Firewand cleans up text directly in the browser. Proofread, shorten, formalize, dictate in place, or connect your own rules and rewrite directly at your cursor without copying and pasting text back.
Firewand supports on-device AI, including Gemini Nano in Chrome and Phi-4 Mini in Edge when available. If your hardware does not support device AI, you can still use your own provider, API key, or OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Bonus: transcription can also run with Whisper.
Why type when you can dictate? Firewand offers high-quality audio transcription out of the box. Speak your thoughts aloud, turn them into editable paragraphs, and let the AI instantly shape them into a professional reply without breaking your rhythm.
Stop bouncing between a dozen tabs to copy and paste text. Firewand integrates into your daily web flow, acting as an unobtrusive content enhancer that keeps you perfectly focused on your active document.
Firewand is not limited to fixed modes. Create your own prompt for the way you write: customer replies, product descriptions, listing cleanup, formal emails, shortening rules, or any repeatable browser writing task.
The user crops an area from the current page and Firewand uses that crop for OCR. Firewand reads the selected area offline and turns visible text into usable text.
The action is simple: select area, crop, OCR, then save the extracted text into the notebook sidebar.
Many people do not need a giant AI workspace every time they want to fix a paragraph, clean up a reply, rewrite a sentence, or capture spoken thoughts. They need help exactly where the text already lives. Firewand is designed for that kind of workflow.
The key difference is that the action happens live. You press the button, Firewand applies the rewrite or improvement directly where the text already is, and the result appears in the same workflow instead of being sent somewhere else first.
The result is a more natural browser workflow for writing, editing, speech-to-text, and transcript capture, especially when speed and convenience matter more than opening another app just to finish a simple task.
Firewand works best when the action stays direct. These tools act on the text already in front of you instead of sending the job into a detached workflow.
Clean spelling, grammar, and tone directly where the text already lives.
Make text warmer, clearer, shorter, more formal, more direct, or easier to read.
Speak into Firewand and turn your words into editable writing.
Run your own writing command on the text in front of you.
Extract text from a cropped area and save it into the notebook sidebar.
Firewand also keeps a practical history inside the sidebar. When you rewrite text, generate a reply, transcribe speech, or create a better version of something, that result can stay there for later use.
This makes it easier to go back, reuse a previous suggestion, recover a transcript, or copy an earlier result without asking the AI to do the same work again. Useful output stays easy to find when you need it again.
This comparison focuses only on Chrome extensions that work directly in browser text fields while you write, not separate desktop apps or standalone editors. Firewand takes a different path: it can work with local browser AI, supports custom prompts, includes voice-to-text, and keeps the entry price simple with a one-time €19 lifetime license.
| Feature | Firewand | Grammarly | QuillBot | LanguageTool | ProWritingAid | Wordtune |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local model | Yes | No | No | No (requires setup) | No | No |
| Custom prompts | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Voice-to-text (Whisper) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Offline privacy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Free usage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works in browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works in Microsoft Word | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| History sidebar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Proofread | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paraphrase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shorten | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Expand | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Formal mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Storytelling | Via custom prompt | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fluent mode | Via custom prompt | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom rewrite mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Annual cost | $29 lifetime | $144 / year | $99.95 / year | €59.89 / year | €90 / year | $119.88 / year |
Checked on April 12, 2026. Browser-extension workflow only. Annual cost reflects current public plan pricing.
Firewand is strongest when the writing task is already happening in the browser. It helps you improve text directly in websites and fields, and it adds voice dictation on web inputs so spoken ideas can become editable content without extra friction.
The same setup can use an API provider or local AI with Gemini Nano, which makes Firewand flexible for different devices, privacy needs, and everyday writing habits.
