Head to head · July 2026 cycle
Grammarly vs NoteGPT
Grammarly finished 9.3 points ahead of NoteGPT in the July 2026 cycle, 53.38 to 44.04, ranking #12 against #13 in a field of 13. Grammarly scored higher on 0 of 5 detectors and 7 of 7 writing categories. NoteGPT came out ahead on ZeroGPT (64.6 vs 16.5).
- Detectors
- 0 – 1 (4 ties)
- Categories
- 7 – 0
- Components
- 2 – 0 (3 ties)
Score components
What the overall score is made of: bypass rate weighs 42%, meaning preservation 32%, readability 16%, consistency across categories 10%. Output-quality penalties come off the total. How scoring works →
CIs overlap marks a gap that sits inside both tools' published 95% confidence intervals for that component; it may not survive another cycle.
Detector by detector
Share of each tool's outputs that a detector classified as human-written. NoteGPT took 1 of 5, with 4 tied.
Writing categories
Category score per writing context: bypass credit only for real rewrites, blended with the category's own meaning preservation and readability. Small categories swing; the prompt count is shown on each row. How category scores work →
Head-to-head history
Overall score in every cycle both tools were tested. Grammarly has finished ahead in 2 of 2 shared cycles.
| Cycle | Grammarly | NoteGPT | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 53.38 #12 | 44.04 #13 | ← 9.3 |
| June 2026 | 56.50 #12 | 45.34 #13 | ← 11.2 |
Where each one wins
Every measure above that one tool won outright, largest margin first within each group.
Grammarly
9 wins- Meaning preservation Score 94.5 vs 69.1
- Readability Score 82.1 vs 74.5
- News Article Category 49.5 vs 35.7
- Discussion Board Category 48.3 vs 35.0
- Academic Essay Category 46.9 vs 33.9
- Application Essay Category 47.6 vs 36.4
- Blog Post Category 49.0 vs 39.8
- Marketing Copy Category 47.8 vs 39.7
- Business Email Category 49.9 vs 45.9
NoteGPT
1 win- ZeroGPT Detector 64.6 vs 16.5
Questions people ask
Is Grammarly better than NoteGPT?
Grammarly finished 9.3 points ahead of NoteGPT in the July 2026 cycle, 53.38 to 44.04, ranking #12 against #13 in a field of 13. Grammarly scored higher on 0 of 5 detectors and 7 of 7 writing categories. Both tools ran the same 33 prompts, scored by the same 5 detectors, under methodology v1.2.0; every input, output and verdict is published.
Which bypasses AI detectors better, Grammarly or NoteGPT?
Both posted a bypass rate of 0.0. NoteGPT led on ZeroGPT.
Do Grammarly and NoteGPT keep the original meaning?
Grammarly preserved meaning better, 94.5 vs 69.1 on our 0–100 similarity scale. On readability, Grammarly rated higher, 82.1 vs 74.5. Neither tool drew an output-quality penalty this cycle.