Your research deserves to be judged on its merit, not its margins
Upload your paper and get your full APA diagnostic report in minutes. We check it against APA 7, show you every rule we checked, and fix the formatting without rewriting a sentence.
Accounts created through September 30, 11:59pm CT get 1 free auto-format, and 2 with a .edu address.
Why We Built This
Our founder spent years in a doctoral program: research, late nights, enough coffee to fill a swimming pool. When they finally defended at USC, there was just one thing left. Formatting.
You've invested years and thousands in tuition, and now a misplaced running head could send your paper back. Professional formatting editors often charge thousands. AI tools rewrite your sentences. Your classmates are guessing through the APA manual at 2 a.m.
Nobody had built something that just formatted your paper correctly and left your words alone. Something a grad student could actually afford. So they built it, with no coding background and no venture funding.
That's StyleMyPaper, because your research deserves to be judged on its merit, not its margins.
Why Choose StyleMyPaper?
Accurate & Thorough
Our analyzer checks your document against 70+ APA 7th edition rules: page setup from margins to page size, headings, quotes, tables and figures, citations matched against your reference list, reference formatting, and the small mechanics like dashes, spacing, and number style. Every issue explained in plain English.
Auto-Fix That Tells You What Changed
Premium plans fix formatting issues for you, saving hours of manual editing. We tell you what changed and why, so you stay in control of your paper.
Formatting Only, Not Ghostwriting
We fix formatting on the paper you already wrote. No copying into a special editor.
Track Your Progress
Upload revisions of the same paper to track improvements over time. See which issues you've fixed and watch your formatting get better with each version.
How It Works
Four simple steps to a correctly formatted paper, the first time
Upload your document and get professional formatting in minutes, not hours
Step 1
Upload your document
Drag and drop your .docx file and we'll instantly analyze its structure, detecting sections, headings, references, and more.
Step 2
Review diagnostics
See exactly what APA violations were found across 70+ formatting rules. Get a detailed breakdown by category with auto-fix availability.
Step 3
Configure settings
Customize your document structure, review detected sections, and adjust formatting preferences before auto-formatting.
Step 4
Auto-format & export
See every fix before you accept it. Each change is tracked, just like a human editor's markup, so you stay in control of your corrected document.
Built alongside doctoral researchers
"I've watched students reduce their formatting time from weeks to mere hours, which is invaluable when you're already juggling research, teaching responsibilities, and personal commitments."
USC Doctoral Candidate
"This isn't just another formatting tool. It's a comprehensive solution built by someone who truly understands the graduate student experience. Style My Paper has become an essential resource that I recommend to every doctoral candidate and graduate student I mentor."
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Built alongside a cohort of USC doctoral researchers
iPhone and Android
Check your paper from anywhere
The app gives you the same diagnostics and formatting you get here. Upload a draft between classes, see what needs fixing, then finish on your laptop.
- Free to download, with the same free tier
- One account for phone and web, so your papers are on both
- Upload straight from your phone and get your report in minutes
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