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What is Write It?

A complete, plain description of what Write It does, where it runs, what it costs, and what it does not do — no marketing adjectives.

Write It teamUpdated September 9, 20264 min read

Write It is a Chrome extension for students. It runs inside Google Docs and handles the parts of an assignment that happen between having an idea and submitting a finished, cited document.

What it actually is

Write It installs from the Chrome Web Store and adds a side panel to Google Docs. Everything happens against the document you have open — it reads it, writes into it, and edits it in place. There is no separate editor to migrate to and no web form to paste into.

Write It centers its tools on the document you have open. Other assistants can also work with documents through integrations; the reason to choose Write It is whether its in-document writing, research, and rubric workflows fit your task.

Every feature, plainly

Auto Typer (Insert Text). Types text into the document one character at a time with variable speed, occasional typos it goes back and corrects, and pauses at the ends of sentences and paragraphs. There is also a Paste Mode if you want it in instantly.
Write It Max. A realism layer on the typer: pauses that scale with the complexity of what is coming next, speed that tracks how confidently a person would write a phrase, and a decoy rewrite pass that types a plausible alternate phrasing before the intended one.
Apollo Agent Mode. Give it the assignment and it plans, drafts section by section, and revises — holding to tone and rubric constraints you set. There is a review step before anything lands in the doc.
Rubric Workspace. Attach and preview the assignment rubric, inspect its criteria, and connect the current document for grading feedback. Review the evidence and next-step suggestions for each criterion. Estimated scores are revision guidance, not a guarantee of an instructor’s grade.
AI Humanizer. Rewrites the phrasing patterns that make prose read as machine-written — uniform sentence rhythm, stock transitions, even hedging — while leaving your argument intact.
AI Detector. Scores your own draft so you can see which passages still read as machine-written.
Research Mode. Research in chat, find and review sources, and keep useful ones in a source library. Connect a Google Doc for document actions. Set the citation style, use course-specific research settings when appropriate, and build a bibliography from the sources you use. Check original publications before citing them.
Writing Assistant. Provides spelling and grammar underlines, writing suggestions, and inline autocomplete. Review suggestions in the context of what you mean to say.
Highlight Mode. Select any passage and get a direct AI edit on that selection.
Context Manager. Writing samples and past drafts carry across the humanizer, typer, and Apollo so output tracks your voice.

Where it runs

The full toolkit runs in Google Docs. Microsoft Word on the web is supported, along with Office.com, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Google Slides is supported with a lighter feature set. It is a Chrome extension, so it also works in Brave and other Chromium browsers — but there is no desktop app and no mobile app.

What it costs

A free account gets a personal code for a seven-day Premium trial in its welcome email, plus 5,000 tokens topped back up every month, free daily AI detection, and one run of Write It Max. Plus is $10 a month or $96 a year and includes 100,000 tokens a month. Premium is $15 a month or $144 a year and includes 200,000. Token allowances refresh in full every month.

Tokens meter AI usage. A long agent run costs more than a short rewrite. Write It Max is included with Plus and Premium rather than sold separately.

Who it is for

Overwhelmingly high school students — AP Lit, AP English, AP Research, AP Seminar, and Common App essays — plus a good share of undergraduates. Research Mode in particular is built around the AP Research and AP Seminar rubrics.

What it does not do

Worth stating plainly, since most product pages skip it.

No desktop or mobile app. Browser only.
No guaranteed detector outcome. AI detectors are probabilistic and they change. We describe what the humanizer rewrites; we do not promise a score.
Feedback needs review. A rubric score or writing suggestion can be wrong. Compare it with the assignment and the relevant passage.
Not a reference manager. For a library you keep across years with stored PDFs and annotations, Zotero is the better tool.
Not general-purpose. It writes. It does not do your math homework.

See it on your own assignment

Install Write It free — a seven-day Premium trial, 5,000 tokens every month, and one Write It Max run, no card required to sign up.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Write It free?

There is a free tier: a seven-day Premium trial code in every welcome email, plus 5,000 tokens every month, free daily AI detection, and one Write It Max run. No card required to sign up. Paid plans add a larger token allowance that refreshes in full every month.

Is Write It safe to install?

It is distributed through the Chrome Web Store and reviewed under Google’s extension policies. It needs broad browser permissions to read and type into documents, which is worth understanding before you install — the permissions dialog lists exactly what it asks for.

Does Write It store my documents?

Document content is processed to provide the AI features and is not used for training or sold to third parties. The privacy policy is the authoritative version of this answer.

Does Write It work outside Google Docs?

Write It runs in Google Docs with the full toolkit, in Microsoft Word on the web, and in Google Slides with a lighter feature set.

Will this get past an AI detector?

No tool can promise a particular detector score, and we do not make that promise. The humanizer rewrites AI-flavored phrasing so it reads naturally to a person; the AI Detector shows you what still reads as machine-written so you can decide what to do about it.

What are tokens?

Tokens are how AI usage is metered. Bigger jobs — a long agent run, a full research draft — cost more than a short rewrite. Plus and Premium allowances refresh in full every month.