Every count in one place
The counter shows the number of words, the characters with spaces and without them, the sentences, the paragraphs and the lines, all updated live as you type or edit. There is nothing to press: paste a draft and the numbers are there.
That covers most of the limits you meet in everyday writing. An essay or a college application asks for a number of words; a scholarship form or a job portal limits a field by characters; a translator or a copywriter quotes by word count; an editor asks for an article of so many words. With the count in front of you, you can cut or expand while you write instead of guessing.
Reading time and speaking time
Next to the counts you get an estimated reading time and an estimated time to read the text aloud. The second is the useful one for speeches, presentations, wedding toasts, podcast scripts, video voice-overs and oral exams, where what matters is how many minutes you will be talking. Both are estimates based on an average pace: a slow, careful speaker will take longer.
The reading time also helps with blog posts and newsletters, where many writers like to tell readers how long an article takes.
Repeated words and common limits
The list of most repeated words shows which words you lean on. If “really” or “very” appears a dozen times in a cover letter, you will see it at once and can vary the wording. In a text written for search engines, it also shows whether the main term actually appears.
The tool compares your text with some common limits: 160 characters for an SMS, 280 for a post on X (Twitter), 155 for a description that shows well on Google, and 150 for an Instagram bio. You see right away whether you are under or over each one.
What you write stays with you
The counting happens in your browser. What you type or paste is not sent to a server and is not saved, so you can safely check a confidential report, an unpublished manuscript or an exam answer. It is free, with no account and no limit, on a phone or a computer.
When the text is ready, “Case converter” can fix capitals or clean up extra spaces and blank lines, and “TXT to PDF” turns it into a PDF to send.