Grammarly Desktop FOR MAC

Grammarly has become hugely popular over the years, providing users with a great way to both check their grammar and improve their writing. The service also offered a desktop app, which was nothing but a wrapper for the web version, but that has now changed.

Features:

• Native macOS app


• Spell checking and suggestions on your desktop


• Works with any desktop text editor or browser


• Automatically checks your grammar in text fields


• Small widget for easy access to suggestions

However, the text editor is now only accessible via a browser, so not everything has been improved across the board.

While the old Grammarly was a very basic web app wrapper, it had the advantage of including a word processor that worked outside of a browser. Sadly, that is no longer the case.

Compatibility:

Grammarly now works with any desktop text editor or browser. If you have a text field anywhere, the app should detect it and check your grammar automatically. You will see a small widget next to the field, which you can click to cycle through suggestions.

However, you can only go through them one by one, as the app cannot display all suggestions on the screen at once. For that, you will need to paste your text into the web-based editor.

User Experience:

Overall, Grammarly Desktop is a welcome upgrade from the old macOS app, but it still needs work. The layout of the grammar checking widget could be improved, along with the app's text field detection. A desktop editor would be nice but is unlikely to be added.