SafeGrade analyses your writing quality, checks your referencing, and estimates your grade — then uses AI to look deeper for patterns that could get you flagged. All before you submit.
Drop in your essay as plain text, or upload a .docx file. Your data is stored securely on UK servers — never shared with third parties.
Six writing quality signals run instantly — completely free. If you want a deeper AI risk check, run a Deep Scan. Harvard referencing and grade estimation follow automatically.
Click any flagged phrase to see a rewrite suggestion. Fix citations with one click. Recheck until you're confident. Then submit.
Six dimensions of your writing measured instantly — perplexity, burstiness, vocabulary diversity, phrase patterns, sentence variety, paragraph structure. Free and unlimited.
The Deep Scan uses AI to look further than the local metrics. It catches fabricated references, formulaic structure, and subtle patterns that suggest AI involvement. Returns a separate AI risk verdict alongside your writing score.
Specific rewrites for every AI-sounding phrase — actual alternative sentences written for your essay's context. Click to apply or ignore.
Validates in-text citations against your reference list. Catches missing entries, formatting errors, and mismatches — before your marker does.
Weighted score across writing quality, argument depth, citation health, and structure. Calibrated to UK grade boundaries: First, 2:1, 2:2, Third.
Set up your modules, deadlines, and assignment briefs once — free, forever. SafeGrade remembers everything so your Essay Coach gives advice specific to your actual assignment, not a generic essay. Pro users also unlock the Research Planner to map out sources and structure before they start writing.
Ask anything about your essay, module, or deadline. The more you use SafeGrade, the more your Essay Coach learns — your university, your course, your lecturer's preferences, even how you write. Advice gets sharper the longer you're here.
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| Subject-aware Essay Coach | ||||
Need more mid-month? A one-time Usage Boost (£1.99) doubles all your Pro limits for the rest of the billing cycle. Max 1 per cycle.
We built SafeGrade because we were uncomfortable with how other tools handle student work. Here's exactly what we do — and don't do.
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