# IEW Writing Tools Lite — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of IEW Writing Tools Lite by Institute for Excellence in Writing, rated 4.40/5 from 23 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iew-writing-tools-lite/id587466821/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iew-writing-tools-lite/id587466821.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 16 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 24) ### 5/5 — Thank You!!!! *2013-08-08* Thank you for creating this app! It is well done and will be a great tool! ### 5/5 — Great tool *2013-04-23* My I.E.W. teacher recommended this app for us quite useful ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2013-03-26* I love this app it helps out so much I can use it if I am stuck on an opener or dress up:)!!!!! ### 5/5 — Best free app writing app ever *2013-01-17* Is so convenient! n is free!! Great for those who want to improve their writing ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-01-16* This is a great app with info right at your fingertips to be used with IEW products. ### 5/5 — So much great info at our fingertips! *2013-01-04* Word lists, ideas for different sentence structures, reminders. Even if you are not an IEW fan, you can glean great info. ### 5/5 — Great *2012-12-28* Already using Excellence in Writing, I am very happy to see the app. I am pleased to see many of our go to pages in app form. ### 5/5 — Super helpful *2012-12-27* All the main points in an easy to use layout. Would like to see user lists of quality adjectives and strong verbs. ### 5/5 — IEW *2012-12-27, version 1.0* Just like the portable wall ### 5/5 — Love IEW!!! *2012-12-26* I totally love this app! Can't wait to use it regularly! My kids will be so happy that they will have a way to use their iPods in their school work (we don't allow many games). And they'll have it with them all the time instead of pulling out their sheets of paper with their lists! Thank you Andrew Pudewa and team! Y'all are awesome! Now please allow us to buy your videos so I can put them on my iPad! I would LOVE to be able to watch the teacher training videos on the go!!! Merry Christmas! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2012-12-26, version 1.0* Fantastic app, very helpful for me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2020-09-25* App very boring ### 3/5 — Will not load on iPad 1 *2013-01-15* Cannot get it to load and I have 5.1.1. Assistance please...love its' availability for iPod. ### 4/5 — Great Writing Reference *2014-10-08* This app includes the great lists and resources that IEW students are familiar with and that non-IEW students will also find helpful. An inclusion of composition checklists would make this amazing. ### 5/5 — Great Resource! *2018-08-23* I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of content in this app, as it is not often that a truly *free* app provides such a vast amount of valuable information. As a homeschool mom currently teaching Mr. Pudewa’s phenomenal program to my children, I am excited to have this handy pocket resource on my phone and at my fingertips for times when my large IEW binder is left at home. And kudos to eV Labs for the very intuitive design and functionality of this fantastic app. Keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — Another fantastic tool! *2018-08-20* Thank you IEW for a tool that we can have with us anytime, anywhere that we are doing our writing! Easy to navigate and loaded with the basic TWSS tools! ### 5/5 — Love having IEW at my fingertips! *2016-02-05* Great AP to help remind me of all the writing techniques we learned. It's nice to have it portable and I am really excited to use it. Just the other day I couldn't remember all the sentence openers and I was racking my brain. No longer... ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-09-30* Easy app to use. Visually reminds kids of what they've already learned. Great resource without papers flying around! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2014-06-13* This app is great for any writer. I use it to write fiction novels and short stories and I couldn't do without. Everything you need is in the palm of your hand. ### 5/5 — Love IEW *2014-04-07, version 1.1.1* IEW writing app is awesome! No more pww hello awesome new app! ### 5/5 — IEW Excellent tool *2014-03-21* If you want your child to write phenominal papers, you need this app. As important as GPS to an airline pilot, so IEW is to the writer. Bring us more, Mr. Pudewa! ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — IEW Writing *2014-03-16* Praises! I have used IEW for teaching writing over the years, reluctantly carrying huge binders filled with IEW information to and from various classes/co-ops. Now, I need only to carry my iPad with this fabulous app! Needless to say, I've downloaded this app for my middle school and high school girls. They will now have all that is needed for writing correct essays, book reports, research papers, or just making simple outlines. I love that you included so many helpful items, such as transitional words, prepositions, examples of clausal words, etc. There is simply no excuse for not being able to write outstanding papers! I LOVE this app! ### 5/5 — Worth getting *2014-01-30, version 1.1* Always helpful for my school essays when I'm stuck. ### 5/5 — Helped a lot! *2013-09-04* I needed to do a report for English class this summer in iew format, and I had totally forgotten the openers and dress ups. I googled the iew format, and the best result was this app. Very helpful! I totally recommend for anyone in English class! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*