# TrickleType: Free DripWriter Alternative for Google Docs > TrickleType is a free Chrome extension and DripWriter alternative that types a draft you paste into Google Docs, key by key, over a time you pick. Free: 1,000 words a day, runs up to an hour, no Google sign-in. Pro: $6.99 a month, $39.99 a year or $79.99 once. Canonical: https://trickletype.com The free DripWriter alternative for Google Docs · Chrome extension Saturday Market, draft 3 **Paste a draft. Pick a time. It types into your Google Doc.** TrickleType is a Chrome extension that types text you already have into Google Docs, one key at a time, with natural pauses. It finishes when you said. Switch tabs while it works. Demo: TrickleType typing a short newsletter about a Saturday market into this Doc, with comments explaining each pause. **Free** · 1,000 words a day · No Google sign-in · No card On your phone? TrickleType runs in Chrome on a computer. [Send the link to my computer](mailto:?subject=TrickleType%20for%20Google%20Docs&body=Install%20on%20my%20computer%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Ftrickletype.com) How it works ## Click, paste, pick a time. Using TrickleType 1. ### Click where the text should go Open a Google Doc you can edit, new or already started, and click in the body. 2. ### Paste your draft or upload a file Paste text, or upload a .txt, .md or .docx file. 3. ### Pick a time and press Start Free runs last up to an hour, Pro runs up to 7 days. The panel shows when it will finish. TrickleType Formatting Paragraph breaks and tabs come through. Bold, headings and bullets don’t, so add those in Docs afterwards. The time ## Twenty minutes or 7 days. You pick. Set how long the draft should take and TrickleType works out the pace. The panel shows “Done by” before you press Start. Type my -word draft over Pace 17 words a minute Start 9:00 pm Done by 10:00 pm Free covers this run: up to 1,000 words a day, in runs of up to an hour. The pace ## It pauses where you would. Every key gets its own timing. Short words go quickly, commas get a beat, full stops a longer one, and now and then it stops to think. Here is one sentence, one bar per key, taller for a longer wait. Most people come for the coffee. They stay for the conversation, and the bread. Bar chart of the wait before each key: short and even inside words, a quarter of a second after the comma, over half a second after the full stop. - **Quick through small words** “for”, “the” and “and” land in a rush. - **A beat after commas** About a quarter of a second. - **A longer stop at full stops** Half a second, sometimes more. - **The odd slip Pro** A typo, noticed and fixed a moment later. While you’re away ## Switch tabs. It keeps its pace. Chrome slows down tabs you aren’t looking at, so many typing extensions stall the moment you leave. TrickleType keeps the same pace in a background tab, a minimised window or behind other apps. Another tabMinimisedLid closed Pro ### In another tab Switch to email, a lecture or a video. The Doc keeps typing at the same pace in its background tab. ### Minimised, or behind other apps Hide Chrome behind other apps. Keep Chrome open and the computer awake: TrickleType stops the computer from sleeping while it types. ### Close your laptop. Your Doc keeps typing.Pro · beta With cloud typing, our server types into your Doc through Google’s Docs API, so the run carries on with Chrome closed or the lid shut. Paste the Doc’s link and pick it in Google’s file picker; TrickleType can open only the files you pick. Up to 3 cloud runs at once. If the Doc tab is closed or reloaded mid-run, TrickleType offers to carry on from where it stopped. Uses ## What people use it for ### Present it live Type into a shared Doc while people watch. It reads like someone typing, not a block of text appearing. ### Record a demo or tutorial Even, natural typing on screen recordings, without retakes for typos. ### Move a draft into Docs Wrote it in Word or a notes app? Upload the .docx and let it type in while you do something else. ### Done before the meeting Set it to finish at 3:00 and it does. You see the finish time before you press Start. Side by side ## TrickleType vs DripWriter Less than half DripWriter’s monthly price, and 4× its free words. DripWriter Pro keeps typing with the laptop closed; TrickleType does that on Pro, with cloud typing. ### Free words a day (more is better) TrickleType 1,000 DripWriter 250 DripWriter: [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) ### Pro, per month (less is better) TrickleType $6.99 DripWriter $15 DripWriter: [FAQ](https://www.dripwriter.com/faq) ### Pro, per year (less is better) TrickleType $39.99 DripWriter $108 ### The rest Google sign-in TrickleType: Not needed. Cloud typing on Pro connects Google, only for the Docs you pick. DripWriter: Required: Sign in with Google. [FAQ](https://www.dripwriter.com/faq) Longest run TrickleType: 1 hour on Free, 7 days on Pro. DripWriter: 1 hour on Free, 1 week on Pro. [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) Tab closed or lid shut TrickleType: Pro, with cloud typing (beta). Free keeps going in a background tab while Chrome stays open. DripWriter: Pro: yes. Free: its pricing page says yes, its FAQ says it pauses. [features](https://www.dripwriter.com/features), [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing), [FAQ](https://www.dripwriter.com/faq) Typos, then fixes TrickleType: Pro. DripWriter: All plans. An end-of-run revision sweep is Pro. [FAQ](https://www.dripwriter.com/faq), [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) A Doc you already have TrickleType: Any Doc you have open, any day. DripWriter: Free: first 3 days only. [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) Formatting