# GTW - Markdown & Text Editor — user reviews

> 38 indexed App Store user reviews of GTW by Christoph Gogolin, rated 3.10/5 from 32 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gtw-markdown-and-text-editor/id1225146526/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gtw-markdown-and-text-editor/id1225146526.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 9

## Newest reviews (13 of 38)

### 4/5 — Sulla giusta strada

*2024-04-30, version 6.0.1*

Migliorabile per Markdown ma sulla giusta strada

### 4/5 — Solid editor

*2023-01-10, version 5.0.1*

Interface is a bit confusing but the editor is solid. Worth the money.

### 4/5 — Works well with Google Drive. But beware of sync conflicts!

*2022-07-12, version 4.1*

This editor works fantastic with cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive. I haven’t found a markdown editor with that functionality elsewhere. CAUTION: Be wary of saving your files in GTW if you haven’t synced them with any new changes to the Google Drive file, e.g., if you updated them on another device. GTW silently saves the file and overwrites non-synced changes. I almost lost hours of writing before I caught this and found a file backup.

### 2/5 — OneDrive sync doesn’t work

*2022-02-19, version 3.7.3*

OneDrive remote files sync does not work.

### 2/5 — Disappointing.

*2021-07-08, version 3.6.7*

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### 4/5 — A must have - full-featured text editor at your fingertips

*2021-01-18, version 3.6.6*

After restoring the iCloud integration the tool is one of the most lightweight and functional text editors around. A must have!
Five stars as soon as the rest of the UI (e.g. left file-lister) gets the same coloring scheme of the active theme!

### 4/5 — Like it

*2020-12-14*

Great app with good combination of features. Though a little pricy for a simple app, there aren’t others that provide this ability to simply open and view/edit text over the network. Besides, I love that there is no in app purchase or subscription or ads. 

Needs dark mode.

### 4/5 — Like it

*2020-09-30, version 3.6*

Let’s me quickly edit files directly on remote drive, manually save them or exit them without saving if I want (other editors that I’ve tried, except GoCoEdit also by this dev, aren’t easy to manually save and all seem to auto save on exit with no option to disable). Thanks for fixing the problem with Google Drive.

### 2/5 — Not there yet

*2020-05-13, version 3.5.3*

This is close to being a very nice app, but there are a few problems making it virtually unusable for me.

1. Can’t adjust line-wrap column. This is fine for Markdown with no line breaks, but if you get Markdown already having line breaks at say, column 80, it looks terrible.

2. There are some GUI bugs where text or buttons will fall slightly off-screen on my iPad, or move on top of other GUI elements.

It’s worth noting GoCoEdit by the same developer doesn’t have these problems and is now my primary Markdown & text editor. It doesn’t have a nice simple view with text centered on the screen and wide margins the way GTW does, but it’s far more usable.

### 4/5 — A markdown editor that syncs with Google Drive

*2019-10-25, version 3.3.3*

I just purchased and started using this app, and am very pleased with it. I needed a way to work with .md files on Google Drive, and GTW does it well so far.

### 3/5 — great but no image support?

*2019-09-02, version 3.3.3*

![](img.png) didnt work.. would be grat if we have that

### 3/5 — Please fix one annoying bug

*2019-01-20, version 3.1*

The whole editor is great and support sFTP which is exactly what I want, but there is one annoying bug: When I'm using an external keyboard with an input method (Like Chinese Input Method) with floating word-selecting box, the box's position is just not correct. It sticks to top of the view. I'm having the same problem with GoCoEdit too. Please fix it or I have to abandon this app.

### 4/5 — Need Full Text file search

*2019-01-04*

Hope can add full text file search.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — tailscaleが使えない

*2025-07-04*

この一点で残念ながら全く使えません。課金の価値なし。

### 1/5 — No Pencil Support

*2024-03-28, version 6.0.1*

Doesn't work with Apple Pencil

### 1/5 — 这软件没法用

*2022-08-13*

从购买到现在都是这个问题，markdown文件打开只能显示一小部分，想看下自己记的笔记，后面的部分啥也看不到，真给我整笑了，纯纯的没法用的软件也拿来上架，app store审核水平越来越差。

### 1/5 — can't sign in to onedrive

*2021-11-26, version 3.7.3*

i purchased this app specifically because it's suppose to work with onedrive directly without the need to download the file. but i can't even sign in to onedrive. after entering my email adreess to sign in to onedrive and tapping "next" (presumably to enter my password), the sign in process crashes and brings me back to the "manage remotes" screen. just wasted my money.

i was able to link my google drive. but even there, the results were disappointing. i attempted to open a text file and it wouldn't even open that, throwing an error message.

