This is one of the most common questions I’ve been getting lately.

Here’s the short answer:

Hemingway is about conciseness and “correctness.” It flags complex sentences and suggests cutting things like adverbs, but it doesn’t really help you vary your pacing or the flow of your writing. In fact, if you ran a bunch of famous books through Hemingway, it would tell you all sorts of things are wrong with them.

Writhm is about flow and finesse. It visualizes your sentences based on length and complexity and helps you see where your writing stumbles so you can fix it. Writhm loves both short, punchy sentences and long, sweeping prose, and it won’t ding you for grammar mistakes or tell you to try to simplify things.

Now don’t get me wrong—Hemingway can be useful.

But again, not everything’s about “correctness.”

Plus, they are pushing hard on AI right now, which, y’know, makes a lot of writers nervous. At Writhm, there’s a conscious choice to have zero AI whatsoever. It doesn’t train on your writing, it doesn’t generate anything. And it’s being built with the input of the writing community, which supports the craft of writing and writers’ livelihoods.

Tl;dr – Hemingway focuses on conciseness and “correctness,” while Writhm focuses on flow and finesse.

Hope that helps. And hey, give Writhm a shot! We’re the new kid on the block, and we’re adding new features from community feedback every week.

Sign up for a free account and take a peek.