TrickleType: Plain text, typed key by key. DripWriter: Keeps bold, headings and tables. [FAQ](https://www.dripwriter.com/faq) Pro words TrickleType: 100,000 a month. DripWriter: No daily limit. [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) Pay once TrickleType: Lifetime, $79.99. DripWriter: No. A $8 Day Pass covers 24 hours. [pricing](https://www.dripwriter.com/pricing) Checked on 31 Oct 2026 against dripwriter.com (pricing, features and FAQ pages, linked above). We make TrickleType and aren’t affiliated with DripWriter. [DripWriter vs TrickleType: full comparison](https://trickletype.com/vs/dripwriter) Plans ## Free for most drafts. Pro for big ones. __TrickleType Free and Pro compared__ | Plan | Free $0 no account, no card | Pro $6.99 a month | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | Words | 1,000 a day | 100,000 a month | | Longest run | 1 hour | 7 days | | Keeps typing | In a background tab, with Chrome open | Also with the laptop closed, using cloud typing | | Cloud typing (beta) | Your first run, up to 1,000 words | Up to 3 runs at once | | Typos, then fixes | Your first run | A few, or more | | Upload a file | .txt, .md or .docx | .txt, .md or .docx | | [Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trickletype/oemlgmejkpfbcmfbpphhhogpfpdkhkdp?utm%5Fsource=tailsgate&utm%5Fcontent=home) | [See Pro plans](https://trickletype.com/pro) 7-day refund · Cancel any time | | TrickleType **Paying for a year?** $39.99 a year works out at $3.33 a month. Or pay $79.99 once for Lifetime. Privacy ## Where your text goes ### Typing in your tab (Free and Pro) - Your text stays on your computer. It’s never uploaded. - No Google sign-in, no account. - Pro checks your licence about once a day: the key and a random install id, nothing else. ### Only if you choose cloud typing (Pro) - Your draft goes to our server for that run and is deleted when it ends. - You sign in with Google and pick the Doc. TrickleType can open only files you pick. - Google’s sign-in tokens are encrypted and kept up to 30 days. [Read the privacy policy](https://trickletype.com/privacy) ### Who makes it Tailsgate TrickleType is made by Tailsgate, a small studio that builds Chrome extensions. Questions go to [support@tailsgate.com](mailto:support@tailsgate.com), and a person answers. The reviews are on the [Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/oemlgmejkpfbcmfbpphhhogpfpdkhkdp/reviews). Before you install ## Questions people ask, answered in the margin. TrickleType keeps typing when you switch tabs or minimise Chrome, and on Pro even with the laptop closed. If it didn’t start, or typed in the wrong place, there is a quick fix. It works in a Doc you’ve already started, and cloud typing can take a link to the Doc. Free is 1,000 words a day, not characters, with no account or Google sign-in. It keeps line breaks, but not bold or headings. You pick a finish time, not a speed. It runs only in Google Docs, in Chrome. Your writing isn’t stored unless you choose cloud typing, and if Pro doesn’t work for you, you get your money back. ### Does it keep typing if I switch tabs or minimise Chrome? Yes. It keeps the same pace in a background tab, a minimised window or behind other apps. Keep Chrome open and the computer awake. ### Can I close my laptop while it types? On Pro, with cloud typing (beta): our server types into the Doc, so Chrome and the laptop can be closed. In your tab, closing the lid sleeps the computer and pauses the run. ### It didn’t start, or it typed in the wrong place. What do I do? Click inside the body of the Doc, where the text should go, then press Start. If it still won’t start, reload the Doc tab and try again. If that fails, email [support@tailsgate.com](mailto:support@tailsgate.com). ### Can I use it on a Doc I’ve already started? Yes. Click where the new text should go and it types from there. ### Can I give it a link to the Doc instead? With cloud typing (Pro), yes: paste the Doc’s link and pick the Doc in Google’s file picker. For typing in your tab, open the Doc and click where the text should go. ### Is the free plan 1,000 words or 1,000 characters? Words. 1,000 a day, resetting at midnight your time, in runs of up to an hour. Your first run includes every Pro feature. ### Do I need an account or a Google sign-in? No. Install it and type. Only cloud typing asks you to sign in with Google, so it can reach the Doc you pick. ### Does it keep bold, headings and line breaks? Line breaks, paragraph breaks and tabs, yes. Bold, italics, headings, bullets and tables, no: it types one key at a time, and there is no key for “make this bold”. Add formatting in Docs afterwards. ### Can I set the speed in words per minute? You set how long the whole draft should take; TrickleType works out the pace and shows when it will finish. A 1,000-word draft over an hour comes out at about 17 words a minute, with natural pauses and speed changes. ### Does it work in Word, Google Slides or other sites? No, only Google Docs, in Chrome on Windows, Mac or a Chromebook. School-managed Chromebooks can block extensions. ### Is my writing stored anywhere? Not when it types in your tab: the text stays on your computer. Cloud typing sends the draft to our server for that run and deletes it when the run ends. ### What if I pay and it doesn’t work for me? Email [support@tailsgate.com](mailto:support@tailsgate.com) within 7 days of paying and we’ll refund you. Monthly and Yearly cancel any time. ## Got a draft and a deadline? Paste it, pick a time, and get on with your day. [Add to Chrome, it’s free](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trickletype/oemlgmejkpfbcmfbpphhhogpfpdkhkdp?utm%5Fsource=tailsgate&utm%5Fcontent=home)1,000 words a day free · No Google sign-in