Plainly: Text Editor & TTS
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All text files, TTS reader, 60+ fonts, 66 languages, 30+ encodings, dark mode.
- Downloads
- 95+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 31
- 2026 · v0.14.2
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About Plainly: Text Editor & TTS
Plainly - A Minimal Text Editor with Text-to-Speech
Write, read, and listen to your text files with ease.
Plainly is a clean, distraction-free text editor designed for simplicity and functionality. Whether you're taking notes, editing code, or reading documents, Plainly provides a seamless experience with powerful features.
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📄 ALL TEXT-BASED FILES
• Open, edit, and save 24+ text file formats
• General: txt, md, log, csv
• Config: json, xml, yaml/yml, ini, conf, cfg
• Web: html, css, js
• Code: dart, py, java, c, cpp, h, sql
• Scripts: sh, bat, ps1
• Preserves original extension; free extension input for new files
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✨ TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS)
• Listen to your documents read aloud
• Adjustable speech speed (0.5x - 2.0x)
• Adjustable pitch control
• Sentence-by-sentence navigation
• Choose from multiple voice options
• Screen stays on during playback
• Start reading from cursor or screen position
• TTS language auto-syncs with app language
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🎨 BEAUTIFUL TYPOGRAPHY
• 60+ fonts from Google Fonts
• Sans-serif, serif, and monospace options
• Perfect for writing, reading, or coding
• Adjustable font size with precise control
• 3 line height options (compact, default, relaxed)
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🌍 GLOBAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
• UI available in 66 languages (incl. RTL: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian)
• 30+ text encodings supported
• UTF-8, UTF-16, EUC-KR, Shift_JIS, GB2312, Big5, and more
• Automatic encoding detection (background analysis for large files)
• Explicit notification on encoding failure (no silent data corruption)
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🌙 THEMES & APPEARANCE
• Light and Dark themes
• Automatic system theme sync
• 5 UI font size levels
• Clean, minimal interface
• Easy on the eyes for long reading sessions
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📝 POWERFUL EDITING
• Find and Replace with match highlighting
• Word wrap toggle
• Tab-to-spaces conversion (2, 4, or 6) and tab/space save mode
• Line, character, and word count display
• Auto-save to prevent data loss
• Rename files directly from the editor
• Full accessibility labels (TalkBack support)
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👁️ VIEWER MODE
• Read-only mode for distraction-free reading
• Remember last mode preference
• Quick toggle from menu
• Perfect for reviewing documents
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📂 FILE MANAGEMENT
• Recent files list for quick access
• Scroll position remembered for each file
• Storage Access Framework (SAF) support
• Works with your file manager
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🔒 PRIVACY FOCUSED
• No account required
• No cloud sync - your files stay on your device
• GDPR compliant
• Transparent privacy policy
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Perfect for:
• Writers and note-takers
• Developers viewing code, config, and log files
• Students studying documents
• Anyone who prefers listening over reading
• Users who need specific text encodings
Download Plainly today and experience text editing the way it should be - simple, powerful, and distraction-free.
Write, read, and listen to your text files with ease.
Plainly is a clean, distraction-free text editor designed for simplicity and functionality. Whether you're taking notes, editing code, or reading documents, Plainly provides a seamless experience with powerful features.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📄 ALL TEXT-BASED FILES
• Open, edit, and save 24+ text file formats
• General: txt, md, log, csv
• Config: json, xml, yaml/yml, ini, conf, cfg
• Web: html, css, js
• Code: dart, py, java, c, cpp, h, sql
• Scripts: sh, bat, ps1
• Preserves original extension; free extension input for new files
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✨ TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS)
• Listen to your documents read aloud
• Adjustable speech speed (0.5x - 2.0x)
• Adjustable pitch control
• Sentence-by-sentence navigation
• Choose from multiple voice options
• Screen stays on during playback
• Start reading from cursor or screen position
• TTS language auto-syncs with app language
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🎨 BEAUTIFUL TYPOGRAPHY
• 60+ fonts from Google Fonts
• Sans-serif, serif, and monospace options
• Perfect for writing, reading, or coding
• Adjustable font size with precise control
• 3 line height options (compact, default, relaxed)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌍 GLOBAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
• UI available in 66 languages (incl. RTL: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian)
• 30+ text encodings supported
• UTF-8, UTF-16, EUC-KR, Shift_JIS, GB2312, Big5, and more
• Automatic encoding detection (background analysis for large files)
• Explicit notification on encoding failure (no silent data corruption)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌙 THEMES & APPEARANCE
• Light and Dark themes
• Automatic system theme sync
• 5 UI font size levels
• Clean, minimal interface
• Easy on the eyes for long reading sessions
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📝 POWERFUL EDITING
• Find and Replace with match highlighting
• Word wrap toggle
• Tab-to-spaces conversion (2, 4, or 6) and tab/space save mode
• Line, character, and word count display
• Auto-save to prevent data loss
• Rename files directly from the editor
• Full accessibility labels (TalkBack support)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
👁️ VIEWER MODE
• Read-only mode for distraction-free reading
• Remember last mode preference
• Quick toggle from menu
• Perfect for reviewing documents
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📂 FILE MANAGEMENT
• Recent files list for quick access
• Scroll position remembered for each file
• Storage Access Framework (SAF) support
• Works with your file manager
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔒 PRIVACY FOCUSED
• No account required
• No cloud sync - your files stay on your device
• GDPR compliant
• Transparent privacy policy
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Perfect for:
• Writers and note-takers
• Developers viewing code, config, and log files
• Students studying documents
• Anyone who prefers listening over reading
• Users who need specific text encodings
Download Plainly today and experience text editing the way it should be - simple, powerful, and distraction-free.
What’s new
Version 0.14.2 · Updated August 31, 2026
- Updated Google Play Billing to 9.1.0 - Strengthened Android 16 (targetSdk 36+) compatibility - Improved file-opening error handling and stability
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