iA Writer Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience73.1% of reviews
Neutral9.2% of reviews
Negative experience17.7% of reviews

~ Based on 1,011 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about iA Writer

Is iA Writer Safe?

iA Writer appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for iA Writer is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 1,539 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

88.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
8.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,539 App Store ratings for iA Writer.

Is iA Writer Legit?

iA Writer appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for iA Writer is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Love IA writer

This app is so useful for writing family history and being able to work on several chapters at a time. I have been using it since before the improvements and appreciate them all. It removes all my excuses to not write! The new improvements are a wonderful addition to app! I realized I needed something like that, but never dreamed an app could do all that. I don’t know what I would do without IA writer. It keeps me going even if I don’t feel like writing!
I haven’t tried all the new updates, and they sound wonderful! I have used and loved this app for so long, I don’t know what I’d do without it.
I will work at trying the new updates too.
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Interfering with file association on iPad Os

There is a bug. Installing iA Writer on iPadOS causes DNG files in Files/removable storage to open in iA Writer instead of Preview; uninstalling iA Writer immediately restores correct Preview behavior.

Improving iA Writer for Writers

This app needs an "index card view”, similar to Scrivener’s Cork Board or Notion’s Gallery so we can rearrange chapters, scenes, or comedy bits with simple drag-and-drop, like flash cards.

This will allow us to zoom out and see the structure and flow of our work. It will allow this app to be THE app for writers everywhere.

Edit: we need a LIBRARY or HOME button on iPhone & iPad to press at any moment. Swiping a half dozen times is exhausting and makes me not want to use the app.
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Latest version not usable

Too many bugs to count in the latest app version. Vibe coding at its worst.

Timeless, Simple, The Best!

this app has been serving me for years and years without an extra cost. it’s lightweight as memo app, and still functional for long-form contents such as proposal and scripts. I hope there’d be more template so i can just make any document with this app and markdown files!

Great.

I prefer the IOS version over the Mac version but they are both great.

Keyboard issues

This app used to work nicely on my iPad Pro 12in using the official keyboard. Unfortunately, right now the app doesn’t show the suggestions on the bottom bar, or even highlight typos or misspellings. Force to show the touch-keyboard, making impossible to use Grammarly. Stage manager is disabled, and the keyboard works perfectly in many other apps. Looks like a small issue, but it completely destroys my workflow. I hope the developers fix this issue ASAP.
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Excelente

iA Writer é um aplicativo que ajuda incrivelmente quando se trata de concentrar-se na escrita em markdown e é projetado especificamente para escritores. É muito útil para moldar, polir, corrigir e desenvolver um texto. Não tem muitos botões, opções de estilo, etc., então o foco fica mesmo no que se quer transmitir. Outro destaque é a simples sincronização com outros programas ou plataformas, como Word, DropBox, iCloud, Drive ou mesmo WordPress ou Medium, para que você possa enviar seus artigos diretamente para o seu site. Mas uma das maiores características é o modelo de negócio, i.e., não cobra uma assinatura, pois não é um serviço e sim um software, isso para mim, ao menos, é definitivo! Parabéns aos desenvolvedores e super recomendo!
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Response from developer

Obrigado pelas amáveis palavras.

Horrible support with files opened from other apps

The editor is great but opening and editing files from other apps is tedious at best and sometimes constantly shows a status of updating, overwriting edits from other devices or various of other kinds of bad and unpredictable behavior that makes the app extremely difficult to work on documents. When it works it is great but when it doesn’t it will make you want to delete the app.
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Magnífica aplicación.

Es la mejor aplicación de escritura. Simple y con un diseño excelente. Un detalle: la compré hace años y nunca ha dejado de mejorar. Y nunca me han intentado vender una suscripción. Su fidelidad a los clientes es su mejor presentación.

Freeze with icloud

Unusable lately. Open a file in iCloud. Leave the open, reopen the app hours later and try to “exit” current file by tapping the back button to “iCloud”. App freezes entirely and never recovers.

Paid for features that I’m not getting.

With this app being so highly rated and I want it to be useful—the app doesn’t do what it’s saying it will for me. I purchased this app on my iPad as I believe the features would be really convenient to use, however none of the syntax features work at all on my iPad. This is an iPad Pro that is only a few years old. The app works perfectly fine on my iPhone but I didn’t pay for it to be used on there. Please fix this issue as I’m certain I’m probably not the only person experiencing this.
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la mejor app

simplemente fantástica

It’s. Just. Like. This.

Bowing to the Buddha nature, iA Writer presents a white space/blank page/tabula rasa that my ADHD brain appreciates. As said in meditation and concept, “It’s just like this.” And iA Writer enables me to write without backspacing, correcting, editing, and just…writing like no one is watching… Freestyle, free flowing, thank you iA Writer for continuing the updates and improvements, after all these years, you are still my number one. ✌🏼🫶🏼✨
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Impact

Been using since first IA writer then iA writer classic and pro and then the modern mastered iA writer. This is by far the best implementation of what i’ll call a text editor for any outcomes

便利です

便利に使っていますが、最近の仕様変更で検索がわけがわからなくなってしまい、使用に耐えません。探しているメモに辿り着けません。日本語だけなのかもしれませんが、検索語の最初の文字しか探せていなかったり。

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MacでもiOSでもシームレスに使えて、ノートの数が増えても重くならないし、ファイルの状態がオープンなので手動でバックアップする事もできるのがいい。中身がただのテキストファイルなので階層を入れ替えたり他のエディタで編集したりしても問題がおこらない。

Response from developer

いつもiA Writerをご利用いただき、誠にありがとうございます。この度の検索に関する不具合につきまして、詳細を伺いたく存じます。恐れ入りますが、サポートチームまで詳しい状況をお知らせいただけますでしょうか。どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。📧: support+ios@ia.net

yes

yes

Thanks for the recent highlight features!

That’s so important to distinguish AI-generated texts and to remind humans humanize them. Thanks!

Terrible customer service

I found a bug that renders this app useless for me. (Constant pop up "File not found" while editing files.) Submitted a bug report. Was politely told that it’s not gonna be fixed, while actually being a known problem. After I replied, suggesting that the app for a fee has to provide some service and fix issues, I did not even get a reply. Not a worthy investment of money at all. I switched to free Runestone app for my markdown editing and it’s great!
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great

bought this app when it was $9.99 however developer decided jack up price significantly. it’s a shame