ABCcount

Write better everywhere on your PC

Highlight text in any Windows application and rewrite it on the spot. Word, Scrivener, Outlook, Slack, your browser — no copy-paste, no tab to switch to.

Download for Windows

Version 1.2.6 · 81 MB · Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit)

A note on the installer. Windows may show “Windows protected your PC” the first time you run it. That appears for any newly published application until enough people have downloaded it. Click More info, then Run anyway. We're also publishing to the Microsoft Store, where the warning doesn't appear.

It lives in your tray

No window to manage. Select text anywhere and a small badge appears next to it — click it, pick what you want, and the rewrite goes straight back into your document.

Nothing is read until you ask

The badge appears from the shape of your mouse movement alone. Your text is only ever read after you click it — not while you type, and not in the background.

Your formatting survives

Dialogue stays dialogue, lists stay lists, and your quote style stays yours. Paragraph breaks come back the way you wrote them.

Built for long-form writing

The Windows app reads Scrivener projects directly, so a scene can be rewritten with the rest of your manuscript in mind rather than in isolation. That context is something a browser extension cannot reach.

Every rewriting mode is here — including the creative sub-genres for science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance and literary work — plus spelling and grammar checking in applications that have none of their own.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
  • An ABCcount account — sign in from the tray menu after installing
  • Free, Pro, ProMax and Teams accounts are all supported. Your plan decides which rewriting modes are available.

A Mac version isn't available yet. The browser extensions work on macOS today.

Prefer to stay in the browser?

The extensions do the same thing inside Chrome and Edge, and work on any operating system.

Free & ProCopy & paste

ABCcount — Word Count & Grammar

Word count, character count, and AI writing analysis from your toolbar, or by right-clicking any selected text. Paste into the extension to run a check.

Add to Chrome — Free & Pro
ProMax & TeamsInline, zero-tab

ABCcount Teams — Inline Writing Assistant

Highlight text anywhere on the web and a radial mode dial appears on the spot — no copy-pasting, no second tab.

Add to Chrome — ProMax

Requires a ProMax or Teams plan.