AI Writing: Essay

My Experience with AI Writing: Essay

I was using this other essay app for months, but last week it just wouldn’t open anymore. Staring at a blank document for a sociology paper due Friday, I grabbed this one. My first try was on my Pixel 7 at the kitchen table Tuesday night. I typed “causes of urban gentrification” and bam, it gave me a whole structure in seconds. It wasn’t perfect, but it gave me something to work with instead of nothing. That’s really all I wanted. I used it for three days straight for different assignments, and it just worked. I did hit a snag once where the text box got weird after pasting a long prompt, but closing the app and opening it again fixed it. Simple.

Features Worth Noting

The main thing is how fast it gives you a draft. You put in your topic, and it builds an essay with an intro, points, and a conclusion before you can even get distracted. I don’t care about fancy specs, but I liked that it sometimes showed little source links next to facts. I clicked one about rent control and it took me to an article I could actually use. The plagiarism checker is right there too, which I ran on everything because I’m paranoid. It flagged a couple of lines I needed to change. The grammar check is okay, it catches the obvious stuff like missing commas, but it’s not going to teach you advanced writing.

What Needs Work

The writing it produces can sound a bit like a textbook. For that gentrification essay, the first draft was dry. I had to go through and change a lot of the wording to sound like something a human would actually say. It’s a starting point, not a finished product. Also, I wish I could tell it to write in a different style, like more casual or persuasive. It has one mode. And like I said, it glitched once when I asked it to compare two really complex economic theories. The spinner just hung for a minute before I had to force-close it.

Pricing

It’s free. There are small ads at the bottom of the screen, but they didn’t pop up or interrupt me while I was typing. I never had to watch a video or get nagged to buy a premium version. For a free tool that does the heavy lifting of starting an essay, I really can’t complain. You get what you pay for, and in this case, you get a useful helper for zero dollars.

Developer Notes

I actually had to contact support because the app wasn’t saving one of my drafts. I used the form in the settings and explained the problem. They got back to me after a few days, which felt slow when I was stressed about the paper, but the person was helpful. They asked for my Android version and suggested a fix that worked. I saw the app had an update a couple weeks ago, so it seems like they’re still working on it. They’re not a huge company, but they responded.

Security & Privacy

I got it from the Play Store like any other app. I glanced at the privacy stuff. It says it collects basic data on how the app is used to fix bugs and that my essays are stored on my phone. I’m not putting my bank details in here, just school assignments, so that’s fine by me. It feels safe enough for what it does.