iA Writer
Get focused, enjoy writing
Only for Mac
399,00 kr
“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
more Putting IA Writer in full-screen mode and then enabling its 'Focus' mode, highlighting the sentence/section at hand, is really the most effective way for me to write. I absolutely love the program, the continous improvements made by the developers, and I can highly recommend trying it out!
Developer Response Thank you for the recommendation. If you're using iA Writer in full screen with Focus Mode on, you're using it the right way :)
Putting IA Writer in full-screen mode and then enabling its 'Focus' mode, highlighting the sentence/section at hand, is really the most effective way for me to write. I absolutely love the program, the continous improvements made by the developers, and I can highly recommend trying it out!
Thank you for the recommendation. If you're using iA Writer in full screen with Focus Mode on, you're using it the right way :)
Once you get the hang of it iA Writer makes writing enjoyable. It gives just the right writing "feel" - for lack of better words. Love the simplicity of it, and the few times I've been in contact with support they have responded quickly and kindly. /René
Developer Response Thank you for this strong endorsement :-)
Once you get the hang of it iA Writer makes writing enjoyable. It gives just the right writing "feel" - for lack of better words. Love the simplicity of it, and the few times I've been in contact with support they have responded quickly and kindly. /René
Thank you for this strong endorsement :-)
While iA Writer does lack certain features I miss from Obsidian, Ulysses and Scrivener, it is the writing app I kept coming back to, and has been using for years now. Because, overall: it is the best app writing app I've come across, period.I highly appreciate its disciplined, clean focus on simplicity and avoidance of feature-bloat.I also highly appreciate the non-subscription model. I wouldn't mind paying for a major update of iA Writer at all. But, instead, I’ll buy their other app (iA Presenter) to support them that way.Lots of LO💗E to Information Architects (the developers) 🫶
Developer Response Thank you and we hope to help you writing for more years to come!
While iA Writer does lack certain features I miss from Obsidian, Ulysses and Scrivener, it is the writing app I kept coming back to, and has been using for years now. Because, overall: it is the best app writing app I've come across, period.I highly appreciate its disciplined, clean focus on simplicity and avoidance of feature-bloat.I also highly appreciate the non-subscription model. I wouldn't mind paying for a major update of iA Writer at all. But, instead, I’ll buy their other app (iA Presenter) to support them that way.Lots of LO💗E to Information Architects (the developers) 🫶
Thank you and we hope to help you writing for more years to come!
No clutter, no overload of features. Just eveything you need
Developer Response 🎯 We love this summary of Writer. Thanks for taking time to rate and share. 🙂
No clutter, no overload of features. Just eveything you need
🎯 We love this summary of Writer. Thanks for taking time to rate and share. 🙂
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.
7.3.4 9 Feb
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.
7.3.3 25/12/2025
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.
7.3.2 10/12/2025
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.
7.3.1 08/12/2025
# 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.
7.3 05/11/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.18 18/09/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.17 05/09/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.16 24/08/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.15 04/06/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.14 02/04/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.11 26/02/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.10 17/02/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.9 11/02/2025
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.8 11/12/2024
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.7 10/12/2024
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.6 27/10/2024
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.5 21/10/2024
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.4 07/10/2024
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
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.3 30/09/2024
# Library Improvements
- New tree navigation makes it easier to organize your work
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.2 17/09/2024
# Library Improvements
- New tree navigation makes it easier to organize your work
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
- You can choose between tree and list navigation in settings
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2.1 16/09/2024
# Library Improvements
- This update makes it easier to organize your work
- Click 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 file and folder buttons to toolbar
# Style Check Improvements
- Now supports Spanish
- Major upgrade to French
7.2 07/09/2024
This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.1:
- Major upgrade for iA Writer’s integration with Shortcuts
- 18 new actions to open, create, edit, and organize files
- This feature requires macOS 13 Ventura
- We’ve prepared a few practical shortcuts to show what’s possible, and to inspire you to create your own
# Open
- Open New: Opens a new note, ready to be saved to your Inbox folder as soon as you type.
- Add Diary Entry: Adds an entry to your Diary folder with the current date and time.
