WriterPi vs ChatGPT for Google
ChatGPT for Google (and its clones like WebChatGPT, Merlin's Google mode) shows an AI answer alongside Google search results. WriterPi is an AI sidebar that works on every website. Different jobs — but both worth knowing.
The one-sentence difference
ChatGPT for Google only works when you're searching Google. WriterPi works on every website — Gmail, Reddit, Medium, your CRM, anywhere you read.
Feature by feature
| Feature | WriterPi | ChatGPT for Google |
|---|---|---|
| Works on Google search | Yes (as a sidebar) | Yes (inline answer) |
| Works on Gmail | Yes | No |
| Works on articles / blogs | Yes | No |
| Works on Reddit / forums | Yes | No |
| Reads page context | Yes | No |
| Draft emails / replies | Yes | No |
| Summarise articles | Yes | No |
| Translate pages | Yes (20+ languages) | No |
| Cost | Free start, from $1 paid | Free (uses your ChatGPT login) |
When ChatGPT for Google is the right choice
If your only use case is "I want AI answers next to my Google search results, nothing else", ChatGPT for Google is genuinely the right pick. It's free (assuming you have ChatGPT), narrow, and does one thing well. If you don't write emails, don't reply on Reddit, don't summarise long articles, and only want a co-pilot at search time — install ChatGPT for Google, don't install WriterPi.
When WriterPi is the right choice
If any of these describe your day, WriterPi is what you actually need:
- You reply to emails and want AI drafts in Gmail / Outlook
- You read long articles or research papers and want a summary
- You post on Reddit, LinkedIn, or Twitter and want help drafting
- You read pages in other languages and want context-aware translation
- You want the AI to actually SEE the page you're looking at
ChatGPT for Google cannot do any of these. It's a search-page tool.
The real question — can you have both?
Yes. They don't conflict. Many people run ChatGPT for Google for its search-inline answer, and WriterPi for everything else. Chrome handles both fine.
If you had to pick one: WriterPi is more versatile because "search page" is only one of the sites you visit in a day. But if you only ever want AI on Google itself, save the storage and just use ChatGPT for Google.
Simple rule of thumb
- Only Google search → ChatGPT for Google.
- Everything else → WriterPi.
- Both → install both, they get along.