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IA Writer App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ OkDid use it regularly once upon a time... got too intricate... I use it now and again as have material on it.... I see you have put lots of new bits and pieces... be interesting see how we go. Will rate you again once have used it for a while..Version: 5.2.7
✓ Simplistic Writing App?I’m wondering how strictly true this is. Your smart folder set up is very frustrating, and overall I’m not sure what it is you’re trying to accomplish for writers. Maybe it’s only me, but I tend to sort my writing into separate and distinct projects, so Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Cooking Blog, DIY Blog etc. Maybe there is a way to do this with your smart folders without them all showing up in each others’ folders, but it isn’t easily accessible. If we have to seek help figuring out how to do this, you’ve already taken the writer away from the writing. Even if you do the search keyword option, if you happen to use that phrase in another work, your file about dragon fruit tarts will show up in the folder with your fantasy novel about dragons. Please put an option to configure the smart folders on and off? Machines do a lot these days, I know, but I swear to you, humans are still smart enough to know how to do their own sorting..Version: 5.2.1
✓ GaenselThis app is ... was a great writing program but it doesn't know if it wants to be a cloud storage app! OR a Writing app. Once had great, file handling, I just want to write which updates have ruined. Another update! This app has got worse! Deleting it once and for all!.Version: 5.1.4
✓ Avoid until updatedConstantly crashing; has corrupted multiple documents; avoid until updated..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Writing is great, the rest is poor.The app is great for writing on an iPad. The dark mode is great and the commands on the virtual keyboard allow me to type on it, instead of a physical one. However the rest is pretty poor. The sync functionality are the worst. Sometimes I write on my iPad, and then open the laptop some time later to complete my script, only to see that the file has been corrupted, or not synced properly. The way the files are shown in the fleet column leave to be desired too. If they fix this issue, it has the potential to become the best!.Version: 5.2.7
✓ Opening files on Dropbox is a problemOpening files using the new Dropbox Files dialog no longer works. When I try to open a txt file I see a ‘waiting for download’ message and that’s where things get stuck; this happens in the Files app as well. I realise the iA developers cannot do much about Files’ behaviour but the Legacy Dropbox method to read/edit files on Dropbox does work. Is there a way to please keep using the Legacy Dropbox behaviour until the kinks in Files are sorted out?.Version: 5.0.3
✓ Syncing disasterStability, stability, stability. (Even in the new version.) IA Writer Pro keeps having sync issues, documents and folders vanishing then returning. Often goes into la-la land where access to documents being edited is denied for 10,15 minutes. Why oh why is it so hard for a decent note taking app to sync with iCloud Drive? Why must I lose 10min to the iCloud Drive void whenever I try and perform an action such as moving a file? **Manual sync would likely solve all these issues.**.Version: 1.5
✓ Text bounces up and downI use this app every day, and I *love* it. But when I have it in typewriter mode (keep the current line in the middle of the screen), it has a maddening bug: the text bounces up when I type a character. When I type the next character, the text moves down. So when I type fast, the text bounces up and down. It doesn’t do it on every paragraph, but it’s probably 50% of the time. I’ve changed the font to no effect. The only solution is to turn off typewriter mode, but then what I’m typing is at the bottom of the screen and hidden behind my hands. So I took off three stars for that because it really subtracts from this wonderful, wonderful editor. Please fix this bug..Version: 5.6.15
✓ Doesn't Work With Seafile on iPadOSI moved to this App from Bear, based on of the promise of managing my notes as simple markdown files, without a proprietary database. I use Seafile to synchronise my file across devices. IA Writer can open files via the Files interface but is unable to save them. I get a "you don't have permissions errors". Other text editing Apps like Byword can modify files, which makes me believe this is an IA Writer issue. Nice App but doesn't work with my toolset..Version: 5.5
✓ $20 wastedYou are much better off with the basic version of IA Writer. The three different "writing modes" are literally just three different folders (which you could create in virtually any other writer application) - the only difference between them is they use different fonts or have editing rights turned-off. Pitching this product as some sort of writing revolution is just playing an expensive joke on writers. I regret this purchase..Version: 1.0
✓ Ok!Some how I keep going back to the basic iA...apart from the syntax what am I getting? It's always dark when I open it up and I'm not wise enough to figure out (yet) how to change the settings for this...however I like writing with it!.Version: 1.5.1
