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Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assistant

by Cactus Communications Services Pte Ltd · paperpal.com · Education
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 in_app
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Turn any webpage into your academic workspace with our grammar checks, paraphrasing, chat with PDF & notetaking with citation tools.

Users
20K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.2 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
28
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#6,158
#5,309 among extensions
Version
2.0.19
updated 23 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 2 years
215K30KOct 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 20,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
01428Oct 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 28 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assistant

Paperpal's Chrome Extension is your trusted all-in-one AI writing assistant, grammar checker, paraphrasing tool, reference finder, and notetaking tool. Seamlessly integrated into Google Docs, Overleaf, and other popular platforms used by students and researchers, Paperpal helps you write smarter, research faster, and stay organized without leaving your browser. ➤ Write with AI directly in Google Docs, Overleaf, and more Get grammar and proofreading support tailored for academic writing — catching errors other tools miss. Paperpal ensures clarity, consistency, and academic tone with grammar, spelling, and punctuation checks right where you write. ➤ Summarize and Understand Faster Review lengthy articles and grasp core insights quickly with Paperpal’s AI summarizer. Just highlight any passage to generate easy-to-understand AI summaries or get quick explanations of complex academic concepts in minutes. ➤ Paraphrase and Refine with Clarity Select any text and use our powerful paraphrasing tool to improve readability, reduce word count, and adjust tone without changing the meaning. Paperpal’s AI paraphraser comes with 10+ rewriting modes to help keep your writing authentic. ➤ Smarter Notetaking with Citations No more copy-paste notetaking chaos. Highlight key findings and save them directly to your Paperpal notes with citations for quick referencing and seamless citation management. Switch between APA citations, MLA citations, Chicago style citations and 10,000+ other citation styles with a click. ➤ Explore One-Click Chat with PDFs Interact with full-text PDFs online to ask questions, extract insights, or get AI summaries of research papers and technical documents. Delve deeper with suggestions for follow-up questions and in-built prompts; your chat history is saved to your Paperpal account helping you retain insights as you work. ➤ Simplify Research and Discovery Save time and strengthen your literature review with our AI reference finder. Click on the Paperpal widget when browsing papers online and get top 5 related research papers from our growing repository of 250Mn+ verified scholarly articles. ➤ Edit LaTeX files with Overleaf Chrome extension Write and polish your scientific writing without altering LaTeX codes with access to our grammar checker, AI writing tool, academic paraphraser, tone changer, and word count reducer all within the Overleaf online editor! Ideal for essays, theses, and research papers, Paperpal stands out as the trusted AI writing assistant for responsible AI use in academia. Unlike other language tools, it combines the best of all worlds – bringing together a grammar checker, reference finder, paraphrasing tool, Chat with PDF, and notetaking support in one powerful Chrome extension. Finally, rest assured, your research and data is always private and secure; Paperpal will never use your work to train its AI models. ➤ Get Started in Seconds 1. Click ‘Add to Chrome’ to install the Paperpal Chrome Extension. 2. Sign in or create your Paperpal account to access these features. 3. Start paraphrasing, researching, and saving your notes on the go. Install Paperpal Chrome Extension now and elevate every step of your academic writing journey! To know more, visit Paperpal (https://paperpal.com/) or write to us at hello@paperpal.com for support.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+10K+100.0%+6+0.07
1 year+11K+122.2%+10+0.49

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assistant appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
ai paraphrase online#40
ai paraphrase#8+6
ai writing tool#9−1
ai paraphrasing#10+3
ai paraphrasing tool#10+2
ai paraphraser#120
paraphrase online#13−7
paraphrasing tool#23−13
writing tool#27−19
ai grammar#28−3
ai grammar checker#28−3
paraphraser#29−4
ai writing#31+1
writing tools#33−22
paraphrasing#36−11
paraphrase#43−16
ai writing assistant#44−2
grammar checker#68−44
spelling & grammar checker#79−36

Version history

50 versions recorded
2.0.1923 Sep 2026
2.0.1822 Sep 2026
2.0.1713 Aug 2026
2.0.1622 Jul 2026
2.0.1515 Jul 2026
2.0.1424 Jun 2026
2.0.1320 Jun 2026
2.0.1217 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
16 Oct 2024
Size
8.4 MB
Languages
en
Pricing
in_app
Privacy policy
cactusglobal.com
Support
support.paperpal.com
Extension ID
mhpjgcccinlocgiklkfllehilgmcnimp

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
activeTabtabsstoragecookiescontextMenusclipboardReadclipboardWrite
Site access
*://*/*file://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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