CiteTrue records 43,073 monthly visits with -13.9% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Scribbr records 7,530,803 monthly visits with +14.6% growth and Freemium pricing.
Free AI citation checker that catches fake and hallucinated references
Academic proofreading, plagiarism checking and AI-powered writing tools in one place
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | citetrue.com | scribbr.com |
| Pricing Model | Free | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 43.07K (43,073) | 7.53M (7,530,803) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -6.96K (-13.9%) | +957.01K (+14.6%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (36.1%) | 🇺🇸 United States (32.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 9.55K | 2.47M |
| User Rating | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Free AI citation checker that catches fake and hallucinated references
Paste a reference list and verify every citation against real academic databases, with clear flags for not-found and mismatched entries.
Paste a paragraph or claim and get genuine, peer-reviewed sources that support it.
Enter a topic and receive a draft section where each sentence is tied to an actual reference.
Rewrite AI-generated drafts into prose that reads like a person wrote it.
Academic proofreading, plagiarism checking and AI-powered writing tools in one place
A vetted academic editor reviews your paper within hours and returns tracked changes, comments and an explanation letter.
Scans your document against a large web and publication database to surface potentially unoriginal passages before submission.
Flags text likely generated by large language models and offers a rewriting mode aimed at making AI-assisted drafts sound more natural.
Creates and verifies references in APA, MLA, Chicago, AMA, IEEE and ACS styles from a URL, DOI or title search.
Delivers broader real-time grammar and tone correction across web apps, but lacks Scribbr's deep academic focus and citation formatting.
Delivers broader real-time grammar and tone correction across web apps, but lacks Scribbr's deep academic focus and citation formatting.
Provides robust paraphrasing and citation tools, but focuses less on comprehensive academic proofreading and human editing.
Provides robust paraphrasing and citation tools, but focuses less on comprehensive academic proofreading and human editing.
SpecialistAI content detection and a full writing toolkit in one place
SpecialistAI content detection and a full writing toolkit in one place
SpecialistFocuses specifically on AI content detection and writing verification for educators, but lacks academic editing and proofreading workflows.
SpecialistFocuses specifically on AI content detection and writing verification for educators, but lacks academic editing and proofreading workflows.
SpecialistAI grammar, spelling and style checker for 30+ languages
SpecialistAI grammar, spelling and style checker for 30+ languages
Detect, humanize and verify AI content in one place
Detect, humanize and verify AI content in one place
SpecialistProvides enterprise-grade AI detection and plagiarism checking, but does not offer human academic proofreading or citation generation.
SpecialistProvides enterprise-grade AI detection and plagiarism checking, but does not offer human academic proofreading or citation generation.
Offers specialized academic writing assistance and AI citation generation, but lacks Scribbr's human proofreading and formal editing services.
Offers specialized academic writing assistance and AI citation generation, but lacks Scribbr's human proofreading and formal editing services.
Multilingual AI detector with sentence-level insight
Multilingual AI detector with sentence-level insight
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
SpecialistExpress yourself with confidence — rewrite, proofread and summarize in one click
SpecialistExpress yourself with confidence — rewrite, proofread and summarize in one click
Accuracy-first plagiarism and AI detection for schools, universities, and teams
Accuracy-first plagiarism and AI detection for schools, universities, and teams
