Antidote review

Antidote is a writing assistant built around a corrector and language references. Its corrector checks spelling, grammar and typography, including ambiguous antecedents. It also flags style issues and suggests revisions intended to preserve the writer’s ideas.

The product includes dictionaries for words and expressions, plus language guides for common writing questions. It is available through desktop, web and mobile applications. The mobile app provides offline access to its dictionaries and language guides, so those references do not require an internet connection.

English is included in one-language plans; French writing assistance is available through a French module or a bilingual plan. The product information also describes translations of words and expressions. In short, Antidote is aimed at people who want proofreading and language help across devices, rather than just a quick spelling check.

Antidote’s main strength is the mix of correction and reference material. It checks more than spelling: the corrector covers grammar and typography, and can flag ambiguous antecedents. The style suggestions are framed as ways to improve the writing without changing the writer’s ideas. Dictionaries and language guides make it useful for checking a word or resolving a language question, not just accepting or rejecting an edit.

The desktop, web and mobile options give users more than one way to access the tools. Offline access to mobile dictionaries and language guides is a practical plus when a connection is unavailable.

The listed annual pricing starts at CAD $5 per user per month for one language, billed yearly; the pricing details list CAD $48 per year upon renewal. The English-and-French Personal plan is CAD $7.50 per user per month, billed yearly, with renewal listed at CAD $72 per year. Both include Antidote 12, Antidote Web and Antidote Mobile. A 30-day free trial is listed, though there is no free plan.

The price is easier to compare as an annual commitment than as a monthly subscription. Monthly prices are not published, and the Personal plans renew at lower annual prices than their first-year totals: CAD $48 per year for one language and CAD $72 per year for English and French. A second-language module for one-language plans starts at CAD $30 per year, so buyers should compare that add-on with the bilingual plan before choosing.

Families can cover up to five members under one roof, but that is a household offer, not a general team plan. Organizational pricing is available on request; exact limits are not published. The licensing also differs by product: Antidote installations are device-based, while Antidote Web subscriptions are user-based. That leaves organizations without a public cap or price to model before contacting sales.

There is a 30-day trial, but no free plan. The published pricing information does not spell out support terms, so we would confirm those before switching a team.

Antidote+ Personal for one language is listed at CAD $5 per user per month, billed yearly; the pricing details list renewal at CAD $48/year. The English-and-French Personal plan is CAD $7.50 per user per month, billed yearly, with renewal at CAD $72/year. That is a CAD $2.50 monthly-rate difference for both languages and 2.8 million translations. These are annual commitments, not published month-to-month rates: monthly prices are not listed.

Family plans cover up to five people under one roof. One language is listed at CAD $8.33 per household per month; English and French is CAD $12.50. Both are billed yearly, and the details do not list renewal prices for these plans. A second-language module starts at CAD $30/year on one-language plans. Organizations must request a quote; exact limits are not published. There is no free plan, but Antidote lists a 30-day trial.

Switching to Antidote is mainly a change in writing workflow: it offers desktop, web and mobile apps, with correction, dictionaries and language guides. Check that your preferred apps and languages fit the plan before paying; French assistance is an add-on for one-language plans. The mobile app’s dictionaries and language guides work offline, according to the product details.

If you’re leaving, the available information does not say whether Antidote exports settings, saved references or other account data, or how long access continues after cancellation. Keep copies of important writing outside the service and confirm export and cancellation terms before switching. Those details are not published here. We also don’t have Reddit posts or comments in the published material, so we can’t substantiate a claim about why users tend to leave. Treat data portability and account terms as questions to resolve with Antidote, not as guaranteed features.