iA Writer

Name: iA Writer
Price: 19.99 USD
Rating: 4.6 (1491 reviews)
Author: Information Architects AG

Get focused, enjoy writing

$19.99

1.5K Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

#22
Productivity
Developer

Information Architects AG
Language

EN
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Size

66.8
MB

“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker “My favorite iOS app for writing in Markdown, without question, is iA Writer. iA Writer is just beautiful. To me, it’s the gold standard for Markdown syntax styling... an elegant champagne flute. That’s iA Writer for me.” —John Gruber “iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus on your words.” —The New York Times “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 4 x Best of App Store Winner # The Simple Writing App iA Writer removes distractions. Giving you a calm, focused, writing space, so you can express yourself clearly. # Focus Focus Mode dims everything but the current sentence or paragraph, helping you stay in the flow. # Start Don’t worry about the format. First, write in plain text. Then preview in HTML. # Organize Search, sort, and quickly swap between documents from different clouds. # Customize When you tap and hold a key in the command keyboard, you’re given the chance to choose your own layout. Rearrange your keys, or pick new ones from the extensive list. # Search You can open documents and launch frequent actions in no time with the new Quick Search. It lives in the keyboard so it’s always close at hand. # Work iA Writer includes an inverted light-on-dark-mode, perfect for working day and night. # Clean Spot superfluous adjectives, weak verbs, repetitive nouns, false conjunctions and clean your text of the usual rumble. # Shape Customize your templates and export to WordPress or Medium, HTML, Microsoft Word (.docx), or PDF. # 100% Text Embed links, pictures, tables and text files in plain text and see them in preview. # Get in Touch - Visit ia.net/writer for more information - Visit ia.net/writer/support for support and feedback

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

1.5K Ratings

Editors’ Choice

When we want to hunker down and type without distraction, one of our favorite resources is iA Writer. Substantially updated since its initial release, this writing app offers a customizable keyboard, selective text highlighting, iCloud sync, and many other features we’ve come to depend on. Plus, a streamlined interface lets you simply swipe left to preview a document and swipe right to access your library. The entire experience is designed to be quick and easy so you can focus on your work.

Editors’ Choice

When we want to hunker down and type without distraction, one of our favorite resources is iA Writer. Substantially updated since its initial release, this writing app offers a customizable keyboard, selective text highlighting, iCloud sync, and many other features we’ve come to depend on. Plus, a streamlined interface lets you simply swipe left to preview a document and swipe right to access your library. The entire experience is designed to be quick and easy so you can focus on your work.
Definitely worth it!
5d ago
itzaimee1247
I have had this app on my laptop since 2023, and while I didn’t use it for a bit, when I started really using it, this past December, it just totally took me by storm. I officially bought the iPhone app in mid-December, and I have to say, I love the seamless syncing to iCloud, and I love the auto-saving feature, as well. I have used this app every day for almost the last six months, and the only thing I regret, is not using it, sooner. Other than that, I regret nothing. Though, there are two changes I would like to be made, such as the “underline” font possibly being added, in addition to bold and italic, and having the option to turn off or turn on the automatic opening of a new document on the Mac app, instead of one always opening automatically by default, when launching it. These are just suggestions, and with or without them, the app is still perfect! Definitely worth the money, to the fullest extent!Update/edit: This is still one of my favorite apps of all time, and through the HTML feature that the app offers, I have figured out how to do the “underline” font, and I have even also figured out how to not have a new document open, when closing the app. Thank you devs for the solution. 🥰

Developer Response
Thank you so much for your detailed review and for supporting Writer across platforms!To have Writer reopen the last file you were working on instead of starting with a new one, you likely have the “Close when quitting” option enabled under Settings → Files. Try unchecking this, and Writer will reopen your last open document instead of creating a new one.
Definitely worth it!
5d ago
itzaimee1247

I have had this app on my laptop since 2023, and while I didn’t use it for a bit, when I started really using it, this past December, it just totally took me by storm. I officially bought the iPhone app in mid-December, and I have to say, I love the seamless syncing to iCloud, and I love the auto-saving feature, as well. I have used this app every day for almost the last six months, and the only thing I regret, is not using it, sooner. Other than that, I regret nothing. Though, there are two changes I would like to be made, such as the “underline” font possibly being added, in addition to bold and italic, and having the option to turn off or turn on the automatic opening of a new document on the Mac app, instead of one always opening automatically by default, when launching it. These are just suggestions, and with or without them, the app is still perfect! Definitely worth the money, to the fullest extent!Update/edit: This is still one of my favorite apps of all time, and through the HTML feature that the app offers, I have figured out how to do the “underline” font, and I have even also figured out how to not have a new document open, when closing the app. Thank you devs for the solution. 🥰
Developer Response 05/15/2025
Thank you so much for your detailed review and for supporting Writer across platforms!To have Writer reopen the last file you were working on instead of starting with a new one, you likely have the “Close when quitting” option enabled under Settings → Files. Try unchecking this, and Writer will reopen your last open document instead of creating a new one.
Pretty good, best feature is full Files support
11/19/2023
c.with
Update: developers respond. My complaints, below, turn out to be due to a difference in philosophy with the devs. My four stars remain because I overall find this app less accessible than other similar ios markdown writers. But, I daily drive the app because it’s by far the best one I’ve found for my needs. Your mileage may vary, etc. —I chose this app because it can create and edit my files that are saved in icloud or google docs - just using Files integration. Perfect. Almost works like a “computer.” ;) The big weakness for me is the lack of a true WYSIWYG markdown experience, which my usual markdown app of choice, Obsidian, has. Other apps would let you type “- [ ] content” and then it would transform into just the checkbox when your cursor is somewhere else. Same with asterisks for bold, etc. My preference is to only see the formatting characters when my cursor is on the word. I’ve also noticed a bug where, for some reason, when I type the sentence “hand wash only and…” the word “only” renders as strikethrough in editor mode. It goes away when i switch to read-only, but again I’m used to other apps that negate the need to switch views all the time. I definitely recommend the app overall if anyone, like me, needs a solid markdown app that’s file-system agnostic.