✓ IA Writer Dec 2019 updateI've always used this app on the iPad to ensure neatly formatted text for eMails using Apple Mail. One click would send formatted text straight to the eMail app, from where it could be sent. Since the last iA Writer update, all text is presented in the eMail app as a clickable file, which opens to reveal non-formatted text. Is there a way to restore the earlier and truly useful feature, or do I have to junk iA Writer and seek a replacement? The ability to open files from other apps is not something I need. iA Writer has been ruined, for me..Version: 5.4
✓ Very disappointingThe four modes (note, write, edit, read) are potentially a useful idea, but the implementation is a wasted opportunity. While things like the fonts and colours change, there is in practice very little difference in functionality between the modes. (Why bother?) The file list is rudimentary and not useful (the only file function is delete). Files are numbered sequentially and there is no way to change that or reorder. The navigation is rather unintuitive, because of nonstandard gestures (eg. pull down returns up a level in the hierarchy to the file list, rather than searching) and strange choices for buttons and their positions (eg. tap the centred number of the file also returns to the file list). The signature "syntax" highlighting feature is full of promise, but in practice not useful. In my testing, the algorithm frequently misidentifies parts of speech, and the basic interface means it is tedious to use. There is no ability to change display font settings (other the three fonts that come baked in to the note, write, edit/read modes) and no 'dark' (night) mode. The function to import all files across from the iA Writer app just forced closed the app. Certainly not a "pro" level app, or worth that level of pricing. If I could have trialled this before purchasing I would not have proceeded. This is disappointing because the app's marketing seems to indicate some real innovations..Version: 1.2
✓ Cannot create new documents in Google DriveLibrary -> Open... -> Google Drive -> Create Document “Couldn’t communicate with a helper application. Try your operation again, if that fails, quit and relaunch the application and try again” Tried revoking permissions under my Google Account, uninstalling/reinstalling both iA Writer and Google Drive several times - doesn’t work. iA Writer works perfectly fine with Google Drive on my Google Pixel, I will update this review if I can get this working again or if it’s patched. As of now, I paid for a product that I cannot use across my devices without installing yet another app to use as an intermediary (Dropbox)..Version: 5.0.7
✓ Almost there...As a writer who spends a lot of time in front of the screen, I love the night mode - pretty much what made me get it. Downside though is that it doesn't have all the features to make it perfect, suggest as the ability to adjust the font and point size, as well as a word counter. Put that bell and that whistle into the package and I'll bump the three star rating to a five star rating..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Keeps crashing and is buggyFor some reason, this app just crashes upon opening all the time. This has been happening for years with DIFFERENT PHONES, so it has nothing to do with reinstalling or resetting or whatever. I have had so many bugs with this app on my devices that I just don’t understand how it’s so popular. It’s be great without the bugs, but I can rarely open the app.Version: 7.0.6
✓ Random crashes and unusable with SMBThis is my most used app over the past few years, however I've developed a few trust issues and hesitate to use it currently. Sometimes I'll open and start a new document, and after a moment (a paragraph or two in) the app will freeze up, eventually crashing and the work is lost. I've now resorted to using draft emails to jot down ideas, but hoping this issue is rectified as I much prefer using iA writer. Recently I also tried (and given up on) using iA writer with a remote SMB location (added via the Files app, then added as a location in iA writer), but on at least a daily basis it loses the connection and requires removing and re-adding. Potentially more an issue with iOS and its SMB functionality, but I would love it if this could somehow be improved (perhaps implementing SMB support directly in the app?) as I'd prefer to not use iCloud for backing up my documents..Version: 5.6.9
✓ Nice when it worksI’m not sure what to say other than, it often just refuses open my simple text files. I tap a text file from Google Drive, it highlights but never opens. Network access doesn’t seem to be a factor. Sometimes works, but often doesn’t for stretches of time..Version: 5.4
✓ Text selection, iPad keyboard buggySince this is a writing app, it’s important to be able to select sections of text for editing. Unfortunately, text selection seems to not be well implemented on iPhone or iPad. Unlike the text field in other apps like Notes, where you can drag the grab handles to select words or lines of text very precisely, in iA Writer, there’s no precision to the selection. For example, when I drag the grab handle down *slightly* to select the next line of text, the whole view starts scrolling very quickly until the entire document is selected. The same issue happens when using the iOS keyboard-turned-trackpad mechanism. On iPad, things are even worse: in addition to the issues above, whenever I hide the iPad keyboard, the text view jumps to different parts of the document, forcing me to scroll back to where I left off each time. It’s difficult to understand how these kinds of issues were not found/fixed before this app was released..Version: 5.2.2
