Strongly Disappointed
Awkward, overpriced, inferior version of the desktop version. Purchased because of good opinions I had about the desktop version, only to be utterly disappointed by what feels like a first year coding student’s attempt to produce a mobile writing software.
Awful
I really like iWriter for PC, but this version for iOS is just plain horrible with no easy drop down menus like the PC version. Please fix ASAP as this app is not worth $6.99.
Useless and unfinished
yWriter on the PC is a great piece of software which I’ve used extensively and in some ways is superior to paid applications like Scrivener so I was excited to see an iPad version. It would have been so useful to be able to keep writing on the go.
However this app is totally unusable. It is basically unfinished software that should never have been released. It has no acceptable storage system, at the very least it should support iCloud and ideally Google and Microsoft clouds but it only does Dropbox. It doesn’t seem to work with Apple keyboard which is totally unacceptable for writing software. Actually it doesn’t seem to work at all, can’t even get a basic editing window too put text in, currently just a jumble of undebugged nonsense. A great shame because a good iPad version of yWriter would have been worth money.
However this app is totally unusable. It is basically unfinished software that should never have been released. It has no acceptable storage system, at the very least it should support iCloud and ideally Google and Microsoft clouds but it only does Dropbox. It doesn’t seem to work with Apple keyboard which is totally unacceptable for writing software. Actually it doesn’t seem to work at all, can’t even get a basic editing window too put text in, currently just a jumble of undebugged nonsense. A great shame because a good iPad version of yWriter would have been worth money.
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The utility of Ywriter, now on mobile!
If you’re a chaotic writer, like me, then this is the app for you. Put away all your ideas and thoughts into neat, tidy places and focus on what’s really important— writing.
I also love that you can backup to different places.
The only suggestion I would be to add CloudKit, in order to enable iCloud support. (Works for Mac, too.)
From what I understand, it’s also free to use (unless you have like... a hundred thousand users)
I also love that you can backup to different places.
The only suggestion I would be to add CloudKit, in order to enable iCloud support. (Works for Mac, too.)
From what I understand, it’s also free to use (unless you have like... a hundred thousand users)
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Response from developer
Thanks for your review. The latest version of yWriter for iOS now supports saving to iCloud and other storage options.
It corrupted and destroyed my work
It just deleted my entire project all 2200+ words and notes it’s now a blank file instead of my story, and as far as I can tell no way to move the file from local storage to somewhere else to attempt some kind of recovery.
Feeling really disappointed considering how much I loved the software up until now.
Feeling really disappointed considering how much I loved the software up until now.
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Thanks Simon
I appreciate that yWriter is on iOS as well as Android; I work in both frequently. The Dropbox integration is beautiful. One of the things I really appreciate is the simplicity of the app while also affording me the organization of chapters and scenes. You deserve a better rating here on iTunes as well as in Google play. But know that you’re appreciated.
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Bit limited and cannot export
This little app seems to have everything you would need to keep track of a story, but I cannot seem to export anything and thus I am reluctant to use. If the developers could tell me why when I press the export button nothing happens I would be happy :)
Still getting its feet wet
This far, far more useful than I thought it might be. Still very early days but if you mark it alongside Story Planner and Scrivener and draw a line between them then this is in the mix. It’s full of promise. I’m sticking with it.
Great App
I love how I can just get on and start writing. It is also great for keeping all the information in one place and everything I need is organized. The only thing is the menu is a little confusing I think it would be better the menu was in list form instead of icons, and make it collapsible so we can have more screen real estate while we are writing
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Useless
One note does everything this app does and a ton more and it’s free for phones and iPads