### 1/5 — OneDrive connection not working

*2021-09-14*

The connection with OneDrive is not working. The characted "\" automatically being added to the end of the password seems to be the problem. I requested a refund.

### 1/5 — ONLY plain text!

*2021-05-01, version 3.6.7*

Does not open any format but plain text. Why doesn’t it say so!?

### 1/5 — Google drive support depreciated

*2020-08-30, version 3.5.3*

Waste of money.

### 1/5 — App doesn’t open

*2020-04-02, version 3.5.1*

I installed the app, defined a new snippet to test out the feature and now the app crashes as soon as I click on it. This new snippet used the default text and filename, nothing was modified.

### 1/5 — The worst app I’ve ever bought

*2019-05-14*

This isn’t even a good text editor. It’s non-standard iOS pop ups that disappear before you can click them are a constant irritation. As for it’s description as a markdown editor, it is extremely weak with few features and poor parsing of the markdown text. You can get a very good free Markdown editor with TextEdit+ or if you want the best go for 1Writer (my personal favourite) or Editorial, also excellent.
I purchased all of these apps and have nothing to do with any of the developers. I just wanted a good Markdown editor.

### 1/5 — Развод

*2019-01-21*

Приложение с громоздким угловатым древним интерфейсом, где вам придётся вручную сохранять каждый файл. Разработчики, неужели трудно посмотреть на приложения конкуретов? И не предлагать за деньги такое в 2019 году?

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Works with Google Drive!

*2026-06-03, version 6.2*

Finally, a markdown editor that seems to work right on iPhone with files on Google Drive. With no importing into a database required! I tried all the other options!

### 5/5 — OneDrive not functional

*2022-06-29*

Great App, OneDrive issues have been fixed now!

### 5/5 — Works perfectly with one drive!

*2020-09-23, version 3.5.3*

Setup was a breeze. Started updating and creating notes within 5 minutes. Interface is clean and simple, not a lot of bells and whistles but this app gets the job done.

### 5/5 — A solid markdown editor with OneDrive integration

*2020-07-28*

It took a leap of faith to spend A$10 on an app with no reviews. But I’m glad I did.

I had been using an app called Permanote as my text/markdown editor on iOS. I liked it a lot, though I always wished it had OneDrive integration. Then I bought a new iPhone, and found that Permanote had sadly disappeared from the app store. I looked for a replacement, and this was the only one I could see that seemed to offer the functionality of Permanote with the added benefit of OneDrive integration.

I’ve only been using it for a few minutes (so take my review with a pinch of salt) but so far, it seems to do exactly what it promises. Setting up OneDrive integration was fairly easy, and it only takes two clicks to view a preview of what my markdown code will look like once converted to html and rendered in a browser. So far, so good.

### 5/5 — Hallelujah it syncs with OneDrive

*2020-02-10, version 3.4*

So many years, lost in the file sync wilderness of iOS. So many Markdown editors, assuming the only cloud storage systems worth supporting are iCloud and Dropbox. So much frustration, trying in vain to make OneDrive work with apps like iA Writer and Pretext via the Files app. So many documents inexplicably duplicated. So much progress lost when Files fails to sync at all.

At last, I have stumbled upon GTW, and it just works. My OneDrive folder is synced, my markdown files in tow, my edits instantly reflected across iPhone, iPad, and PC.

I am a simple man. I do not want for fancy things like direct Wordpress publishing, writing goals, or exhaustive outlines. All I ask is that when I write in Markdown on one device, that writing is available on my other devices. And to my astonishment, GTW delivers. It makes my sole nitpicks with this app—no apparent way to sort a folder by date modified, uninspiring fonts—seem incredibly minor.

### 5/5 — One of the best text editors

*2019-10-05, version 3.3.3*

This is one of the few text editing apps that actually works with Google Drive and the developer is responsive to feedback. Refreshing.

### 5/5 — OneDrive and Orgmode

*2018-12-26, version 3.1*

Love that it both integrates with OneDrive and offers Orgmode syntax highlighting. Fits my use case perfectly.

### 5/5 — Amazing app

*2018-11-26*

live preview and support for dropbox are really great features. I hope you can add support for syntax of taskpaper and Latex in the Markdown.

Thanks for your effort and great app.

### 5/5 — Plays well with Google Drive!

*2018-05-07, version 2.1.2*

The first markdown editor app I’ve found that actually plays very well with Google Drive natively in the app. Great design, easy to use. Such a life-saver!

### 5/5 — Great

*2018-04-19*

Does just what it says.

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