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Word Counter

Paste your essay, report or dissertation for an instant breakdown — words, sentences, reading time and more.

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Citation Generator

Generate correctly formatted references for Harvard, APA 7th, MLA 9th and OSCOLA — the four styles used by UK universities.

Formatted reference
Fill in the details on the left to generate your reference.
Which style should I use?
Harvard — Business, social sciences, humanities. Most common in UK universities.
APA 7th — Psychology, education, health and nursing.
MLA 9th — Literature, languages and the arts.
OSCOLA — Law. UK standard, uses footnotes not author-date.

UCAS Personal Statement

Maximum 4,000 characters or 47 lines — whichever you hit first. The counter updates live as you type.

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Use every character — admissions tutors notice effort
Suggested structure
Opening hook (~150 chars) — Why does this subject genuinely excite you?
Academic interest (~900 chars) — Books, topics or research that deepened your interest.
Work and experience (~1,200 chars) — What did you do and what did you learn?
Beyond the classroom (~700 chars) — Competitions, online courses, clubs.
Future ambitions (~250 chars) — Brief and credible goal.

Readability Checker

Analyse how readable your writing is — useful for calibrating essays, reports and dissertations to the right academic level.

Flesch Reading Ease
-- Paste text to analyse Score out of 100 -- higher means easier to read
Writing metrics
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Score reference
80-100 Very easyGCSE
60-80 StandardA-Level
30-60 AcademicUndergraduate
0-30 ComplexPostgraduate

Pomodoro Timer

Focus in timed sprints with regular breaks. Proven to improve concentration and reduce mental fatigue.

25:00
FOCUS
Complete 4 focus sessions to earn a long break

Rephrase & Shorten

Paste your text, set a target word or character count, and let the tool trim verbose phrases and suggest concise alternatives — perfect for essays, personal statements and application forms.

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Smart Shorten replaces verbose phrases  ·  Trim to Target removes sentences until the limit is met