![]() ![]() Price: US$.99 for the iPad and US$4.99 for the MAC OS at the Apple App Store. They’re easy to access, but they aren’t a distraction. Best of all, the app’s features stay out of your way while you’re writing. The app’s design is top-notch, and it offers a feature set that makes it among the best options for writing in Markdown. Used with the MAC version, the seamless iCloud integration was a plus for me, making me work on the different devices without having to copy/paste or open documents in different folders. iA Writer has long been one of the premier text editors on Apple’s platforms. ![]() Would I recommend it? Definitely, especially if writing is your thing. I tried other distraction-free apps from the Apple Store but somehow returns to iA Writer for its sheer simplicity. 33 reviews 1.6K followers Visit website Reviews Do you use iA Writer I use this I use something else What is iA Writer iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus on your words. It made me more conscious on the structure of my writing and I found myself more productive. Lately I’ve been traveling with my iPad only and having iA Writer for the past five months changed the way I write. Users can still work on the document offline and will just sync on the iCloud when internet connection is available. Any local files on the iPad are also saved on the iCloud (with user’s permission of course). iCloud acts differently on the latest update (ver 1.7) which now can seamlessly sync files on my iPad and MAC. DropBox is pretty straightforward, just navigate on the folders you wish to open or save a file. I think one of the most important feature is the cloud integration with iCloud and DropBox. Markdown syntax support and preview mode on iPad Cloud Integration iA Writer documents can also be exported to Rich Text File for other word processing softwares. Markdown text can also be exported or copied as HTML which I do for my blog entries. On the MAC, Markdown is previewed realtime, on the latest update for IOS (as of ver 1.7), they now have a Markdown Preview. One good thing about it, is I learned how easy it is to use the Markdown Syntax which iA Writer supports. Lately I’ve been accustomed to writing my blog articles on iA Writer. Along with that is the usual Word Count and Character Count. ![]() The feature I do really like, is on the toolbar (top on the iPad and bottom on the MAC) when hovered is that it shows the Reading Time, so I could have an idea on how long it takes to read the article. Pretty good if you’re proofreading but honestly I seldom use it on actual writing. When enabled, everything would be blurred out except for the current sentence you’re viewing or writing. Its goal is to get you in and get you writing, and that’s what I’ve done (I’ve written 8 blog posts this weekend already in iA Writer).Īnd best yet? It’s only $10 and is designed and built by the team at iA, people who know their stuff when it comes to making awesomely designed experiences.Speaking of focus, iA Writer has a Focus Mode. The app purposely lacks features like customizing background, font, text size, and more. Fast and simple, just the way I like it.Syncing with Dropbox means no additional service running in the background like Taskpaper requires (my previous, and still awesome, tool of choice). It’s all plain text, which means I can sync everything via Dropbox and have it all backed up and organized.Since iA Writer only supports that, and supports it well, I got up and running super quick with the Markdown syntax. After using GitHub for a bit to manage Bootstrap, I’ve gotten accustomed again to using Markdown.Either the fonts, colors, or features always got in the way of just busting out content. For awhile I’ve been writing blog posts just in a plain text or code editor, or even in Pages, but none of those were great options. ![]()
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