iA Writer: Note, write, edit.
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iA Writer is a simple plain text editor that was designed to provide a focused writing experience for business proposals, essays, white papers, poems, novels, and screenplays. It is the secret weapon of best-selling authors, shy poets, explosive scholars, business leaders, and fearless humorists like Stephen Fry, Biz Stone, Erik Spiekermann, Max Küng, and Augusten Burroughs.
FORM AND CONTENT: iA Writer consciously separates form and content, text and formatting. It offers MultiMarkdown to edit and features a stellar typographic preview templates and export options.
SIMPLE ORGANIZATION: iA Writer has an integrated file browser to access all your documents.
FULL FOCUS: iA Writer is famous for offering a deeper focus on your text. Its unique focus mode improves your writing style by honing your concentration: One sentence at a time.
FAST SYNCING: All Your Documents on All Your Devices: With seamless Dropbox and Google Drive Sync, iA Writer keeps your documents safe and at hand on whatever device you are using when inspiration strikes.
FEATURES
- Integrated file browser
- Markdown preview, fully MultiMarkdown compatible
- Beautiful preview templates with curated fonts
- Focus Mode fades all but the current sentence, for maximum concentration
- Export formatting to HTML, PDF and MS Word
- Auto Markdown formats text on-screen
- Night Mode reverses your text colors for late night use
- Real-time Dropbox and Google Drive sync
- Publish on Medium.com
- Hardware keyboard navigation support
- Full screen for total immersion in the text
CONTACT
- Visit ia.net/writer for more information
- Visit ia.net/writer/support for support and feedback
- Let us know what you think on Twitter @iAWriter
Please consider rating us on the Play Store, it really helps.
We look forward to hearing from you…
— Information Architects Inc.
FORM AND CONTENT: iA Writer consciously separates form and content, text and formatting. It offers MultiMarkdown to edit and features a stellar typographic preview templates and export options.
SIMPLE ORGANIZATION: iA Writer has an integrated file browser to access all your documents.
FULL FOCUS: iA Writer is famous for offering a deeper focus on your text. Its unique focus mode improves your writing style by honing your concentration: One sentence at a time.
FAST SYNCING: All Your Documents on All Your Devices: With seamless Dropbox and Google Drive Sync, iA Writer keeps your documents safe and at hand on whatever device you are using when inspiration strikes.
FEATURES
- Integrated file browser
- Markdown preview, fully MultiMarkdown compatible
- Beautiful preview templates with curated fonts
- Focus Mode fades all but the current sentence, for maximum concentration
- Export formatting to HTML, PDF and MS Word
- Auto Markdown formats text on-screen
- Night Mode reverses your text colors for late night use
- Real-time Dropbox and Google Drive sync
- Publish on Medium.com
- Hardware keyboard navigation support
- Full screen for total immersion in the text
CONTACT
- Visit ia.net/writer for more information
- Visit ia.net/writer/support for support and feedback
- Let us know what you think on Twitter @iAWriter
Please consider rating us on the Play Store, it really helps.
We look forward to hearing from you…
— Information Architects Inc.
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4.4
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4 375
3 149
2 67
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Mike Sinko
Really great and elegant app. Distraction free is pretty up in the air but still better than other apps. The only thing missing for me is, word count. Please add it in the top left corner, similar to how jotterpad has it. That's it. Love the app and can't wait to see how future development turns out.
Osiano Isekenegbe
No letter-by-letter auto-saving? A beautiful app that is a joy to use. But for that during one session it abruptly crashed. When reopened, hours of my typing had been lost w/o chance of recovery. Occasional crashes would be acceptable if there were a constant auto-saving feature, or if such were functioning properly. But despite how nice the app is, the stress of not knowing when I'll lose hours worth of writing, or of the obsessive saving needed to allay that fear, defeats the idea of "focused writing".
Stan
Basic ability to search by file name & keyword is missing. The dev drags his feet in releasing new updates & features. It's like he doesn't care for Android & we are 2nd rate citizens. Use Evernote instead!