✓ Not worth $9 by a long shotWhile I’ve tried desktop Writer and it worked pretty well for me, apparently there is next to NO customizability in the iOS version. If I want a dark background, I have to change the entire setting on my device to “dark”. I can’t change the font color. I can’t even set the font to a normal basic serif like courier. At most I would pay $1 for this app, and even then I personally would not want to when other apps exist for free. I used it for 15 minutes and found it miserable and annoying and not nearly as distraction-free as it wants to be, since I can’t adjust it to fit my needs. I’ll be requesting a refund as soon as the receipt comes in..Version: 5.4.4
✓ Each to his ownI feel like I just wasted £4-99p on this app. I had the old version and it’s simplicity is what makes it stand out. This is uber complicated. It doesn’t seem to import from Dropbox which is why I bought it. Trying to figure it out is very frustrating. The shortcuts are not as accessible as the old app. I’ve gone back to the old version..Version: 5.0.2
✓ Not all there yetIt's attractive but it seems like the "seamless" iCloud syncing isn't really there yet. I can sync between my phone and iPad, but there doesn't seem to be any way to sync between iOS and my Mac. What gives?.Version: 1.0
✓ No grammar check on iPadWhat’s the point of a writing app that can’t check grammar?.Version: 5.4.5
✓ Nothing opens, writing options are limitedOpens no files either in iCloud or OnMyiPad files. Doesn’t matter which file type the files are saved as. Writing itself is cramped and limited. Not worth the price. Like the idea though..Version: 5.5.3
✓ Go buy other writing apps and save yourselfIA writer is a terrible app. I don’t mean to be mean at all. I just feel obligated to leave a review for other people who wants to try this app. So it has syncing issues, which means it will constantly loose your writings and if it saves any, it will make several copies of writings that you are trying to edit so every time you have to be very careful not to delete anything from the mess that it made in my cloud and look for changes you made and copy it. Worst experience ever. Never had this problem when I used Evernote and Note app. The app just doesn’t save changes and doesn’t know how to do so. What’s the point of using an app at all? Save yourselves and get other apps like Note app. It doesn’t support markdown but Note app never loose anything. UPDATE: Thank you for replying on my review. The cloud I am referring to is not just iCloud. I also mean Dropbox. Please don’t make it look like Apple’s doing wrong. I had so much troubles because of your app. Not because I am doing something wrong or Apple’s doing wrong but your app is so buggy..Version: 5.0.6
✓ Good but pasting is brokenI work daily with iA Writer and I must say I love it. But, the pasting text is broken. Copying text from iA Writer and pasting it somewhere else works fine, but pasting text often does not work, it pastes nothing. When I reboot my iPad pasting in iA Writer works back again. But after a while it stops working for some reason. How do I solve this? It's quite annoying to have a text editor without a working pasting of text....Version: 6.0.5
✓ Stills great, but File support is brokenAs a writing app it’s still fantastic, but Apple has made every file system but iCloud a second class citizen. Dropbox files appear in a popup instead of the list on the left, and creating a doc requires choosing a location and file name instead of auto naming. This was once the best focused writer on iOS, because of its simplicity, but it’s lost too much of the functionality that made it great..Version: 5.0.6
✓ Desperately needs cloud supportThis app was brilliant when Dropbox allowed dynamic integration. Understandably there’s not a lot iA can do here. That said, there has to be a better solution than relying on the clunky iOS file system, which does a great job of burying your files. This forces users to go in and out of the file browser to ‘open’ files and makes for an incredibly tedious experience, which once just worked. I can’t fathom how every other competitor app has a homegrown cloud solution or at least iCloud yet iA have chosen to ignore this critical piece of functionality. I’be moved to Bear notes for nothing more than it allows to me to keep my files in sync across devices..Version: 5.1.3
✓ Not as polished as marketing promises. No manual for Editor?I was sold by the slick marketing and videos only to find the same clunky "sidebar" based interface generic to all ios apps and equally awkward "pulldown" menu. Once a file is opened there seems to be no way to actually get rid of its Editor window. That window will always be available/open unless you physically delete the file. I opened a file the first day I've downloaded the app and its Editor window is still open and no way to close it. The pulldown "delete" option does nothing. I've tried numerous ways to get it to do something but the only thing it will "delete" is a newly created and unnamed/unsaved buffer. The "swipe left to preview/swipe right for library" was also a nice selling point but the reality I'm finding is once you swipe to preview and swipe back to continue editing, the library bar on the side and the top menu both appear and you have to swipe the sidebar closed and tap the screen again to make the top bar disappear. This happens in both Focus and non-Focus modes. It's too much of a distraction, both visually and functionally, to be useful in the way it's been portrayed in the marketing (which is a smooth "edit/swipe/preview/swipe/continue editing"). All that said, I admit there's a strong case for user error on my part... When you go to the support/manual page for "Editor" it says "Coming soon...". So I can't, learn how it's supposed to work (on iPad). Really? This program has been around for years and I'm to believe there's no manual on how to use the main selling point feature (the Editor)? Am I missing something?.Version: 6.0.5
✓ Great App, but adding images has become toughI’ve been a longtime user of iA Writer, and still love its writing features with all the grammar control and suggestions. That being said, I had not used it in a few months, and now on iOS I’m finding including images incredibly difficult. I recall in the past just importing an image, and it would save it in the folder with the .me file and preview fine. But now, the only option appears to be a image content block, but even when I use iOS files to place a .jpg in the same folder, it’s added extra steps and does not work without heavily breaking writing flow..Version: 6.0.5
✓ IA writer no longer allows access to iCloud storageI wrote an article on my iPad today and it was stored on my iCloud Drive. Later I went to access the file on my iPhone and none of my files were there. I opened up settings only to discover that iCloud Drive was greyed out and no longer accessible. I have used iA writer for years and this has never happened before. I guess they will be demanding a subscription for access to iCloud soon. This is so disappointing. I can no longer recommend this app and will be looking for a new one myself. To bad it was such a great app..Version: 5.6.10
✓ Problems :(I’ve had this app for a few days and I loved it. I also loved that it wasn’t one of those monthly subscription apps. But for the past day my app hasn’t let me open any of my notes, and the app frequently crashes. I otherwise love the app! Please fix this, thank you!.Version: 5.0.6
✓ Great app, but pasting does not work.The app is great, but I cannot paste into it no matter where I copy from. I can cut/copy from another document in iA Writer, tap paste in a new document and nothing happens. I know the content was copied as I can paste it into other apps. If I try to paste content copied from another app I get the “pasted from App” notification but it still doesn’t paste the content into the iA Writer document. It’s the only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars. Edit: Pasting worked out of the blue for the first time today a few hours after I submitted this review, but it’s not consistently letting me paste..Version: 6.0.2
✓ Nothing but Crash and freeze...Unfortunately as desperately as I want to use this app neither the standard nor the Pro version do anything but crash and freeze...8-(.Version: 1.5
✓ Nice app but serious syncing problemsThis is a good app to write any text using markdown. However, it has syncing problemas which have made me lose some stuff that I have written, which can be a very serious issue if you write something important that you cannot retrieve later. For example, right now I was writing in a file located in the Files system (not in iCloud) and it would not save the file where I wanted it to..Version: 5.6.2
✓ Car crashWho knows whether the fault lies with this app, dropbox, or the iOS files app, the fact is this app will not allow you to work affectively with documents stored on dropbox. But you will waste a lot of time finding this out the hard way..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Can’t Access Cloud Storage in FilesThe app has a great UI and is probably worth it, but I am having trouble accessing cloud storage through the files app. When I try to add a location, I can only do so for an SMB share or a local folder. All of my cloud storage providers are greyed out, presumably not given the permission to be used..Version: 5.5.3
✓ Disagree with deprioritising select/copyI think it was a poor design decision to deprioritise showing select/select all/copy in favour of the newer paste/paste as combo feature. When I tap and hold over text, I can’t just activate select anymore on my iPhone. Select-copy-paste are literally some of the most used functions in any text/writer app… what kind of designer would hide these and make them less accessible?.Version: 7.0.5
✓ New file manager is confusingI don’t mind changing how an interface works. But providing no documentation or help (that I can find) as to how the new interface works isn’t a great user experience 😞.Version: 5.0.3
