than translated English rules
  • Summarise, expand and chat-based generation in the same account
  • DOCX and TXT upload plus a browser extension
  • Premium allowance is a million characters per tool, which is generous at the price

Cons

  • Free tier is roughly 1,000 characters a day per tool — a demo, not a usable free plan
  • The $7 rate needs six months paid up front; the true monthly rate is higher
  • No API and no named company or country anywhere on the site
  • Only four languages supported

Wordtune

Wordtune still does the one thing it was built for better than the general assistants do, but its owner is in visible trouble and the product has not shipped news in two years. Cheap and useful today, risky as a dependency.

Pros

  • Rewrites preserve intent instead of paraphrasing into something else, which is the whole point
  • In-place browser extension avoids the copy-paste round trip
  • Cheapest tier is under $5 a month on annual billing

Cons

  • Parent AI21 Labs is in financial distress: a $300M round never closed, acquisition talks with NVIDIA and then Nebius, and reported layoffs above 60%
  • The product blog has not been updated since June 2024 and the site footer still reads 2025
  • AI21's own site no longer mentions Wordtune anywhere, suggesting it is no longer a strategic product
  • Free tier's 10 rewrites a day is exhausted in a single editing session

Which one fits

Choose ReText if you need

  • Rewriting in Russian, where most competitors are weak
  • Cheap high-volume paraphrasing and summarising
  • Writers who want grammar, summarise and expand in one place

Choose Wordtune if you need

  • Non-native English writers who need a sentence to read naturally, not be rewritten wholesale
  • Anyone editing inside Gmail, Docs or LinkedIn who wants suggestions in place
  • Light users, since the free tier is genuinely usable for occasional rewriting

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