iA Writer: Focused Writing

iA Inc.

In-app purchases

About this app

“iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus.” ***** The New York Times

# The Original
Introduced in 2010, iA Writer is the common benchmark for Markdown writing apps.

# The Simple
No custom file format or database: Edit your plain text files in any app you like.

# The Flexible
Some of the great writing apps like Bear, Scrivener or Ulysses, do not support Android yet. iA Writer works on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

# The Open Minded
Buy or subscribe? You decide. Control your tool, control your work. A big upgrade with a paid plan where you can choose between subscription or owing the app is in the works!

# The Eye Friendly
iA Writer includes an inverted light-on-dark-mode, perfect for working day and night.

# The Focused
Focus Mode dims everything but the current sentence or paragraph, helping you stay in the flow.

“iA Writer is an example of how powerful simplicity and accessibility can be.” ***** The Guardian

“iA Writer is all about textual production—writing this phrase, this sentence, this word at this moment.” ***** WIRED

# The Team
- 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

Ratings and reviews

Overall, it's a good app for writing and editing markdown files. There are some areas where it needs improvement. It lacks integration with OneDrive, there's no biometric security (pin only), and dark mode has to be manually enabled instead of reflecting the system mode. It also takes a few clicks to toggle on the preview mode. There should be a button in the toolbar to quickly enable/disable the preview mode. These issues are manageable in a free app, but they should be standard in a paid app.

Same issue as some others. I've paid for a 1-yr subscription months ago but the app won't recognize it and constantly resets them tells me I need to subscribe at a higher price. I've reached out to support. I think it's because they changed the price on it. I should at least get what I paid for 12 months. Not getting that right now. So bad for our country!

I switched from Apple Notes iaWriter bc it's cross platform and has a simple underlying format ( text documents) which can be backed up. It works pretty well on my mac, but on Android it's a mess. When I edit files iaWriter underlines all of the text, indents it all, and then scrolls down repeatedly to the bottom so I can't even see the line I'm editing. They need to fix these bugs and enable offline editing which also doesnt work. I use google drive for syncing. Disappointing.

What's new

In compliance with forthcoming changes to apps listed in the Google Play Store, Online Collaboration is no longer accepting new Sign-In.

Existing users can continue to use this functionality or log out to remove the Location from Library.