Don’t waste your money
I’d heard good things about the desktop version, so decided to try the app as I often write on the go. What a waste of $40.
It’s complicated, things that should be simple take multiple actions and it’s just not fun to use.
It’s complicated, things that should be simple take multiple actions and it’s just not fun to use.
Wonderful tool for writing.
Once you understand the flow this app is exceptional. The keyboard row is the best and I love that it can be customized. This to me is like an older model of cars when there were no fancy computers. It’s easy to navigate and you don’t need bells and whistles to create. This makes it easy to customize. Following the example above, if you want to change a radio in an older car you pop a new one in whereas with newer cars you have to face a whole network of logistics. Overall, it’s wonderful and it’s obvious it was made with great care and attention to detail.
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No update for far too long again! 3 yrs!
I have been using Scrivener for many years, and throughout those years there have been minimal updates. It’s been frustrating. And now there is an issue where I try to search for a word in my project, or use find and replace, and the box shows for a millisecond and disappears again. So I currently can’t use the feature which is quite a big problem. And now I know that it’s going to be like that for a long time due to the history of non-existent updates! Also, still no sign of them using a different cloud storage. Probably the only app that doesn’t use apple cloud or google drive as a back up option. Limited to Dropbox, which I haven’t used for years! How is this still a thing in 2026? I really need to find an alternative to this, which is a real shame because if the company actually put some care into this, it’s a great app, and could be even better. Seems they don’t care at all. 3 years since the last update (for ios17!) is unacceptable from an app that wasn’t cheap.
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Crashed and burned.
I love this app, I truly do, but they have zero technical support, when I reached out for a syncing issue between this and the Mac app I was given troubleshooting steps that didn’t simply just not work, they were the incorrect steps for what I was being told to do, and as for the underlying issue? “It’s Apple’s problem”—they’re not going to troubleshoot on their end or try to patch anything or actually investigate what’s wrong, they’re depending on Apple to somehow divine what the issue is for their system and to fix it in Apple’s next update. Guess what basically any OS system update DOESN’T do, guys…that’s right! Troubleshoot for special snowflake you. I was willing to stick it out for three months and see whether you were right on the offest of off chances, and I’ve run the OS updates, but surprise surprise nothing’s fixed, so now I have to go track down an alternative when I should’ve had THE last word processing app I’d ever need, paid in full and curated to how I work. Saying that I’m disappointed is such an understatement that it’d be comical if I was currently capable of anything but the disappointment.
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Great for writing on the go
This app is invaluable for writing on the go if you use Scrivener on your computer. I would love to see some updates, particularly for navigation inside documents. It drives me mad when I want to select a few words, and the selection expands from one word… two words… oops half way to the of the document!
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SO HAPPY
This app is everything I dreamed of - I needed an iPad app that was relatively intuitive, inexpensive, and at least offered capabilities similar to “MS Word”, which I’m used to on a computer; Scrivener is SO MUCH better than Word, or than I had any right to expect!!!! Almost everything is made easy, from organizing the storyline and chapters, cutting and pasting, managing research and characters, storing images, enlarging or shrinking text on the fly… it does it all! Kudos to the coders and thank you for developing this now-indispensable writing tool!
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One of the best
So my experience with scrivener has been wonderful, i have been using it for nearly 9 months now for writing and making lists and some other things
But its easy to use and it never tries to delete your stuff like doc’s does…
It’s worth every penny if u plan to use it for how it’s meant to be used.
Edit: I’ve been using scrivener for over a year now, I still love it and it is and will always be my goto writing app
I will say that it needs a few updates yes, but to be fair its been 3 years since its last update
So if you could do some bug fixes that would be wonderful
Thank you, have a good day.
But its easy to use and it never tries to delete your stuff like doc’s does…
It’s worth every penny if u plan to use it for how it’s meant to be used.
Edit: I’ve been using scrivener for over a year now, I still love it and it is and will always be my goto writing app
I will say that it needs a few updates yes, but to be fair its been 3 years since its last update
So if you could do some bug fixes that would be wonderful
Thank you, have a good day.
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This is awesome! But..
Just got this, love the app on my Mac but the only issue I’ve ran into is the appearance settings. It’s usable, but I’d like to see more options than just light and dark, like in the Mac version. I’d also love to see the typewriter (no distractions) mode like in the Mac version. Those might be in there, but I’ll have to mess around with it a little. More than anything, this is worth it just to be able to edit my manuscript from my phone if I get inspired and am away from my computer.
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Sucks at syncing!!
This app (Mac, iPhone, iPad) has terrible syncing problems with Dropbox. I’m constantly getting error messages about syncing problems, despite me closing the app at the end of use and saving, and never having the document open on two devices at the same time. About once a month I lose edits because they fail to sync what I edited or wrote. I don’t understand why we’re in 2026 and this app sucks so much at syncing. Ditch Dropbox, and use the Apple method of syncing like every other modern app. I never have problems like this on Notes.
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New IOS update 26
New headaches.
First it was keyboard formatting issues, where the keyboard disappeared, now I found a new issue that makes this almost unusable for me.
When I strictly use iPhone/ipad, no issues with copy/pasting my work to and from. But when I open one of my scrivener projects on windows… holy moly. The formats go all 🦆ed.
It’s something to do with the fonts on windows messing with the ones on iOS I reckon. Anyway. I freezes my phone/tablet in place when trying to apply formatting styles.
