iA Writer 4+
Laser-focused writing
Information Architects AG
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- $79.99
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Description
“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
- Let us know what you think on Twitter @iAWriter
What’s New
Version 7.2.4
This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.2:
# Library Improvements
- New tree navigation makes it easier to organize your work
- Tap a folder to expand its contents without leaving your current location
- Use contextual menu to create files and folders in expanded subfolders
- Use contextual menu to open a folder (just like before)
- Drag and drop to move files
- Added new folder button to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
Ratings and Reviews
Editors' Notes
When we want to hunker down and type without distraction, one of our favourite resources is iA Writer. Substantially updated since its initial release, this writing app offers a customisable 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.
Fantastic. New to Markdown though
I’ve given up on storyist 4. Hopeless and disinterested support. When searching for an alternative I found IA WRITER. As a newbie to markdown the app is intuitive and easy to use. I’ve been able to family share the app with my partner. She is my first line editor and so my work flow has been greatly improved. Formatting manuscripts is always a nightmare and this app has done much to reduce my pain. I still have much to learn however. IA Writer is now a part of my daily work flow.
Developer Response ,
Happy to hear you are enjoying the app. If you have any questions about Markdown or how to get the most out of iA Writer, please don't hesitate to write us at support@ia.net.
The (almost) perfect notes app
I love iA Writer. It’s probably my most-used app across iOS and Mac, and I use it for all my knowledge management and note-taking. The team is constantly pushing out updates, the app is polished and reliable, and best of all its all based on portable Markdown files requiring no export step.
The one reason I haven’t given this app 5 stars is that there are still a few points of friction and quirks.
- It’s difficult to add media (you need to hit a command, and rename files, and it will only display images). This will throw off people used to the flexibility of other editors (e.g. Bear, Ulysses, Apple Notes).
- There’s no support for sketching on iPad.
- Wikilinks between files don’t work if you rename a file. Ideally these references should auto-adjust (e.g. Obsidian).
- Sorting is global, and affects folders too. Meaning if you want to use this for notes and set it to sort by recent, all your folders will sort by recent instead of alphabetically (Apple Notes does this, for example).
Developer Response ,
Thanks for this detailed review and the suggestions, they will be shared with the rest of the team. Happy writing!
App Privacy
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
Information
- Seller
- Information Architects AG
- Size
- 60.9 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2010–2024 Information Architects GmbH
- Price
- $79.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.