- Take Meeting Notes: Creates meeting notes document for your upcoming calendar event.
- Open Clipboard: Opens a new file with clipboard contents converted to Markdown.
# Save
- Dictate Text: Saves dictated text to your Inbox folder.
- Dictate To-Do: Saves dictated text to your To-Do file.
- Read Later: Saves a web article to your Read Later folder.
- Shazam: Shazam a song and save it to your Inbox folder.
# Current File
- Listen: Turns current file into audio.
- Copy Link: Copies a link that can be used to open current file from other apps.
- Translate: Translates a copy of the current file.
# Organize
- Duplicate Template: Duplicates a template file or folder and adds it to favorites.
- Search: Opens Quick Search with the provided query.
# Edit with ChatGPT
- Writing Assistant: Use ChatGPT as a conversation partner to improve your text.
- Proofread: Proofreads a copy of the current document.
- Shorten: Shortens a copy of the current document.
- Change Tone: Changes tone of a copy of the current document.
# Other Improvements
- Added top author percentage to stats
- Adjusted insert date actions to use system language
7.1.4 11/07/2024
This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.1:
- Major upgrade for iA Writer’s integration with Shortcuts
- 18 new actions to open, create, edit, and organize files
- This feature requires macOS 13 Ventura
- We’ve prepared a few practical shortcuts to show what’s possible, and to inspire you to create your own
# Open
- Open New: Opens a new note, ready to be saved to your Inbox folder as soon as you type.
- Add Diary Entry: Adds an entry to your Diary folder with the current date and time.
- Take Meeting Notes: Creates meeting notes document for your upcoming calendar event.
- Open Clipboard: Opens a new file with clipboard contents converted to Markdown.
# Save
- Dictate Text: Saves dictated text to your Inbox folder.
- Dictate To-Do: Saves dictated text to your To-Do file.
- Read Later: Saves a web article to your Read Later folder.
- Shazam: Shazam a song and save it to your Inbox folder.
# Current File
- Listen: Turns current file into audio.
- Copy Link: Copies a link that can be used to open current file from other apps.
- Translate: Translates a copy of the current file.
# Organize
- Duplicate Template: Duplicates a template file or folder and adds it to favorites.
- Search: Opens Quick Search with the provided query.
# Edit with ChatGPT
- Writing Assistant: Use ChatGPT as a conversation partner to improve your text.
- Proofread: Proofreads a copy of the current document.
- Shorten: Shortens a copy of the current document.
- Change Tone: Changes tone of a copy of the current document.
# Other Improvements
- Added top author percentage to stats
- Adjusted insert date actions to use system language
7.1.3 16/05/2024
This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.1:
- Major upgrade for iA Writer’s integration with Shortcuts
- 18 new actions to open, create, edit, and organize files
- This feature requires macOS 13 Ventura
- We’ve prepared a few practical shortcuts to show what’s possible, and to inspire you to create your own
# Open
- Open New: Opens a new note, ready to be saved to your Inbox folder as soon as you type.
- Add Diary Entry: Adds an entry to your Diary folder with the current date and time.
- Take Meeting Notes: Creates meeting notes document for your upcoming calendar event.
- Open Clipboard: Opens a new file with clipboard contents converted to Markdown.
# Save
- Dictate Text: Saves dictated text to your Inbox folder.
- Dictate To-Do: Saves dictated text to your To-Do file.
- Read Later: Saves a web article to your Read Later folder.
- Shazam: Shazam a song and save it to your Inbox folder.
# Current File
- Listen: Turns current file into audio.
- Copy Link: Copies a link that can be used to open current file from other apps.
- Translate: Translates a copy of the current file.
# Organize
- Duplicate Template: Duplicates a template file or folder and adds it to favorites.
- Search: Opens Quick Search with the provided query.
# Edit With ChatGPT
- Writing Assistant: Use ChatGPT as a conversation partner to improve your text.
# Other Improvements
- Added top author percentage to stats
- Adjusted insert date actions to use system language
7.1.2 29/04/2024
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.
more Version 7.3.4 9 Feb
Data Not Linked to You The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Dark Interface
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion