iA Writer: Focused Writing

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4.3
5.05K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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
Updated on
Feb 29, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.2
4.2K reviews
Ali Salinas
January 1, 2024
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.
10 people found this review helpful
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iA Inc.
January 9, 2024
Thanks for taking time to share. We've noted the feedback and added your vote to some existing feature requests. 🙂
Magnus Pacificus
December 14, 2022
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.
16 people found this review helpful
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iA Inc.
December 19, 2022
🙁 We're not sure we fully understand what is going on here. In the absence of similar reports for "underlines, indents and scrolling" behaviours our team is curious to learn more → 📧: support+android@ia.net
Samuel Dresser
May 9, 2021
Seems alright at first, but its super annoying how the UI keeps appearing and dissappearing and shifting the screen around. If I start writing the top UI hides itself, but then if I want to click or select text it comes snapping back in in a very intrusive manner. If they fix that (or just have an option to disable it) I will change review and start using it. As it is, the constant snapping is too distracting. Especially cause it shakes the text when it happens. Issue experienced on Pixel 3a
19 people found this review helpful
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iA Inc.
May 11, 2021
We're always working to improve the experience and appreciate any feedback provided. Thank you 🙂

What's new

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