Developer Response
We appreciate your review! Our intentional design choice involves steering clear of WYSIWYG, as we see it as distracting. Regarding the strikethrough in editor mode, it's not a bug; it's actually our Style Check feature. Perhaps you unintentionally enabled it? Find more information on our Support Site: https://ia.net/writer/support/editor/style-check
Pretty good, best feature is full Files support
11/19/2023
c.with

Update: developers respond. My complaints, below, turn out to be due to a difference in philosophy with the devs. My four stars remain because I overall find this app less accessible than other similar ios markdown writers. But, I daily drive the app because it’s by far the best one I’ve found for my needs. Your mileage may vary, etc. —I chose this app because it can create and edit my files that are saved in icloud or google docs - just using Files integration. Perfect. Almost works like a “computer.” ;) The big weakness for me is the lack of a true WYSIWYG markdown experience, which my usual markdown app of choice, Obsidian, has. Other apps would let you type “- [ ] content” and then it would transform into just the checkbox when your cursor is somewhere else. Same with asterisks for bold, etc. My preference is to only see the formatting characters when my cursor is on the word. I’ve also noticed a bug where, for some reason, when I type the sentence “hand wash only and…” the word “only” renders as strikethrough in editor mode. It goes away when i switch to read-only, but again I’m used to other apps that negate the need to switch views all the time. I definitely recommend the app overall if anyone, like me, needs a solid markdown app that’s file-system agnostic.
Developer Response 11/13/2023
We appreciate your review! Our intentional design choice involves steering clear of WYSIWYG, as we see it as distracting. Regarding the strikethrough in editor mode, it's not a bug; it's actually our Style Check feature. Perhaps you unintentionally enabled it? Find more information on our Support Site: https://ia.net/writer/support/editor/style-check
Almost perfect!
09/13/2019
crestfallenDeus
This application coupled with an iPad Pro and a magic keyboard have, quite frankly, made my on-the-go writing experience... magical! I’m not a professional by any means, however, as a college student I have had almost nothing to complain about when using this application. My only grievance, you guessed it, is more customization! This means more fonts, more color palettes, and more storage solutions like Google Drive. I totally understand that IA Writer’s aim is to be minimal and focus driven, but more “optional” customization features wouldn’t hurt anyone in my opinion. Overall, this is a wonderful application as is. My only suggestions would be to look into the “show stats” feature as I don’t like how it hangs over your text indefinitely... maybe move the word count to a corner where it doesn’t interfere with your text or perhaps set it to timeout after a few seconds. Also, there’s a wonderful feature labeled “syntax highlight” that I believe shouldn’t be buried within settings but would be of greater use somewhere next to the “aA” button. All the colors hurt my eyes so I never turn it on for long, however, occasionally using the feature helps me identify a myriad of adjectives and nouns to replace without having to read my entire essay again!

Developer Response
We don't have plans to add much in the way of customizations to the editor itself. The idea is you spend your time writing and not twiddling settings. When it comes time to put some form around the content, you can use templates to get exactly what you want. You can build your own custom templates too—email us at support@ia.net if you want to know more. On Syntax Control, you can toggle this within the "aA" menu and it will show the last used combination of parts of speech you had turned on.
Almost perfect!
09/13/2019
crestfallenDeus

This application coupled with an iPad Pro and a magic keyboard have, quite frankly, made my on-the-go writing experience... magical! I’m not a professional by any means, however, as a college student I have had almost nothing to complain about when using this application. My only grievance, you guessed it, is more customization! This means more fonts, more color palettes, and more storage solutions like Google Drive. I totally understand that IA Writer’s aim is to be minimal and focus driven, but more “optional” customization features wouldn’t hurt anyone in my opinion. Overall, this is a wonderful application as is. My only suggestions would be to look into the “show stats” feature as I don’t like how it hangs over your text indefinitely... maybe move the word count to a corner where it doesn’t interfere with your text or perhaps set it to timeout after a few seconds. Also, there’s a wonderful feature labeled “syntax highlight” that I believe shouldn’t be buried within settings but would be of greater use somewhere next to the “aA” button. All the colors hurt my eyes so I never turn it on for long, however, occasionally using the feature helps me identify a myriad of adjectives and nouns to replace without having to read my entire essay again!
Developer Response 09/18/2019
We don't have plans to add much in the way of customizations to the editor itself. The idea is you spend your time writing and not twiddling settings. When it comes time to put some form around the content, you can use templates to get exactly what you want. You can build your own custom templates too—email us at support@ia.net if you want to know more. On Syntax Control, you can toggle this within the "aA" menu and it will show the last used combination of parts of speech you had turned on.

Liquid Glass: a refreshed interface for iOS and iPadOS 26 and later, and an app icon that matches your system settings. Document Outline: navigate your documents using Quick Search. Type to jump to any heading, filename, or text search result. Command Palette: instant access to formatting actions, export, and authorship. Library: hide dates and text excerpts to browse your files with a new compact layout. Favorite files are easy to spot with a star icon. Authorship: menus show author colors so you know who contributed to the document.

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Seller: Information Architects AG
Size: 66.8 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Languages: English and 10 more

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Age Rating: 4+

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