iWriter Pro

It’s a perfect, dependable writing app with the right features and no distractions. I honestly get more writing done with this app than any other app I’ve tried.

eb310Thu, Oct 5, 2023

United States

It would be the main app I used if only there was a file tree or explorer in a sidebar. Having no navigate brethren each individual folder/file is cumbersome

hewittajWed, Sep 6, 2023

United States

After searching the App Store and testing dozens of apps, I’m happy to say I finally found the app I’ve been looking for. This app is basically perfect, as if I designed it myself. 1Writer is close, and in second place, but iWriter Pro is even better! I’m not a fan of Rich Text because I’m a Web Developer and understand the power of Plain Text. I have been taking notes with Simplenote for over a decade, along with Notational Velocity on my Mac (Which is abandoned) and then nvALT (Which is also abandoned). Simplenote was the king for a very long time. The problem is it isn’t being actively developed anymore and I have noticed some bugs over the past few years. Insert: iWriter Pro, The Archive (Mac), and Dropbox. This is the only perfect solution I have ever found for the way my mind works!! 1. I have all of my .md notes (483 separate files to be exact) stored in a free Dropbox account which syncs my files. 2. On my iPhone, I use iWriter Pro to view and edit them (I used to use 1Writer which worked very well, but I made the switch bc iWriter Pro is simply superior). 3. On my Mac, I use an app called “The Archive” which is made by Zettelkasten (I am not affiliated with them or any of the products I’m writing about). Between iWriter Pro, The Archive, and Dropbox for storage/sync; my Simplenote replacement research is complete!! Btw… a $6 one time fee (For iWriter Pro) is what most of the competition charges per month. They are typically “Rich Text” note taking apps with far too much bloat. If you want free and great, use Simplenote. If you want something slightly better and more powerful - use this app along with the others I mentioned. To the dev team: Thank you!! This app is stellar and doesn’t need anything more than what it currently has - aside from one feature: If you look at 1Writer, you can go into the settings and select a folder as a directory. If your app had this feature, it would be flawless. Of course, keeping it actively developed and updated is my only other recommendation. I’m so happy I gave this app a chance! I couldn’t have done it better myself, so thanks again!

clintmallonSun, Jun 25, 2023

United States

I use it every day to compose diary, entries, and emails. Satisfying to use.

SpindriftaFri, Dec 23, 2022

United States

Works great with speech-to-text and iCloud. Better than more expensive apps.

SpindriftaWed, Aug 17, 2022

United States

I use Ulysses for all my big projects, but I needed a Markdown editor for small projects such as blog posts or emails containing code. Other tools either were limited to MacOS, didn’t support all of Multimarkdown (e.g, no code fence support) or were harder to read. iWriter checks all the boxes.

Ray WritesSun, Jan 23, 2022

United States

It fully supports MultiMarkdown 6. It exports to PDF, Word, an image, HTML, and rich/plain text. It works seamlessly with the Files app. I haven’t used many other Markdown apps, but I don’t really see how they can get better than this. I use it for journaling and math notes. MathJax has to be enabled in settings, and after that, math notation works great. The only bug I’ve seen is an occasional rendering bug in both preview and editing mode where the text doesn’t fill the screen quite right. However, rotating the screen fixes it instantly, and it doesn’t seem to happen very often in the first place. Overall I’m very satisfied— it works better for my purposes than I expected.

All nicknames taken42103Sun, Nov 21, 2021

United States