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Writefull’s Ask AI vs. ChatGPT: A research-focused comparison

How does Writefull’s Ask AI compare to ChatGPT for research-focused writing? In this post, we share the results of a direct comparison, highlighting where Ask AI stands out in areas like methodology, research rigor, and tailored academic support. Dive in to explore the differences!

Writefull for Word

New in Writefull for Word: Synonyms in Context

Writefull’s Synonyms in Context feature is now also available in Writefull for Word, following its success in Writefull for Overleaf! Now, if you’re writing in Word, you can select any word or phrase to instantly view alternatives that fit your sentence.

Sponsorship

Writefull sponsors ICCB 2025 to help reduce language barriers for researchers

We are pleased to announce that Writefull is sponsoring the 2025 ICCB conference! This sponsorship is part of ICCB’s wider efforts to reduce language barriers for researchers worldwide.

Product update

New, nieuw, nuevo! Writefull now supports other languages and writing genres

You can now choose which language model revises your text: Writefull's model, developed for English research writing, or the GPT model, which works with any language or genre. Plus, with the GPT model you can enter custom prompts to fine-tune the language feedback to your needs!

Corpus analysis

Analysis: The most frequent edits to make academic texts more concise

Clear and concise writing is key to academic writing. We used Writefull’s ‘Make Concise’ feature, available in Writefull for Word and Overleaf, to identify common lengthy phrases in published papers—and learn how to shorten these effectively.

Product update

New Writefull for Word with even more academic writing support

The new version of Writefull for Word merges Writefull’s signature language support with a new, extensive set of AI features. From transforming your writing style to giving you academic insights on demand, the new Writefull for Word gives you even greater confidence in your research writing.

Overleaf

Customize your paraphrases with your own prompt or preferences

We’ve just upgraded Writefull's Paraphrasing tool in Overleaf with advanced customization options! You can now fine-tune your paraphrases using a range of settings and a free prompting field, ensuring that Writefull rephrases your text according to your preferences.

Corpus analysis

Positive language in research: a comparison across disciplines

At Writefull, we regularly analyze the linguistic patterns that make research writing unique. In this analysis, we look at the language of positivity: what ‘good news’ is reported in academic papers, and how does this vary across different disciplines?

Product update

New in Writefull for Overleaf: Contextual Synonym and Phrase Suggestions

Writefull's Synonyms in Context offers alternative words or phrases that fit your sentence perfectly! This feature helps you refine your writing style, add variety to your vocabulary, and enhance your overall expression.

Overleaf

New in Writefull for Overleaf: auto-generate tables and equations

Today, we launched two new features to help you save even more time: the Table Generator and Equation Generator. Use them to generate LaTeX code for your tables and equations instantly, with just an image or a prompt!

Overleaf

Writefull for Overleaf amps up with even more AI

We just released a new version of Writefull for Overleaf, offering even more AI to help you write and revise your text in Overleaf. This new version comes with and a toolkit of AI options.

Publishers

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is piloting Writefull Revise

After successfully integrating four of Writefull’s API services into their production workflow, ACS is now embarking on a pilot of Revise, Writefull’s pre-submission service for authors.

Overleaf

Writefull now fully integrated with Overleaf!

Writefull has been integrated into Overleaf! This means that Writefull's language feedback and writing widgets, tailored to scientific writing and LaTeX, are now available within the Overleaf editor directly - no need to install the Writefull extension.

Writefull

The start of a new chapter: Digital Science acquires Writefull

Writefull has been acquired by Digital Science, an AI-focused technology company providing innovative solutions for the research ecosystem. With this acquisition, Writefull has joined Digital Science’s portfolio of companies, including Altmetric, Dimensions, Overleaf, Figshare, and others.

Overleaf

New version of Writefull for Overleaf: dictionary and more

Thanks to a newly added feature to block edits, faster text processing, and improved performance around LaTeX syntax, Writefull for Overleaf is now even better than before.

Writefull for Institutions

New: Monitor your students' academic language development with Writefull's dashboard

The Writefull dashboard, developed in collaboration with VU Amsterdam, shows how many language suggestions Writefull offers, and of what type. These metrics give insights into students’ written academic language quality.

Writefull for Institutions

How to get Writefull Premium through your institution

We often get emails from Writefull lovers asking if their university has a license, so that they can get Premium access through their institution. If you have the same wish, do read on. Getting your institution on board can be quick and simple.

Writefull

Try the new Writefull for Overleaf!

Today, we launched a new version of Writefull for Overleaf. This new version makes it even easier to use Writefull’s AI language check and writing widgets within the Overleaf editor.

Writefull

TeXGPT: Harness the power of ChatGPT in Overleaf

TexGPT, a new feature in Writefull for Overleaf, speeds up your LaTeX writing. It harnesses GPT-3 and Writefull's AI to help you with... well, anything.

Academic writing

How to use Writefull and ChatGPT for your academic writing

ChatGPT can output sentences, rewrites, or entire texts. How can ChatGPT benefit your academic writing? And how does it differ from Writefull?

Product update

Writefull's Academizer makes your informal language academic!

Writefull's Academizer rewrites your informal sentences into academic ones. This is Writefull’s fourth AI-based widget, following the Paraphraser, Title Generator, and Abstract Generator.

API

Writefull Language API integrated by Charlesworth

Charlesworth Group has integrated Writefull’s Language API into their author services workflow. Writefull’s AI-based language check is used to advise authors on whether their manuscript needs language editing.

Product update

The Abstract Generator is now available in Writefull for Overleaf!

Writefull's popular widget, the Abstract Generator, has been shipped to Writefull for Overleaf. It parses your LaTeX source code and generates an abstract for your manuscript in seconds.

Publishers

British Ecological Society integrates Writefull into submission system

By integrating Writefull for authors, the British Ecological Society joins other publishers, such as Hindawi, Cambridge University Press, and Karger, in an effort to reduce the language barrier for authors.

Writefull

New! Writefull's automated Abstract Generator

Time for a new Writefull widget! Today, we release the Abstract Generator. This clever widget uses AI to automatically generate an abstract for your paper.