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PureEdit

Mac & iPad · On-Device · No Cloud AI

Your writing stays on your device.

A local grammar checker for people who want better feedback than the tools built into Word, Pages, or LibreOffice — without pasting drafts into ChatGPT, Grammarly, or another cloud AI.

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Mac & iPad · Apple Silicon · App Store & direct builds

The promise: Grammar checking runs on your Mac or iPad. Your document is not uploaded to PureEdit or a cloud AI for that check.

Who it’s for

A good fit if you…

  • Won’t paste essays or drafts into AI chat sites
  • Want stronger grammar help than built-in checkers
  • Work in Word, Pages, LibreOffice, or Markdown files
  • Prefer accept/reject review over “rewrite my paper”

Not the right tool if you…

  • Want an AI ghostwriter or full essay generator
  • Need Grammarly-style checks in every browser box
  • Live only in Google Docs (no official add-on yet)
  • Need a human copyeditor’s final pass

What it does

Open a document, run a check, and review suggestions side by side with your text. Accept or reject each change yourself. Export a corrected file when you’re done. The default path is a fast on-device grammar engine — not a remote model.

Features

On-device grammar

Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style rules run in-process on your device. No PureEdit cloud for your draft.

Real documents

Word, Pages, LibreOffice, rich text, plain text, and Markdown — open, check, and export.

You stay in control

Review every suggestion. Accept one at a time, ignore words you choose, or apply fixable items in batch.

Optional AI style

A separate, opt-in on-device style pass (Apple Intelligence / local model). Not required for normal checking — and not a cloud chatbot.

No account to check

Open a file and check. Purchases use the App Store when you unlock full documents; checking itself doesn’t need a PureEdit login.

CLI for power users

The direct Mac build can include the pe helper for scriptable checks from the terminal.

Reads & writes

.docx.odt.pages .rtf.txt.md

Privacy (plain English)

Full studio policy: Privacy Policy.

Meet Moss

Moss, our rock-golem mascot, isn’t much of a typist — which is exactly why he cares about proofreading tools that don’t ship your manuscript to the cloud.

Moss the rock golem at a vintage typewriter in a cosy, book-lined study
Moss, hard at work on the next draft.

Pricing

Free Check the first 500 words — no account required to try the local engine.
PureEdit Pro One-time unlock for the whole document. Not an “AI subscription” — full-document checking on your device.

Built so a student can get real grammar help without pasting papers into cloud AI tools.