# EZText - Text Editor

> Free text editor for various file types with rich formatting and live previews. (iPhone/iPad app by Mark Krenek.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eztext-text-editor/id1616281411 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mark Krenek](https://appshunter.io/developer/1188934013)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.19/5 from 27 App Store ratings · 41 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2022-04-03
- Data updated: 2026-07-17
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eztext-text-editor/id1616281411/reviews.md

## What is EZText?

A free simple text editor for viewing and editing any kind of text file, including TXT, RTF, RTFD, HTML, XML, markdown, and more.

For files like RTF and RTFD, EZText displays them fully formatted and lets you edit all the style information, such as font, point size, color, and paragraph alignment. You can even view the raw RTF text and edit that directly. For HTML and markdown, you can view a live preview as you edit.

Features:
- Edit any text file on your device, in iCloud, or in other cloud services (such as DropBox) that appear in the Files app
- Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript
- Text foreground and background color
- Paragraph alignment
- Line & paragraph spacing
- Bulleted lists
- Copy & paste text style and paragraph style
- Search and replace text
- Undo and redo
- Create plain text file, rich text files (RTF), rich text with graphics (RTFD), HTML, and markdown files
- View and edit the raw text for files that supports text style
- Live previews of HTLM and markdown
- Export to PDF
- Convert between plain text, RTF, and RTFD
- Print
- Supports multitasking on iPad
- Dark mode support

## Key features

- Edit any text file
- Rich text formatting
- Live HTML/markdown preview
- Search and replace
- Undo/redo functionality
- Export to PDF
- Dark mode support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 41)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eztext-text-editor/id1616281411/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Glitchy

*2026-04-05, version 1.8*

The app is great because it doesn’t get lag on long docs but it’s so glitchy. You’ll be working in one section of the document, and snap, it just jumps to somewhere else. The search feature is sketchy. It needs some bug fixes.

### 4/5 — Great app

*2026-03-22, version 1.7*

This app is brilliant in its appearance and functionality. Primarily, I use it for reading text. Reading text in the default files app is difficult as the font size is too small and there is no way to adjust it. — My only complaint is that despite dismissing the keyboard often leads to unwanted scrolling. If you could add a toggle that would dismiss the keyboard I would be immensely appreciative.

### 4/5 — Great tool.

*2026-03-06, version 1.7*

Simple and easy to use.
Easy to switch between rich-text and plain-text.
Preview in two clicks.
Supports basic markdown.
Word count and character count available from the menu.

Wishlist:
Inbuilt markdown reference guide.
• this should be straightforward to implement, and would lift it to 5-stars •

### 1/5 — Can’t open/edit rich text created elsewhere

*2025-08-24, version 1.5*

My primary need is an iOS app that can open, view, and edit existing RTFD files in Dropbox and iCloud Drive. This app *cannot* do that. Additional shortcomings: (1) Plain text cannot be converted to rich text; (2) there are no list options—bullets, numbered, dashes, etc.; (3) default text size is huge, 23pt; and (4) there are no tab adjustments—you get what you get. While I understand the app was created to be a simple/basic text editor, its inability to open existing rich text docs—even small ones—makes this no more useful than Dropbox’s built in plain text editor.

### 2/5 — No Zoom, File Creation Metadata WRONG, No Lists

*2025-07-25, version 1.5*

There should be control over the text rendering size on screen, so that font size is maintained but a mobile user doesn’t have to struggle with tiny text. Many text editing apps traditionally call this as a “Zoom” function.

The font sizing also seems to lack any display of the actual point size; there’s just a + & - button *when accessed from the context menu* (the main formatting menu’s interface is fine).

List buttons in formatting do nothing. The developer was told this and they replied that there’s no such feature. Yeah? Then maybe you shouldn’t expose these buttons in the formatting UI when someone selects text, swipes to “Format” and chooses “More…” The controls for bulleted lists are right there and they don’t work at all. This is inconsistent UI design and I’m fairly sure RTF documents support basic lists in the standard.

Worse: all documents created in this app are stamped with a file creation date & time that is 100% WRONG. File metadata matters, folks!

Other reviewers pointed out the same issues and the developer responses were clueless or absent.

Easy editing of RTF on iOS is ridiculously kneecapped by Apple and no developer has managed to fill in for the lack of a TextEdit for iOS as is found on Mac OS.