Adolfo Romani
I loved this app, but after working on a project for more than 6 hours. The redo button just erased everything as if I had done everything in that moment. I loved this app, but I'm not taking the risk again. Good bye
Hopey Mackenzie
I'm really unhappy. I've used this app for a really long time and now, more recently. I've lost Documents due to system errors! I can't use it anymore and I have to uninstall! I just lost chapters of a little book I was writing, after getting out of writers block! And it's all gone! So, I'm done. I've lost lots of works from this app, and honestly I should have uninstalled it sooner! It would have saved me some trouble!
Kristian Kloeckl
THE best writing and note taking app on Android, period. Especially if you need syncing via Dropbox or Google drive. The only thing missing is a full text search functionality. That would complete the app in my view.
User reviews
Really great and elegant app. Distraction free is pretty up in the air but still better than other apps. The only thing missing for me is, word count. Please add it in the top left corner, similar to how jotterpad has it. That's it. Love the app and can't wait to see how future development turns out.
Information Architects GmbH March 23, 2017
Thank you for your feedback. You can turn on the word counter in the "View" menu of the editor. No letter-by-letter auto-saving? A beautiful app that is a joy to use. But for that during one session it abruptly crashed. When reopened, hours of my typing had been lost w/o chance of recovery. Occasional crashes would be acceptable if there were a constant auto-saving feature, or if such were functioning properly. But despite how nice the app is, the stress of not knowing when I'll lose hours worth of writing, or of the obsessive saving needed to allay that fear, defeats the idea of "focused writing".
Basic ability to search by file name & keyword is missing. The dev drags his feet in releasing new updates & features. It's like he doesn't care for Android & we are 2nd rate citizens. Use Evernote instead!
I loved this app, but after working on a project for more than 6 hours. The redo button just erased everything as if I had done everything in that moment. I loved this app, but I'm not taking the risk again. Good bye
I'm really unhappy. I've used this app for a really long time and now, more recently. I've lost Documents due to system errors! I can't use it anymore and I have to uninstall! I just lost chapters of a little book I was writing, after getting out of writers block! And it's all gone! So, I'm done. I've lost lots of works from this app, and honestly I should have uninstalled it sooner! It would have saved me some trouble!
Information Architects GmbH March 23, 2017
Thank you for your feedback. You can connect to Google Drive using the file system picker that can be found at the top of the file list. The app should support the system's native autocorrect functionality (usually part of the Android keyboard settings). Please contact writer+support@ia.net if this doesn't work for you. THE best writing and note taking app on Android, period. Especially if you need syncing via Dropbox or Google drive. The only thing missing is a full text search functionality. That would complete the app in my view.
Crashed five minutes into use, nothing was saved, bit too much of a trust issue to keep using if I have to ctrl-S between every sentence.
The focus view mode is really innovative! There's a night view mode included too. The top bar functionality is not very intuitive.
A really nice distraction free writing app. I like the way you can simply sort files into folders and publish online (Medium-Wordpress). And Dropbox/Google Drive are even easier: they're listed in the locations where you can save your files and sync automatically. The files stay available when you're offline. Good stuff!
Perfect little editor. Hope they keep to the Linux philosophy; does one thing well.
The only reason for giving this robust app a four star rating is because of the font it uses. When writing in Greek which is my native language some letters are randomly replaced by question marks.
The app is awesome! Please add a search functionality (and it would be great if I can tag my notes)
Чувствую, что что-то неправильно и отторгает, но понять пока не могу, поэтому продолжу пользоваться и узнаю что это.
Awesome app but pressing back button while viewing notes list should close the app and should not open the settings screen.
I like this app because you can make your own story and you can do it how ever you want
The best app writer I have ever used. Has a good user interface.
Information Architects GmbH March 23, 2017
Thank you for your feedback. We added an option to change the extension for newly created files to ".txt". It will go to alpha testing soon and should reach you within a few weeks. Wonderful marvelous extraordinary, an excellent app that just doesn't cease to amaze!
Great Note Taker. Addition of 'Tags' will be great for finding & organising notes.
Does this app really have a max character limit??? I have a 4500 word file, this app can display about 90% of it. It cuts off in the middle of a word, and when I enter more characters, they're not displayed. This can't possibly be an app for serious writers if it won't allow you to edit longer works.
