AI Academic Writing Coach

Sharpen every essay with an AI writing coach

Improve your academic writing with AI-powered feedback. Get suggestions on structure, clarity, arguments, and citations to elevate your essays and papers.

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Submit Your Writing

Paste your academic writing below to receive comprehensive feedback and suggestions.

Your writing is securely processed by Scholarly's advanced AI.

How it works

From draft to polished in three steps

Paste your writing, let the AI read it like a tutor, and act on clear, specific suggestions.

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Step 1: Submit Writing

Paste your essay, research paper, or any academic writing for comprehensive feedback.

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Step 2: AI Analyzes

Our AI evaluates your writing for clarity, coherence, academic tone, and argument strength.

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Step 3: Improve Writing

Apply detailed suggestions to make your academic writing clearer and easier to revise.

What you get

Feedback that actually improves your grade

Every report breaks down the parts of academic writing that markers care about most.

Structure analysis

See whether your introduction, body, and conclusion flow logically and where the argument loses the reader.

Clarity suggestions

Spot wordy sentences, vague phrasing, and passive constructions, with concrete rewrites you can apply.

Argument strength

Find claims that need stronger evidence and reasoning gaps that weaken your thesis.

Citation checks

Surface places that need a source and catch quotes or data presented without support.

Academic tone

Keep your voice formal and precise without sounding stiff or losing your own ideas.

A clear next step

Walk away with a prioritized list of edits so you always know what to fix first.

Why it helps

Better writing comes from better feedback

Most students get a grade and a few margin notes long after the deadline has passed. By then it is too late to act on them. An AI writing coach reverses that: you get detailed, actionable feedback while you can still revise.

Scholarly reads your draft the way a thoughtful tutor would, weighing structure, clarity, the strength of your argument, and how well your sources back up your claims. Instead of generic tips, you get specific notes tied to your own sentences.

Use it as a coach, not a crutch. The goal is to understand why a passage is weak so you write it better next time, not just patch this one assignment. Stronger habits compound across every essay, paper, and thesis you write.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How does the academic writing coach work?

Simply paste your academic writing into Scholarly. Our AI will analyze it for structure, clarity, arguments, and citations, providing detailed feedback to help you improve.

What types of writing can I get feedback on?

Our tool works for essays, research papers, theses, literature reviews, lab reports, and other academic writing types. You can specify the type for more targeted feedback.

Is the academic writing coach free to use?

Yes. You can analyze your writing for free with no account required. Sign up free to get unlimited feedback, save your reports, and track how your writing improves over time.

Will it write my essay for me?

No. Scholarly is a coach, not a ghostwriter. It points out what is working and what is not so you can revise your own ideas, learn the underlying skills, and keep your academic integrity intact.

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Pricing

Elevate Your Academic Writing

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Free

See what it does with one of your own sources.

$0

/month

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  • 3 lifetime AI Chat messages

  • 1 free AI creation total

  • 2-minute podcasts and video lectures

  • 1 free file upload total (8MB)

  • 5 lifetime quiz questions

  • 1 completed practice exam total

  • 15 lifetime voice minutes

  • 32-page PDF to flashcards

  • 500 lifetime autocomplete words

Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.

Premium

Most Popular

Steady weekly output from the material you already have.

$12

/month

Billed yearly at $144 · save $216

  • Everything in Free, plus:

  • 10 AI creations per week

  • Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)

  • Unlimited study sessions

  • Unlimited exams & quizzes

  • 1000-page PDF to flashcards

  • Export to Anki

  • Priority support

Laureate

For work where being right matters more than the price.

$99

/month

billed monthly · cancel anytime

For frontier models & 7x more AI Creations

Our most advanced and most expensive tier.

  • Everything in Premium, plus:

  • 75 flexible AI creation credits every week

  • 75 AI creations per week

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs

  • 12 hours of voice mode per day

  • Priority support and early access to new Frontier models

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AI chat

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AI creations

AI creations share one credit balance across every creation tool. Standard models use 1 credit; Frontier models Sol and Opus use 3.

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1 total
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10/week
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75/week

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Free episodes are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.

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2 minutes
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Up to 60 minutes
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Up to 60 minutes

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Free lectures with a length control are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short and Kids stay about 30 seconds.

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2 minutes
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Up to 45 minutes
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Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

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1 total (8MB)
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Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

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32 pages
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1000 pages
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3000 pages

Practice questions

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5 total
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Voice mode

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15 min total
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2 hr/day
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12 hr/day

Autocomplete

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500 words total
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Export to Anki

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Support

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What customers say

Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.

TD Georgas

TD Georgas

Tutor

I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.

Diana

Diana

Scholarly user

Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.

Briana

Briana

Scholarly user

This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.

Kelvin

Kelvin

Scholarly user

Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI creation total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI creations per week and unlimited uploads.

What uses my free AI creations?

Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat, autocomplete, quiz practice, voice, exams, and file uploads have separate lifetime allowances.

Can I cancel anytime?

Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.

Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?

Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.

What happens when I hit a free plan limit?

You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI creations per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.