Review readability
See a readability grade and useful counts before you share a draft.
Concise for iPhone and Android
A Hemingway Editor alternative for mobile writing
Concise is an independent writing clarity editor. Check readability, difficult sentences, passive voice, adverbs, and wordy phrasing on your device, then choose how to improve your draft.
Concise is not the official Hemingway Editor app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hemingway Editor.
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Writing clarity on your phone
See what may be slowing your reader down.
Find difficult sentences
Hard and very hard sentence highlights show where a reader may need to slow down.
Spot passive voice
Notice passive constructions and decide when a more direct sentence would help.
Check adverbs and weak words
See adverbs and weak qualifiers that may add less than you intended.
Trim wordy phrases
Find phrases you can consider making shorter while keeping your own voice.
A real editing decision
A shorter sentence can keep the same meaning.
Before
A decision was made by the team to postpone the report because it was very difficult to finish it by Friday.
After
The team postponed the report because they could not finish it by Friday.
The rewrite above is an original editorial example, not an automatic Concise result. Concise checks your actual draft for signals such as passive voice, adverbs, weak words, and sentence difficulty; you decide what to change.
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Open the full readability checkerMobile by design
Work with private drafts wherever you write.
Concise runs its core clarity checks on your iPhone or Android device. You can edit local drafts without a connection. The free app includes those on-device checks; neither sign-in nor cloud AI is required for them.
Free
On-device writing clarity checks and local drafts.
Pro Lifetime
Optional one-time purchase for the app's local Pro tools. No subscription.
Pro+
Optional subscription for local Pro tools and user-initiated cloud AI assistance, subject to quota. AI requests need a connection.
Made for everyday drafts
A clearer pass before your words go out.
Students
Review the clarity of an essay draft before you submit it. You remain responsible for the final wording.
Professionals
Catch hard-to-read lines in an email, update, or proposal before you send it.
Writers
Edit a blog post or other draft on your phone without losing your own style.
Helpful answers
What to know before you download.
Is Concise the official Hemingway Editor mobile app?
No. Concise is an independent App Factory Labs product. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hemingway Editor.
Can I use Concise offline?
Core readability and sentence checks run on your device and work without an internet connection. Optional Pro+ AI requires a user-initiated cloud request.
What can I do for free?
You can review readability and writing clarity signals with the on-device editor and keep local drafts. Pro Lifetime adds local Pro tools through a one-time purchase; Pro+ is an optional subscription that also includes cloud AI access subject to quota.
Does Concise rewrite every sentence for me?
The core editor highlights issues for you to review and edit yourself. Optional Pro+ AI tools process only text you choose to send in an explicit request. Review any AI output before using it.
Where can I get Concise?
Concise is available for iPhone through the App Store and for Android through Google Play. Use the store links below for the current listing.
Start with the free local checks
Make your next draft easier to read.
Download Concise for iPhone or Android and decide which changes improve your writing.
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