Auri vs Grammarly
Dictate, improve your writing, and ask an assistant for help right inside your keyboard.
The difference in everyday use
Grammarly’s iPhone keyboard offers writing suggestions, AI revisions, and speech-to-text. Auri also supports grammar, rewriting, and dictation, while connecting the keyboard to Ask Auri, conversations, and saved notes and transcripts.
Consider Auri if writing starts with a spoken idea, a question, or a note you want to reuse. Grammarly is a good fit if your main goal is to review suggestions and improve text as you type.
Keep speaking. Stay in your app.
The first dictation opens Auri to start a session. After that initial handoff, you can start and stop more dictations from the keyboard without leaving the app you are writing in while the session stays active.
Clean mode follows spoken self-corrections, removes filler words, and formats lists. Custom vocabulary helps Auri recognize the names and specialist terms you use.
Prefer on-device dictation? Choose the On-Device English engine to transcribe dictation on your iPhone or iPad. AI cleanup, writing tools, and Ask Auri are separate network features.
These workflow features are separate from the benchmark’s transcript score.
You say
“For tomorrow, bring a few things. One, the prototype. Two, um, the charger. Three, two adapters. Actually, make that three adapters.”
Auri writes
For tomorrow, bring:
- The prototype
- The charger
- Three adapters
Ask Auri
An assistant in your keyboard.
Some messages need an answer before they need words. Open Ask Auri in the keyboard to ask a question, search the web, check your calendar, or find a place—all from the app you are writing in.
Keep the conversation going with a follow-up. Attach a saved note or transcript for context, then insert the answer when it is ready. Calendar and reminder changes show a preview for you to confirm.
See Ask Auri in actionThings you can ask
“Am I free Thursday at 6?”
Check your calendar while replying to an invitation.“Find a café near the station.”
Look up a place without interrupting your conversation.“Turn this meeting note into a reply.”
Attach a note from your Library, then follow up: “Make it shorter.”
Side by side
iPhone and iPad unless another platform is named. Features depend on version, settings, and plan.
| What matters | Auri | Grammarly |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar and spelling | Run a grammar or spelling fix from the keyboard. | Suggestions and typo corrections while you type, with explanations you can inspect. [1] |
| Rewrite a draft | Paraphrase, translate, or ask for a new draft from the keyboard. | Generative AI can change tone, shorten, expand, or restructure a draft. [2] |
| Voice input | Dictation into the current app with cleanup in Clean mode. | Speech-to-text cleans filler words and adds punctuation; rewriting is a separate step. [2] |
| Repeat dictations | After an initial handoff, keep dictating from the current app during the active session. | Its iOS help describes a Grammarly screen before recording; on iOS 26 it instructs users to swipe back manually. [2] |
| Ask for help | Ask Auri questions, use web search, check a calendar, or turn an attached note into a reply. | Writing suggestions, explanations, and generative revisions from the keyboard. [1] [2] |
| Saved ideas | Record, transcribe, keep notes, and attach Library items to a writing request. | An iPhone editor for working on documents alongside the keyboard. [1] |
| iPhone writing surfaces | A full keyboard with Ask Auri, plus conversations and Library in the Auri app. | An iPhone keyboard, companion editor, and Safari extension. [1] |
Historical test results describe the specific builds in the study; linked competitor documentation describes current features.
Auri on your Apple devices.
Auri is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Use the keyboard on iPhone and iPad, open Auri on Mac for conversations and saved work, and take your assistant with you on Apple Watch.
For dictation into other Mac apps, Auri Voice is a separate app with local speech engines. On iPhone and iPad, Auri also offers optional on-device English dictation.
Explore Auri across your devicesFrom a recorded thought to a useful draft
Auri is useful before there is a polished paragraph to edit. Record the thought, turn it into a note or checklist, and keep the result. Later, attach it from the keyboard and ask Auri to turn it into a reply. Grammar and tone tools are there for the final pass.
See how Auri Keyboard worksChoose Auri if…
You want dictation, writing help, conversations, and saved source material to work together on your Apple devices.
Choose Grammarly if…
You mainly want writing suggestions and explanations while typing, and already work in Grammarly’s editor or browser tools.
A few useful answers
Does Grammarly have voice typing on iPhone?
Yes. Its current documentation describes speech-to-text in the iOS keyboard, including filler removal and punctuation. It requires an internet connection, and further AI rewriting is a separate action.
Was Grammarly tested in your keyboard benchmark?
No. Grammarly was not in the measured cohort. We do not assign it a score or claim Auri is faster or more accurate than Grammarly based on that study.
Is Auri just a grammar keyboard?
No. Auri combines touch and voice typing with writing tools, Ask Auri, conversations, and a Library for saved notes and transcripts. Grammar correction is one part of that workflow.
Sources and scope
Written by the Auri team. Competitor documentation checked . Product-fit recommendations are our interpretation of these workflows. Names belong to their respective owners.
Feature descriptions cover Auri’s upcoming release. Availability depends on the app version installed.
Auri references: Auri Keyboard, Auri’s app and Library, Auri Voice for Mac, and the published keyboard study and evidence.
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Meet Auri.
Writing, answers, and saved ideas, right where you type.