iA Writer at Mac App Store analyse

App power index: 1512 (based on ranks around App Stores today)
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Developer: Information Architects AG
Price: 0 free
Current version: 7.1.4, last update: 4 months ago
First release : 19 Dec 2013
App size: 0 Bytes
4.0 ( 0 ratings )
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Estimation application downloads and cost

> 33.26k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 13.61k
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“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker

“iA Writer is just beautiful. To me, it’s the gold standard for Markdown syntax styling... an elegant champagne flute. That’s iA Writer for me.” —John Gruber

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

“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

4 x Best of App Store Winner

iA Writer removes distractions. Giving you a calm, focused, writing space, so you can express yourself clearly.

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

Don’t worry about the format. First, write in plain text. Then preview in HTML.

Search, sort, and quickly swap between documents from different clouds without leaving the window.

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

Spot superfluous adjectives, weak verbs, repetitive nouns, false conjunctions and clean your text of the usual rumble.

Customize your templates and export to WordPress or Medium, HTML, Microsoft Word (.docx), or PDF.

Embed links, pictures, tables and text files in plain text and see them in preview.

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Available in countries
Country Price
Canada 69.99 CAD
China 328 CNY
France 59.99 EUR
Germany 59.99 EUR
Italy 59.99 EUR
Netherlands 59.99 EUR
Portugal 59.99 EUR
Spain 59.99 EUR
Poland 10.99 EUR
UK 49.99 GBP
India 4999 INR
Japan 7000 JPY
Korea, Republic Of 66000 KRW
Poland 299.99 PLN
Russia 4490 RUB
Turkey 1999.99 TRY
USA 49.99 USD
Korea, Republic Of 32.99 USD
Ukraine 29.99 USD
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Latest version iA Writer: 7.1.4

This update fixes a few small bugs. It includes all the great features in iA Writer 7.1:

- Major upgrade for iA Writer’s integration with Shortcuts
- 18 new actions to open, create, edit, and organize files
- This feature requires macOS 13 Ventura
- We’ve prepared a few practical shortcuts to show what’s possible, and to inspire you to create your own


- Open New: Opens a new note, ready to be saved to your Inbox folder as soon as you type.
- Add Diary Entry: Adds an entry to your Diary folder with the current date and time.
- Take Meeting Notes: Creates meeting notes document for your upcoming calendar event.
- Open Clipboard: Opens a new file with clipboard contents converted to Markdown.


- Dictate Text: Saves dictated text to your Inbox folder.
- Dictate To-Do: Saves dictated text to your To-Do file.
- Read Later: Saves a web article to your Read Later folder.
- Shazam: Shazam a song and save it to your Inbox folder.


- Listen: Turns current file into audio.
- Copy Link: Copies a link that can be used to open current file from other apps.
- Translate: Translates a copy of the current file.


- Duplicate Template: Duplicates a template file or folder and adds it to favorites.
- Search: Opens Quick Search with the provided query.


- Writing Assistant: Use ChatGPT as a conversation partner to improve your text.
- Proofread: Proofreads a copy of the current document.
- Shorten: Shortens a copy of the current document.
- Change Tone: Changes tone of a copy of the current document.


- Added top author percentage to stats
- Adjusted insert date actions to use system language

Apps Changes History:
  • 4 months ago: New App Version 6.0.6 ☛ 7.1.4
Great for students

I love this app for taking notes in school or watching tutorials online. I just split my screen and have great fun with it. It would be perfection if I could export it directly to Evernote, because of iA Writer’s great—and simple—formating and writing tools.

Super App!

Ich bin wirklich zufreiden mit dieser App. ich habe vor kurzem die Markdown Unterstützung in unserem Wordpress Blog aktiviert und habe mit dem iA Writer das perfekte Gegenstück dazu gefunden. Allerdings fänd ich schön, wenn ich „(Frühjahr 2014)“ markiere und anschließend sage, dass diese Markierung kursiv sein soll, dass folgendes Ergebnis dabei heraus kommt: „*(Frühjahr 2014)*“ leider entsteht hier dann aber „(*Frühjahr 2014*)“.

Kaum Features

Schön - aber mehr ist es nicht. Mir fehlen wirklich Sachen, die das Programm kann. * Syntax-Highlighting von Code-Passagen, die zum Beispiel mittels ```java ``` definiert werden können. Das konnte jeder andere billigere Markdown-Editor den ich gesehen habe. * Es ist offenbar nicht einmal möglich, Bilder einzubinden. * Die Layouts, in die exportiert wird, sind fest. In der Vorschau sieht es schön aus, aber sobald man nach HTML exportiert, fällt alles auf die Standard-Formatierung zurück. Schriftarten, (Farben, wenn es denn welche gäbe), alles ist weg. Das ist halt das Problem, dass man im Apple AppStore die Produkte nicht selbst testen kann, bevor man sie kauft und eine Rückerstattung wird es wohl auch nicht geben.

Markdown+macOS+iOS+iCloud Drive = the best workflow for writing

Se cercate un software di scrittura che consente di scrivere in Markdown indifferentemente su macOS e su iOS e, nello stesso tempo, non vi costringere a incorporare i vostri documenti in formati proprietari ma gestice l’archivio in formato .txt in modo del tutto trasparente su iCloud Drive, allora iA Writer è l’applicazione che fa per voi! Complimenti agli sviluppatori.

Synchronized Scrolling… Isnt

I’m a customer of the original iA Writer. I was excited to upgrade because of the synchronized scrolling feature, but it doesn’t work. The preview scrolls much too far; the source does not keep up. (This is on a Macbook Pro 15", not sure if the screen size affects it.) It seems to work a little better if you scroll all the way to the bottom first, and then all the way back up, but you have to do this every time. Also, the syntax highlighting is not super accurate. It seems to have trouble with words that are sometimes adjectives, sometimes verbs. Not a problem for me because I don’t use the feature, but I thought I’d mention it for those who are interested in this feature.

Definetly Worth the Money.

I have to say that this app is money well spent. Having the ability to look up verbs, nouns, and adjatives are something I really enjoy when using this application. Of course, it is no replacement for Word, but this application does get the job done. It is not meant to replace Word, it is meant to be for those who like to use Markdown when formatting their work.

Good writing experience, bad management.

The writing experience is exceptional. However, the file management doesn’t quite live up to its fame. For example, you can’t go to the parent folder in the library, and there is no tree-like expansion where you can easily see all the files in a folder.

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