1Writer - Markdown Text Editor App Reviews

I looked really thoroughly for an app I could use for writing (lyrics/poems mostly) because a lot of my ideas come at night and Notes is blinding with the white background. I searched through dozens of apps and spent some money but wasnt happy. Then I saw 1Writer featured by Apple and gave it a shot. It is everything I could have wanted and more. 1Writer has the most pleasing dark theme I have seen in a writing app yet. I leave it set that way all the time - I just love the perfect selection of hues and the way it sets the mood for writing. Its perfect! Not too little contrast and not too much. There are lots of other reasons why this is absolutely a 5 star app, like the incredibly comprehensive customization options, iCloud and iTunes Documents folders, the beautiful design, ease of use, and on and on. I normally give free apps a shot before going for the paid ones, but I can say without hesitation that this app is worth every penny and should be every writers first choice for writing. The one thing I would like to see is the option to create sub-folders within the iCloud folder to organize documents better, if thats possible.

This app does not synch with Dropbox. You have to use the awkward "actions" bar to upload each individual document to Dropbox. You cannot open a document from Dropbox but you can open a document from iCloud Drive. Good assortment of fonts and looks nice but this app feels like it was made 5 years ago.

It started with iA writer and then vesper and now I find myself in a weird world listening to MPU and buying expensive apps. Not that this is expensive. In fact, its a perfectly reasonable price considering 1Writer is phenomenal. I havent been happy with note taking apps since Ive had an iPhone in various iterations since 2010. There are certain prerogatives that always causes a slight *kink* in the interface that prevented me from access. With a today extension, markdown preview, Dropbox support, Actions, various themes and TextExpander support, and everything else I need, this app is in my dock.

I have been testing, playing with, and using 1writer for a day now. I must say that I really like it. However, I have found several bugs and have various gripes: When using the extended keyboard to enter lists, if you return to finish the list instead of deleting the final bullet or number, the list will automatically be continued later in the document. This can be seen when trying to enter another type of list, e.g a numbered list instead of bullet. In this instance the type will not change. We cannot change the name of the main Dropbox folder. Overall this is a great app! If youre interested in an app that writes with markdown, this is perfect; I love it for notes and todo lists.

I like it more than any other text editor or word processor on iOS.

If you use some rich text app like Evernote, you really should try this app instead. Compared to other apps of its kind: best one, hands down. Ive tried them all, including Editorial. Compared to rich text notes apps, like Evernote: you really ought to try plain text with markdown instead. Takes getting used to, but worth it.

Like many of the rest of you, Ive tried over a dozen iOS text editors in some inane Goldilocks-like quest for perfection. This one does what I want best: works well and stays out of the way. Just enough customization to make it behave in a way that suits my style so I can forget about it.

Im experiencing a frequent bug that prevents me from editing text at the bottom of a file. The last eight or so lines of text get obscured by the keyboard and the document wont scroll up enough to let me edit them. Dismissing the app in the iPhones task manager and restarting seems to fix it for a little while.

Great note taking app. Excellent MathJax support. Fast and nice export options.

Perfect for just writing. And the support is nearly unbievable. I was trying to figure out synching between devices and the author replied quickly over a weekend. Surely one of the very best apps ever...and I only just heard about it in one of those "Top 10 Apps You Need" articles online.

When I firstly using it, everything is OK. However, now it cannot work at all. I hope the developer can update it and fix the crashing problem as soon as possible.

I bought this app hoping for a solid Dropbox-compatible notes app with a clean, modern aesthetic. 1Writer is much more than I could have hoped. Syncing is fast and reliable, yes. The aesthetic is nice, yes. But the overall attention to detail here is astounding: the icons are descriptive and beautiful, the interactions make sense, customization is extensive but restrained, and file management is surprisingly solid. This app is highly recommended. Its just very well-designed and pleasant to use: I actually wrote this review in 1Writer.

Not often you see a devloper who sticks with his app and upgrades it. This app keeps getting better. It has replaced my all notes app (simple formatting). UI is great and app never crashes and its fast! Developer is also very nice and helpful. Check out his other app for to-dos :) I love this app. It is quick, very stable, fast and reliable sync with Dropbox and iCloud. It has beatuful writing options and markdown editor. Tags are great! Again if you need a GREAT text and notes app get this one! I have tried over 50 of them and Im glad I boght this one. Oh and I love the color! Dunno why but it makes me productive and concentrated! It has everything and it looks great! Works as my whole note database! ------------- This app continues ti be amazing!

I love markdown and am always taking my notes in markdown and syncing them with Dropbox. This app does both and handles them solidly. The app is stable and has enough options to configure it how you want it to. The app is still actively developed so its been improving, definitely worth it.

Fantastic app, easy to use and very well designed. Hope a Mac version is already in the pipeline.

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I really enjoy using this app! The in-app browser is a swipe away and makes it really easy to reference articles and other information while typing thing up! Definitely recommend 1Writer!

I have almost all the well-known apps for text and code editing. This is the most frictionless app for Markdown editing, and the Dropbox integration makes it a delight to use. I go to other apps for code editing (Koder, Textastic, new Coda), but whenever I will work on short and long text or markdown files, this is the only app I use. Highly recommended. I hope the developer continues to improve this already excellent app.

Problems with all my old markdown editors left me searching... Search ended with this. Everything about it is right. And the actions menu!? I no longer have to do multiple quick flicks to reach the bottom of the page, scroll to jump to a heading, or painfully manually search and replace. Great app!

Even better than editorial if you dont need all the advanced things although this still has action scripts. Just wonderful.