iA Writer: Focused Writing

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4.4
5.04K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

“iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus.” ***** The New York Times

# The Original
Introduced in 2010, iA Writer is the common benchmark for Markdown writing apps.

# The Simple
No custom file format or database: Edit your plain text files in any app you like.

# The Flexible
Some of the great writing apps like Bear, Scrivener or Ulysses, do not support Android yet. iA Writer works on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

# The Open Minded
Buy or subscribe? You decide. Control your tool, control your work. A big upgrade with a paid plan where you can choose between subscription or owing the app is in the works!

# The Eye Friendly
iA Writer includes an inverted light-on-dark-mode, perfect for working day and night.

# The Focused
Focus Mode dims everything but the current sentence or paragraph, helping you stay in the flow.

“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

# The Team
- 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
Updated on
Feb 29, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
4.18K reviews
Armin Matthes
March 19, 2024
I used to love this app for it's simplicity. But for a while now, you can't even create local documents without paying >30 dollars for a license. I own the app on my personal account already, but now I can't even use it at all on environments where I can't or don't want to login to my personal Google.
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iA Inc.
March 21, 2024
The app is free (full functionality) for 14-days as a trial for new users. Purchased apps or in-app content licensed to a Google Play account require you to be logged in with that same account to use on a device. This is not a limitation specific to iA Writer for Android. 🙂
Ali Salinas
January 1, 2024
Overall, it's a good app for writing and editing markdown files. There are some areas where it needs improvement. It lacks integration with OneDrive, there's no biometric security (pin only), and dark mode has to be manually enabled instead of reflecting the system mode. It also takes a few clicks to toggle on the preview mode. There should be a button in the toolbar to quickly enable/disable the preview mode. These issues are manageable in a free app, but they should be standard in a paid app.
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iA Inc.
January 9, 2024
Thanks for taking time to share. We've noted the feedback and added your vote to some existing feature requests. 🙂
Ziggy Tõnumaa
November 13, 2023
Best minimalist writing app with dark mode for Android. You can set it up to sync with your Google Drive or Dropbox folder so all your texts are same across your devices. For this, on your desktop app, go to View - Show Organizer and add your desired Drive folder as a Location. Inside this folder you may save your files. This was the most difficult thing to wrap my head around. Anyway, 5 stars
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iA Inc.
November 14, 2023
Thank you very much for your 5-star review!!!

What's new

In compliance with forthcoming changes to apps listed in the Google Play Store, Online Collaboration is no longer accepting new Sign-In.

Existing users can continue to use this functionality or log out to remove the Location from Library.