TextArray vs WordCounter.net
Updated August 26, 2026
WordCounter.net is the best-known word counter on the web: an editor that reports word and character count, keyword density, reading level and grammar issues, with accounts that add autosave and writing goals.
TextArray's own word counter reports the same core figures — words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading time — and sits next to several hundred other tools rather than inside a writing app.
Where WordCounter.net is strong
- Writing goals and activity tracking, which need an account and which TextArray has no equivalent for.
- Grammar and spell checking in the same editor as the count.
- A long-standing, familiar interface that most people already know.
For counting alone the two are close, and the difference is what surrounds the count. WordCounter.net surrounds it with a writing environment: sign in, set a goal, track your streak, run a grammar pass. TextArray surrounds it with the rest of the work — readability scores, keyword density, syllable counts, subtitle reading speed, character limits for eight social networks — each on its own page, each free, none behind a login.
TextArray also runs every one of them locally. There is no account to create, nothing is stored on a server, and the site keeps working with the network off. That matters most for the text people are least comfortable pasting into a web app.