Further reducing the rating until this is fixed. If this is a windows - iOS compatibility issue, I think that should be highlighted somewhere. Very disappointing.
First it was keyboard formatting issues, where the keyboard disappeared, now I found a new issue that makes this almost unusable for me.
When I strictly use iPhone/ipad, no issues with copy/pasting my work to and from. But when I open one of my scrivener projects on windows… holy moly. The formats go all 🦆ed.
It’s something to do with the fonts on windows messing with the ones on iOS I reckon. Anyway. I freezes my phone/tablet in place when trying to apply formatting styles.
Further reducing the rating until this is fixed. If this is a windows - iOS compatibility issue, I think that should be highlighted somewhere. Very disappointing.
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Don’t bother
Frustrating that this app has not been updated. Being restricted to syncing through dropbox is a problem because it is buggy.
No formatting options
No formatting options
I was willing to put up with some issues… but, loss of search? Oh, boy
Just… I don’t even know if any of the devs work on this or what’s happened, but if you’re out there, ios27 has killed the search function. I was willing to overlook and keep fording on through my novel, and moving to another app will be a real problem… but… I don’t think I can do without search. Please, just a tiny update. Something, anything.
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Cross-Platform data loss
This app has not been updated for two years and the small problems with modern iPad OS are starting to add up. In addition, the Dropbox sync options between iPad and Desktop use outdated APIs that generate persistent conflicts — in some cases deleting work. The official answer on the forums has been “You have a backup, right?” Which is not acceptable for an application suite that advertises being able to switch between Desktop and iPad. At this point, Scrivener for iPad has be come almost unusable and has resulted in at least one loss of a week’s worth of work. I would consider this application currently UNSUPPORTED until they get a new update out. If you are only working on iPad, there are still issues with missing features (keywords) and limited compile options (the very powerful compilation features of the desktop app are the only reason I have stuck with Scrivener for so long).
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機能的に本Scrivenerよりかなり貧弱である
Mac用Scrivenerを10年以上も使っている。いわゆる本（Mac）アプリのサブセットであるiPadOSは機能的にかなり貧弱であるが、使えないことはないのだが…
最も懸念するのはDropBoxとの同期を強いられることだ。
Mac=AppleアプリなのにiCloudと同期出来ないのが使いづらくしている。
Dropboxは無料の2ギガを除いて、有料版は2,000ギガしかなく100-200ギガがない。その上 2,000ギガは高価であるため、iPad本体メモリーに保存しているため、Mac版Scrivenerと同期できない。
解決のためにはiCloudを使いたいのだがサポートされていないため、iOSやiPadOS版も結果的に使いづらくなってしまっている。
他の人も言っているように、DropboxかiCloudかを選択可能にして欲しい。
最も懸念するのはDropBoxとの同期を強いられることだ。
Mac=AppleアプリなのにiCloudと同期出来ないのが使いづらくしている。
Dropboxは無料の2ギガを除いて、有料版は2,000ギガしかなく100-200ギガがない。その上 2,000ギガは高価であるため、iPad本体メモリーに保存しているため、Mac版Scrivenerと同期できない。
解決のためにはiCloudを使いたいのだがサポートされていないため、iOSやiPadOS版も結果的に使いづらくなってしまっている。
他の人も言っているように、DropboxかiCloudかを選択可能にして欲しい。
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Highly recommend
I’ve been using this app and its windows desktop counterpart for a couple of years. I love the program but I also love the company. It’s a solid product, they only charge once, and you continue to get their updates. It just feels so honest and I really appreciate that in comparison to the majority of programs out there.
It works beautifully with dropbox, so I can make notes or whole chapters on the go, then sync and pickup on my computer later. If I remember correctly, it did take me a minute to figure out connecting to Dropbox but after it was setup I haven’t had any issues. Just make sure you sync from one program and close it before you open the file on another device.
I love that it isn’t a flashy/loud/ distracting interface with bright colors.
It really feels like a program put together by writers for writers.
Thank you to the team.
Highly recommend!
It works beautifully with dropbox, so I can make notes or whole chapters on the go, then sync and pickup on my computer later. If I remember correctly, it did take me a minute to figure out connecting to Dropbox but after it was setup I haven’t had any issues. Just make sure you sync from one program and close it before you open the file on another device.
I love that it isn’t a flashy/loud/ distracting interface with bright colors.
It really feels like a program put together by writers for writers.
Thank you to the team.
Highly recommend!
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I hate it
I hate it.
Mejorable pero muy buena
Es muy buena, y muchas gracias al desarrollador o desarrolladores. A parte de estructurar el contenido no me ha parecido algo muy innovador. ¿Te imaginas poder añadir personajes por una parte, y que a la hora de escribir se pueda seleccionar una opcion que te permita con cada salto de linea indicar si se trata de un dialogo, sugiriéndote un desplegable con los personajes a modo de prefijo?. Luego hay detalles como la barra de botones inferior (que pertenece al menú izquierdo), debería extenderse solo en la barra lateral, me confunde. Y otro detalle que considero más importante es la integracion con GoogleDrive, no uso DropBox y creo que muchos usamos GoogleDrive…
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Add custom background
Love the app please add the custom background option like on desktop version it would be perfect if you had that!!!!
Syncing is still a pain
I truly wish there was more options for syncing beyond Dropbox. Like for iCloud.
