Natively vs Grammarly: from correct English to native English
Grammarly makes your English correct. Natively makes it sound like a native wrote it - and helps you actually learn the language while you work.
Make your writing sound native
Type anywhere β one tap and your text reads like a native speaker wrote it.
Learn how Make It Sound Native worksGrammarly is built around correctness - grammar, spelling, punctuation, and a bit of tone. For native speakers polishing their own writing, that is often enough. But if English is not your first language, "correct" is only half the problem: a sentence can be grammatically perfect and still read as obviously non-native.
Natively is built for exactly that gap. Instead of flagging mistakes one by one, it rewrites your whole message in a single step so it reads the way a native speaker would actually phrase it - keeping your meaning, your tone, and even your jokes. It works in the same places you already write: Slack, Gmail, Notion, any text field in your browser, on your Mac, and on your iPhone keyboard.
And it does not stop at the message in front of you. Grammarly is a correction tool; Natively is a toolkit for living in a second language - follow fast meetings with a live transcript you can scroll back, learn from YouTube subtitles by tapping any word, and turn the words you look up into vocabulary that actually sticks. The goal is not just error-free text today, but needing the tool less over time.
Native, not just correct
Grammarly tells you a sentence is correct. Natively rewrites it so it sounds like a native speaker wrote it - phrasing and word choice, not just grammar.
A toolkit, not a proofreader
Beyond the text you type: live meeting transcripts, tap-to-understand YouTube subtitles, and vocabulary you actually remember. Grammarly only touches your writing.
Built for non-native speakers
Every feature assumes English is not your first language and is designed to remove that barrier - and help you learn, not just patch the same mistakes forever.
Works in every app, one shortcut
Any website in your browser, a native Mac app, and a "Make it sound native" key on your iPhone keyboard. Rewrite in place without leaving the field.
Learn as you go
Words you look up get saved in context and quizzed on your phone with spaced repetition, so your English improves instead of staying dependent on the tool.
Free to start, private by design
A genuinely free tier to begin with, and your text is sent over HTTPS for correction and never stored on our servers.
Where Natively goes further than Grammarly
Both will clean up your writing. The difference is what happens after "correct" - and everything around the message itself.
Correctness vs sounding native
Grammarly is built to make text correct: it flags grammar, spelling, and tone issues for you to accept one at a time. Correct English can still sound stiff or obviously non-native.
With Nativelyrewrites the whole message in one step so it reads the way a native speaker would actually write it - natural phrasing and word choice included, not just grammar.
A writing assistant vs a language toolkit
Grammarly works only on the text you write. The meeting you cannot quite follow, the video in another language, and the words you keep forgetting are all out of scope.
With Nativelyadds a live meeting transcript you can scroll back, tap-to-understand YouTube subtitles, and vocabulary with spaced-repetition quizzes - the rest of life in a second language, not just one text box.
Everyone vs non-native speakers
Grammarly serves a broad audience, native writers included, so its suggestions assume you mostly need cleanup of your own polished English.
With Nativelyis built specifically for people working in a language that is not their first, so the default is "make this sound native", not "fix these three commas".
Fixing today vs learning for tomorrow
A pure correction tool keeps fixing the same kinds of mistakes indefinitely, which keeps you dependent on it.
With Nativelyturns the words and phrases you look up into vocabulary you review until they stick, so you genuinely improve and need it less over time.
How it works
- 1Write your message in any app - Slack, Gmail, anywhere you already work
- 2Trigger Natively with a right-click or the N button
- 3Your text is replaced with a native-sounding version, and new words get saved to learn
Frequently asked questions
- Is Natively a Grammarly alternative?
- Yes. Natively covers the writing-correction job Grammarly does, then goes further: it rewrites your text to sound native rather than only correct, works across your apps, and adds learning features built for non-native speakers.
- What is the difference between Natively and Grammarly?
- Grammarly focuses on making text correct - grammar, spelling, and tone. Natively focuses on making text sound like a native speaker wrote it, and on helping you understand and learn the language through live meeting transcripts, YouTube subtitles, and vocabulary with spaced repetition.
- Is Natively free?
- There is a free tier with unlimited grammar checking and a monthly allowance of best-quality AI corrections in any language. Paid plans add more corrections and features.
- Does Natively work in the same places as Grammarly?
- Natively works in any text field in your browser - Slack, Gmail, Notion, LinkedIn and more - plus a native Mac app across applications and an iPhone keyboard with a "Make it sound native" key.
- Can Natively help me actually improve my English, not just fix it?
- Yes. The words and phrases you look up are saved with the context you met them in and quizzed on your phone using spaced repetition, so they move into long-term memory instead of being forgotten.
- Does Natively store my text?
- No. Your text is sent over HTTPS for correction and is not retained on our servers.