The AI essay checker that gives you revision notes
Paste your essay and get specific, revision-oriented feedback in seconds — strengths, improvement suggestions, and a per-criterion score. Built for students, teachers, and tutors.
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Revision-oriented, not judgmental
Feedback that helps you actually revise
The checker reads your essay and points at specific sentences — what works, what needs revision, and why. No generic "good job" or "needs work" with nothing behind it.
Specific revision suggestions tied to your text
Strengths called out with examples
Per-criterion scores (thesis, evidence, organization, mechanics)
Honest — not sugar-coated or harsh
Argumentative essay · Revision draft
Suggestion
Paragraph 3 introduces a new claim ("students learn better with frequent feedback") without transitioning from the previous paragraph. A transition sentence tying feedback to the accountability argument would tighten the logic.
Strength
The counterargument paragraph engages seriously with the objection rather than dismissing it — this raises the sophistication of the argument significantly.
Your rubric or ours
Any rubric, any essay type
Paste your rubric and the checker scores against it. Leave blank for default essay criteria. Works for argumentative, narrative, descriptive, expository, and college application essays.
Paste your rubric or use default
Argumentative, narrative, descriptive, expository
Grade-calibrated K-12 or college
Point, percentage, or letter-grade output
Thesis
Clarity, specificity
Evidence
Quality, relevance
Organization
Structure, flow
Mechanics
Grammar, syntax
Designed for real classrooms
Every detail, handled
The small details that make an AI essay check something a student or teacher would actually act on.
- Checked in 20 seconds
- Full feedback report in under half a minute.
- Grounded feedback
- Every claim cites specific text — no generic platitudes.
- Draft stage to final
- Use before revision, after, or as a final sanity check.
- Copy the feedback
- One-click copy. Paste into your doc or share with a student.
About this tool
The AI essay checker that gives you revision notes
The free AI essay checker students and teachers use when they want feedback that points at specific sentences, not generic praise. Paste any essay — argumentative, narrative, descriptive, expository, or college app — and get a rubric-based score, called-out strengths, and revision-oriented suggestions. No sign-up, no credit card, no daily limit.
Feedback you can actually act on
Most AI essay checkers grade everything as 'good' or spit out vague 'add more evidence' without specifying where. This tool cites specific sentences — the opening hook that works, the body paragraph that lost the thread, the conclusion that didn't land — so the revision cycle starts with a clear list of what to fix and where.
Specific suggestions tied to your actual sentences
Strengths called out with examples
Per-criterion scores that sum to the overall
Revision-oriented, not judgment
Built for the revision cycle, not one-shot grading
Run it on your first draft to see what's working. Run it on your final to catch last-minute issues. Run it with a specific rubric when you have one, or default criteria when you don't. The checker is designed to be used repeatedly across a revision cycle — not a one-shot judgment.
For students, teachers, and writing tutors
High school students run drafts through it before turning in. College students use it on application essays. Teachers run a class set to spot patterns. Writing tutors use it to ground feedback in specific text when working with new clients. Same tool, different workflows.
Pair with AI grading when work scales
The essay checker is free forever for one-at-a-time use. When you're grading a stack of 120 essays, GradeWithAI's paid product scales — same AI, LMS sync, rubric reuse across the whole class.
How it works
Essay in, feedback out — in 20 seconds
- 1
Paste the essay
Any length up to 40,000 characters. Any essay type.
- 2
Add rubric (optional)
Paste your rubric or assignment instructions for tighter feedback.
- 3
Revise from the feedback
Strengths, suggestions, per-criterion scores. Copy and paste into your revision doc.
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“Students have also appreciated the consistency and immediacy of the feedback I can provide through GradeWithAI. This has enabled them to make necessary corrections and achieve their desired scores on any assignment.”
Checking one essay vs. a class set
Now grade it just as fast
The free checker is for one-at-a-time use. For a class set of 120 essays, GradeWithAI's paid product scales up — sync with LMS, grade against the same rubric, push grades back.
Sync essays from Google Classroom or Canvas
Grade 120 essays against the same rubric
Works with typed and handwritten responses
Push grades back to your LMS in one click
Graded 120 essays
Period 4 · 92% class average · 14 seconds
Ava G.
9/10
Marcus R.
10/10
Priya S.
8/10
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Essay checker FAQ
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