“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker
“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 without leaving the window.
# 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
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I write more frequently because of this app.
NathanD
I basically threw my money at the computer as soon as I saw a desktop version of iA Writer existed. The iOS version had already captured me, and being able to move between phone and computer was just what I needed. Every feature is built for writers, from easy and beautiful PDF exports to cloud storage to starting with a blank document ready as soon as the program opens. My favorite way to use it is in full-screen mode with Night Mode turned on, nothing but my words in white on a dark screen. I use iA Writer every day, and I’d go so far as to say that it’s made me a more productive writer, just because it has simplified the writing process for me so effectively. (It’s also been good to see it improve over time with smart and continuous updates, and my one and only request for support was answered quickly and solved easily.)In short: I write more now that I have iA Writer on my machine, and I have never used a more elegant writing app. I’d give it 10 stars if I could.
Developer Response
Feedback like this is why we do what we do. Learning that people enjoy writing more because of our app is why we get up every morning looking forward to improve our app even more. In essence "Every feature is built for writers… it’s made me a more productive writer" was the initial vision for iA Writer, in a nutshell. It's beautiful to hear what we intended to achieve those who use our app daily. Thank you.
Life changing tool. So much better than you think.
Bagel Hunter
IA Writer saves time, makes writing and working and organizing notes a breeze. It makes it so much easier to organize yourself once you learn a few key items and features. Especially in v 6.0. Life changing.I rarely ever review anything. Can't say enough good things about this app so here's my perspective/experience.IA Writer is so simple and effective that it can even be helpful for those with ADHD to organize themselves. Download the App now. I have been using IA Writer for around 7 years at this time. The app started off great and it has only gotten better and better. It has a very intuitive navigation paradigm and various extremely accessible and useflul features. This latest release, 6.0, takes the cake. It is absolutely incredible with new features like auto hyperlinking and wikilinks and so many easy shortcuts for every action. I am not paid by anoyone to say these things and I do not stand to benefit from this review. I really just love this app THAT much.I would highly recommend it to my friends, family, and colleagues working in High Tech, or Writing, Entrepreneurship, or Productivity -- or anybody in any sector. I use it on my laptop and on my smart phone and on my tablet.The developers got this project so right... I only wish other apps and developers were as attentive and on-target as this app's developer. Information Architects GMBH -- thank you for understanding what your users need, and for making it accessible thus far.
Developer Response
We are out of words, thank you so much for this wonderful review 🥰
One of my favorite apps for any writing
totalrecall9000
This app is awesome and has only gotten better. It works as a notes app OR as a serious writing app. I mean, I'll shift to Word before prepping something for like a serious submission, but besides that, I'm here if I can be here. It's clean and works well. I prefer it to Ulysses because I just want to write without a lot of fuss. iA saves files as .txt so you can grab them easily and open them anywhere. You can easily sort your stuff into folders or use tags for sorting. Overall this app is deceptive-- it looks like it doesn't do much, but it actually low key does everything that you need. I have a degree in creative writing (and I mean have been writing since I was kid) and also am a nascent app developer these days-- & from both perspectives I'm impressed with iA. If you need a clean app for writing and taking notes, here you go. I use it daily and it never disappoints.
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words 🥰 We appreciate the time taken to rate and share this!
Love & Loathe
LL-NYC
I’ve been a long-time user of this app, but lately it’s become frustratingly slow on the Mac. I have a new-ish MacBookAir (M3) and iA Writer is literally the only app I see the dreaded spinning beachball with. Even a simple action like right clicking to create “New Folder” nothing happens for *several* seconds. Then the folder finally appears, and I try to click it and rename it, and I have to wait for the beach ball to do its thing. I don’t even have slowness issues with “big programs” like Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, so not sure why iA Writer is such a struggle for my little computer. I had issues last year too with it crashing randomly, and the support team just told me I had to uninstall and reinstall. I did, and that stopped the crashing, but it’s frustrating to be encountering yet another issue.That said, the app is really beautiful, and such a joyous writing experience that I put up with the quirks, or just try to use it primarily on the iPad, where I have none of the pain points I do on the Mac version.
Developer Response
We're sorry to hear you are having issues with Writer. Please feel free to reach out to our Support Team for further assistance: support@ia.net
This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.3:
# AI in Technicolor
Whether you proofread with Apple Intelligence, or paste from Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT, the generated text now bursts onto the page with a colorful gradient. It looks as artificial as its origins. Think of it as a game: you got help, now make it your own.
We also made it easy to tell different human contributors apart. They appear in subtle tones. And you can choose a preferred color for saved authors in settings.
Reference material stays dimmed. Use this to see the changes you made to a downloaded contract, to track the progress since your first draft, or when you’re not sure how a text was created.
Version 7.3.4
The developer, Information Architects AG, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Dark Interface
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Information Architects AG
Size
16.4 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
Languages
English and 10 more
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese