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            "tagline": "Paid French and English writing assistant for desktop, web and iOS",
            "summary": "Antidote is a paid writing assistant with a corrector, dictionaries and language guides for French and English. It runs as a Windows and Mac app, as a web app, and on iPhone and iPad. Access is by yearly subscription, with personal and family plans.",
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                "Corrects French and English in one suite",
                "Desktop, web and iPhone or iPad apps",
                "Large dictionaries and detailed language guides"
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                "Sold only as a yearly subscription per user",
                "Mobile app is limited to iPhone and iPad"
            ],
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            "overview": "Antidote's corrector checks spelling, grammar and typography, and it suggests ways to rework awkward sentences. Its dictionaries and language guides cover French and English, and the site says it provides more than 2.8 million translations of words and expressions. Antidote integrates with favorite software on a computer, and its mobile app covers iPhone and iPad.\n\nAntidote+ is sold as a yearly subscription per user. Personal plans cover one language or both English and French, and Family plans add up to five users. The store page lists current prices and is the place to check them. English-only writers can choose the one-language plan."
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            "tagline": "Writing editor with style reports and story tools for authors",
            "summary": "ProWritingAid is a writing editor for fiction and nonfiction that reports on style, grammar and pacing, with story tools for planning and plot analysis. It has a free plan and two Premium tiers.",
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                "Free plan is available",
                "Story tools for planning and plot analysis",
                "Detailed style and pacing reports"
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                "Premium costs $30 a month billed monthly",
                "Focused on book-length writing"
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            "overview": "ProWritingAid is a writing tool aimed mainly at novelists and nonfiction authors. The editor produces reports on style, grammar, pacing and repeated words, and it has story tools such as a story canvas, plot analysis and placeholders. The site also offers writing sessions, creative prompts, challenges and community features for writers.\n\nThe pricing page lists a Free plan, Premium at $30 a month billed monthly and Premium Pro at $36 a month billed monthly. Premium Pro adds chapter critiques and community features on top of Premium. The site also runs writing contests and yearly challenges. The tool is strongest for book-length work, and it is less suited to short business copy."
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        "Only Antidote runs on Windows.",
        "Only Antidote runs on macOS.",
        "Only Antidote runs on iOS.",
        "ProWritingAid has a free plan or free version; Antidote does not.",
        "Antidote: subscription. ProWritingAid: free plan, paid upgrades."
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                    "rank": 4,
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                    "best_for": "Long drafts that need style and pacing reports",
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                        "where": "Web editor",
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