### 3/5 — Updated review - great but text flits around while typing again.

*2025-07-15, version 1.5*

It's a text file app that opens and saves in 'files'.  (Some don't and therefore require importing and exporting.) 
Bonus; it does rtf and html.

But

Update:  there's an issue of the view jumping up and down a couple of lines as you add or delete spaces. It can be demonstrated in a file longer than the screen height by just picking anywhere within it and pressing space multiple times. It's quite jarring.  
This was fixed once but came back after the following update.

### 5/5 — Recommendation

*2025-07-11, version 1.5*

Was using Subtext before but didn’t get auto correct. extext does that and it even allows me to set a serif font, which is really refreshing.

### 5/5 — Finally someone gets it.

*2025-05-28, version 1.5*

It's a text file app that opens and saves in 'files'. Just as any text file editor on a pc would do. (Plus the usual 'cloud' options the 'files' exposes.) Any text file, not just it's own proprietary files. Text is what I want. Rich text, HTML, and markdown are bonuses. And.. it all just works. No annoying auto-formatting of links or lists in text files either so it stomps all over the ios Notes app. (No ads, no fuss, no subscription lock-in) 
       .
 Update: I find that when 'enter' is used the cursor goes to a new line but the interface scrolls all the way to the bottom of the document. You either have to manually scroll back up or type something blindly, which causes the view to adjust back to the cursor location. Weird. If 'enter' is pressed multiple times the view switches between the cursor location and EOF repeatedly. Something for you to nut out if you could Mark. Cheers.
      .
Update:  odd scrolling on use of 'enter' key fixed within a week. .. but

Update:  there's an issue of the view jumping up and down a couple of lines as you add or delete spaces. It can be demonstrated in a file longer than the screen height by just picking anywhere within it and pressing space multiple times. It's quite jarring.  Separate I think to previous issue.

### 3/5 — One small problem

*2025-04-27, version 1.5*

Loved this app, it’s great, but there’s one bug that ruins it for me. I don’t think it was always like this but after a while of using it I realized that whenever I would create a file, the creation would be an inaccurate date from a long time ago instead of the date I created the file, even though the modified date and access dates were correct. And all the files have that same creation date as if they were all the files were created the same day. So now I have to go back through all of my text files on my computer and fix the metadata myself which is annoying. Hopefully this will get patched and I might start using it again.

### 5/5 — perfekt

*2025-04-13, version 1.5*

genau was ich gesucht habe. Danke!

## Frequently asked questions about EZText

### What kind of files can I edit with this app?

This app supports a wide range of file types, including plain text (.txt), Rich Text Format (.rtf, .rtfd), HTML, XML, and markdown. You can view and edit these files directly within the application.

### Does the app offer formatting options?

Yes, the app provides extensive formatting capabilities for RTF and RTFD files. You can adjust font, point size, color, paragraph alignment, line spacing, and apply styles like bold, italic, and underline. It also allows copying and pasting text and paragraph styles.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, this application is completely free to download and use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements, providing an uninterrupted editing experience.

### Can I preview my HTML or markdown files?

Absolutely. For HTML and markdown files, the app offers a live preview feature. This allows you to see how your content will render as you are editing it, ensuring accuracy and proper formatting.

### How can I save or export my edited files?

You can save your edited files directly to your device, iCloud, or other cloud services integrated with the Files app. Additionally, the app allows you to export your documents to PDF format and convert between plain text, RTF, and RTFD file types.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.1 — 2026-04-23

- Fixes issues when printing and exporting documents when in dark mode

### 1.8 — 2026-03-27

- Display a ruler for adjusting margins and tab stops in rich text documents.
- Improved dark mode support.

### 1.7 — 2026-03-03

- Create bulleted lists, including ones that are numbered or lettered
- Customize the font and spacing in markdown previews

### 1.6.1 — 2026-01-08

- Copy rich text from HTML and Markdown previews.
- Generate a line break in markdown using \ or 2 spaces at the end of a line.

### 1.6 — 2025-09-01

- Work with RTFD files that contain graphics
- Display character, word, sentence, and paragraphs counts
- Share your documents
- Convert documents stored in iCloud to different formats
- iOS 26 optimizations

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