✓ Do NOT trust this app with your writing!Whatever iA Writer does to sync your text files with iCloud, it does a lousy job of it. It loses text at a frankly unforgivable rate. I've seen it delete chunks of my writing multiple times within the same MINUTE—I write, it deletes, I rewrite, and it deletes again. If you look at the developers' responses to other users who've complained about this on the App Store, it seems they're willing to blame iCloud Sync for this, as if the problem is endemic to Apple's implementation of file synchronization. But other developers have seemingly worked out a solution for this: Bear doesn't lose my files like iA Writer does, and neither did Editorial (RIP). This arrogance on the part of the developers suggests they turn a blind eye to their own failures. At what point does intentional ignorance become functionally equivalent to incompetence? I'm not sure. Perhaps the developers of iA Writer should be asking themselves this question. Fundamental inability to store data aside, iA Writer is a lovely app. File management could be a bit more graceful, but admittedly it's a trickier problem to solve on iOS devices—and the developers seemingly have bigger file-related issues to tackle first. I'd have rated this app four or five stars, but a synchronization issue seems to have wiped a few of them out of existence..Version: 5.6.1
✓ Lovely but flawed (if you use Dropbox)I was delighted by this app right up until I lost data, which happened almost immediately. I was editing a file stored in my Dropbox, switched to another app, and when I came back the last few changes I'd made were gone. This has happened to me several times in just a few hours of using the app. Whatever the underlying issue is, it also seems to cause crashes, and sometimes the app is unable to start up again. I've seen a couple of replies from the developers in here in which they claim that cloud sync issues are essentially out of their hands. Yet, other apps don't seem to have the same issues. For instance, I've been using Scrivener on iOS for a year or two, storing files in Dropbox, and I've never, ever lost data. I'm sure it's a pain to get this right for all the different cloud services, and I have no idea what constraints the developers are working under. But Dropbox integration is critical to me, and I verified that the app supported Dropbox before I bought it. Now that I'm trying to use it, though, it seems very broken, to the point that I can't trust it with my data. I really wish I could use this app, but I don't think I can until the Dropbox support improves. This three-star rating is just because it doesn't do what it says on the tin; if it ever does get functional Dropbox support, I will be happy to come back and use it, and I think it will be worthy of five stars..Version: 5.6.11
✓ Font Experiment Spoils Perfect AppThe latest update removes the primary font the app has used for almost a decade. It’s not an option, just gone, replaced by a typography experiment that may be worthy but would be better left as an option or for a graduate thesis project. The fonts, a modification of IBM Plex, are a clear downgrade. While that is my subjective opinion, it seems objectively strange to remove the typeface that this app has championed for so long. Writer debuted with the premise of few if any user preferences. It was a welcomed change to writing environments muddied with options. But what happens when the user has limited preferences and the creators’ unlimited? This: an app that is otherwise perfect but now rendered unusable. I will return to Writer when the original font is brought back as an option..Version: 5.2.1
✓ I cannot authenticate OnedriveI got my app on windows, now I purchased one on my iphone but the iphone app cannot sync my files on Onedrive. I cannot authenticate to see files from onrdrive or googledrive, i can only see files from icloud. How to fix this?.Version: 5.4.5
✓ Not worth the price. When theres free stuff out there.Let me take the hit for you. I mean $30 aint cheap and i am hurt because i felt deceived by the price and pictures and my in ability to not do research. I thought if its for mac os and ios and its editors choice and $30 then it must be good. Haaaaa! Lol trust me when im telling you this is jot worth $30 and it is not gonna help you more than an online service. No it doesnt make a difference if it has a desktop app. It doesnt have anymore capabilities than to see if you extra words. Nothing about grammer or even anything AI. As so they make it seem. So ling story short do not buy this product unless you really like spending money on apps you will eventually forgot you bought because it is not been of help to you. Thats the word on this app..Version: 5.6.7
✓ Sync not workingThe Dropbox sync is still buggy with an error displaying when trying to reopen a document created in the app. Good app otherwise but unusable with my Dropbox workflow. Unstable sync means that you cannot trust the app to save important files..Version: 1.5.1
✓ Poor Dropbox supportTerrific app hamstrung by poor Dropbox support. Works best if one is content with notes being in a sandboxed icloud folder only..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Good but has problemsFunctions well in edit and preview. Attempting to export to html or PDF appears not to work. (Selecting export greys the screen, showing a “cancel” button, and no other option)..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Beyond my needsI have been using the older version and had decided to pop $5 for the upgrade. It seemed to work well enough at first. Then I tried to transfer files from my older version it did not work. No big deal, so I wrote a small piece of nonsense and tried to transfer it to Pages. I could find no way to do this. I do not have Microsoft Word as that costs and Pages sufficiently polishes my prose. I should have kept it simple. I have since sent this app to the clouds. I would appreciate it if I could get my five dollars back. This all happened on my iPad Pro. Pages is on this machine too. I can understand you wanting to think big, but my needs are small. I have gotten rid of file savers as they have gotten so complicated I could not find where what it is I had sent landed. Look out Dropbox..Version: 5.1.4