Information Architects GmbH March 23, 2017
Thank you for your feedback. On all our test devices, Writer can handle substantially larger texts. We unfortunately never managed to get hold of a device on which the problem that you describe occurs. Maybe it helps to know that we are now working on a feature called "content blocks" that will allow you to split large text into separate documents. I love the App, could the management please proceed to make it poetry writing friendly. Like in terms of stanzas on display... Thanks. I love this app a milli
As above it is mentioned like clean environment to write. No,it's best environment to write.
Excellent app. I'm writing a novel and keep this on my tablet and phone to make notes anytime, anywhere. I would be lost without it.
Awesome This is an awesome app. The markdown keyboard is definitely the best. I think the devs should go more material design. I think the scrolling interface is unintuitive unless you hide the top bar. If that bar is kept you might as well add icons so the functionality is clearer. I guarantee the interface is why people might not be buying this app over similar apps. What works on the iPhone doesn't always work on Android. Oh, and it would be amazing if you would add syntax highlighting.
Great!. No-frills app that helps me get to my daily word counts faster! I find that I prefer to use a bluetooth keyboard and my phone on airplane mode to a full laptop now! Bravo! Keep updating the Android app please! Y'all do good work! Keep it up! BTW I wish there was a donationware option for this app. I wouldn't have found it if it wasn't free, but I would love to throw a dollar or two your way!
Good app, but lacking some features from iOS For minimalistic writing, there's nothing quite like it in the Play Store. The fonts, the focus mode, the general user interface are all very well done. But a couple of things are missing from iOS. Why no table of contents? And lists don't support code blocks. Hmmmm, I use that on Mac. And perhaps search won't be a bad idea if create a lot of documents. Of course, you might not notice these if you have not used the Mac or iOS apps. But I do hope the devs are listening and will add those things too.
Very unstable It crashes frequently, which deletes unsaved writing. It spams me with notifications of it crashing multiple times a day, even when it's closed and i haven't opened it in days. I'll change my rating back to 5 stars when it's fixed.
Awesome but here #Some errors When Editing the files #on a pc via Google Drive (using Google chrome) the files #don't save and end up being duplicated. Then edited them manually by sending the pc/final version through another app. When saving he then duplicated it with a file name ending with #conflicted+date. Some fix for that?
Giving My Stars To iA Writer Started using Jotterpad initially, but its markdown rendered strangely on my android tablet. Downloaded iA Writer instead. Nice, very Nice. I like the workflow setup: Files > Editor > Preview > Export. Very slick. I've really got into markdown more using this app. Can't see any problems with anything that is there already. Google Drive and Dropbox work fine. Private Local through me to start with because I couldn't find it with file manager. But then sussed how iA Writer manages files. Happy. One Request Gets That 5th Star: * Could iA Writer use relative paths for locally stored images? This would make the files / folder structure much more "transferrable" to other devices. I would imagine using HTML rather than markdown would (possibly) get around this, but it would be nice to have. Otherwise, very good job Information Architects!
Worked Perfectly At First... I was able to write a sample dialogue and post to G+ almost immediately (the feature I am most enamored of). Haven't been able to since. Could you make it easier to do so? Would gladly pay for this app, by-the-way.
missing a crucial feature I really like iaWriter, being using it for ages on mac, however, the android app is missing a simple yet crucial feature: typewriter mode. I need to see the text in the center of the screen... without the focus thing on. :(
One Thing Missing This app is awesome, but I need the "true black" feature. The night mode is pointless without true black, plus I've got an AMOLED device, so I wanna save as much battery as possible.
At startup iA Writer shows a snow white screen for 2 seconds. Kinda annoying when working in night mode. I noticed that it can handle huge files which is a plus but there is no **word search** option. Hint: Change the **Device** from **private** to **public** if you want to access your files; with a file manager.
Tables and image display needs improvement The tables still look very ugly. Specially when two adjacent columns are having text aligned(left column with right alignment and right column with left alignment), it is very difficult to distinguish between data of the two columns. It would be much better if it would download images from Dropbox if the file path is relative. And maths rendering would be lovely. And it doesn't detect windows new lines. As the files edited by notepad and having tables is simply shown as a long ugly string. Please fix these.
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Updated
March 21, 2017
Installs
100,000 - 500,000
Current Version
1.3.9
Requires Android
4.0 and up
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