How we review and exclude tools
Decisions we make before a tool is listed, written down so they can be argued with.
This page is the method behind the toolbox. It states the exclusion rules first, then how a listing is put together and dated.
You are here to make your writing read better. Not to fool a checker. We cannot promise what a detector will say, and we do not try.
What you get here
- Excluded by rule, before anything else is considered: any tool whose selling point is defeating, evading, or lowering a detection score.
- Excluded: essay-writing and assignment-completion services, and anything aimed at academic dishonesty.
- Excluded: tools with no public pricing page, or no readable privacy statement.
- Excluded: listings where the operator cannot be identified from the site itself.
- Every listing must state its category, what it is for, and the date it was checked.
- Every listing is labelled either as something we ran ourselves, or as public information compiled on a date and not separately tested.
- Listings are re-checked on a monthly cycle; anything that no longer resolves, or whose pricing changed, is corrected or removed.
- This toolbox does not accept payment for placement. If that ever changes, the label on the listing will say so.
How a listing gets built
- Open the public page of the tool and record what it says it does.
- Check the pricing page and the privacy statement exist and are readable.
- Run the free part once, and note what it actually returned.
- Write the listing with its category, its limits, and the date checked.
- Re-check on the monthly cycle and update the date in the changelog.
Common questions
Why is there an exclusion list at all?
Because a directory is defined by what it refuses. Tools built around beating a checker are refused before anything else is weighed.
What does the check date mean?
It is the day someone here opened the tool and recorded the fields. It is not a guarantee that the tool is unchanged today.
Do you charge for a listing?
No. Placement is not sold. If that ever changes, the affected listing will be labelled.
Can I point out a mistake in a listing?
Yes. Corrections are welcome and are recorded in the changelog with the date.