✓ Serious case of buyer's remorse.A text editor with a strange set of features from a company that prides itself on 'simplicity.' The workflow doesnt make sense (especially on the Mac equivalent) and the language analysis is paltry compared to competitors (eg Hemingway). The different modes offer more or less the same things and export options are minimal. Honestly, there are several other options that are substantially better. Mediocre and expensive. What a disappointment..Version: 1.0
✓ Lost 4 days of conference notesI loved this app, been using it for more than 3 yrs, until I lost 90pc of my document in the middle of a conference. Gone, never to be seen again, the cloud version the same. I will never use this app again, I can't afford to lose that kind of data. I am very angry about this..Version: 3.2.6
✓ Limited Template For IpadVery limited formatting for exporting from Ipad. You will have to create your own using editor on Ipad. Not sure what editors are available for this task on ipad. This takes more time than necessary. Edit: the templates offered for free is also VERY limited. This is not usable when writing in Markdown because the markdown itself does not allow formatting. Ulysses has lot more templates but even that's not enough. There's no professional writing app available for Ipad users at this time for these reasons. It's possible to use Microsoft or Google apps for free for basic use and essay writing..Version: 5.6.12
✓ Dropbox integration: technically.Files on Dropbox must be opened *individually*. No way to link up with a folder within Dropbox. Worthless for my use case..Version: 5.0.4
✓ What is This?Why must I waste my time on nonsense like this?.Version: 5.6.10
✓ DisappointmentPaid £5 for what appears to be a fully endorsed and effective update. How is it Dropbox is not supported? And having an iPad Pro means going back to the the old version which means going back to an unoptimised poor man’s version. As far as I can tell this app would be outstanding if the developers could just sort out the Dropbox issue (or provide some guidance to get round the it)..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Neat app that could be improvedThe fact that this simple but aesthetically well-designed app is priced at $20 is understandably annoying for a lot of users. However, for something I use everyday it's worth the price of one average dinner out. The iCloud sync is invaluable and the app is generally a joy to write large volumes of text on. There are things I think could be improved interface-wise though. I feel the functions within the 'edit' tab double up on the already well implemented iOS 'cut and paste' features making it largely redundant. For me the backward and forward cursor buttons would far better serve as constantly available undo and redo buttons and the 'Edit' tab button could be a sadly missing, 'Night View' (white text on black background) toggle switch instead. The extra access to most-used punctuation marks is cool but I'd like to have choices between, for example, single quotation marks and double; or Question marks and Exclamation marks; or Colon/Semi Colon as standard 'hold-down-pop over' keyboard menus. Without those choices I find myself not taking advantage of the marks in the dedicated top bar and reverting back to using the keyboard in the standard iOS fashion. Apart from that, a neat app that fills a gap..Version: 1.0
✓ Often loses work when you lose internetSay you continued editing your document at 300 words. Then you board a plane without internet. You write another 1000 words. You decide to pay for the plane wifi. While the iPad is connected to the plane’s wifi but not yet connected to the internet (this is before you pay), the document will attempt to sync with Dropbox or iCloud Drive, fail, and revert to its backup of 300 words. THERE IS NO BACKUP OF YOUR PROGRESS. THIS IS STUPID AND HAPPENS TOO OFTEN..Version: 5.2.7
✓ Shoots itself in the footSeems strange for well-developed “professional” app for writers who use text all day that this only handles two types (txt and HTML) - oh and its own proprietary format, I love this app, but I’m tearing out my copious golden locks just faffing about with import and expert of files - all mine are in rft or rftd or OPML. Please make this brilliant app handle all the text files that Textilus handles - oh and that includes Scrivener, and help prevent baldness in a weary user.,.Version: 1.4
✓ Does not work with bluetooth kbThe syntax bar disappears when I try to type with my bluetooth keyboard, which is almost pointless as the app works best with a keyboard. Please issue a fix for this. This app would be awesome if not for that silly bug..Version: 1.0
✓ Update has broke Dropbox syncKeeps getting a error saying document not found when I try to save a file on Dropbox. Latest update is broken..Version: 3.0
✓ Can’t see datesDecent word processor, but you can’t see the date that files were created when searching - a critical feature which makes it very hard to find what you’re looking for..Version: 5.1.1
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