# TeX Writer - LaTeX On The Go — user reviews > 409 indexed App Store user reviews of TeX Writer by 潮激 李, rated 4.00/5 from 113 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tex-writer-latex-on-the-go/id552717222/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tex-writer-latex-on-the-go/id552717222.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 74 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of TeX Writer? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Offline compiling - 🔒 Seamless Dropbox sync - 👍 Intuitive keyboard with common LaTeX commands - 🚀 Fast compilation - 👍 Handles complex documents well - 👍 Automatic package downloads **Cons** - 🐛 Sync issues with Dropbox - 🐛 Crashes on iOS 12.1 - 👎 Limited text editing features - 👎 Difficult to install custom packages - 👎 Lacks support for certain LaTeX packages (e.g. Beamer, Tikz) - 👎 Suboptimal PDF viewer integration **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on startup with iOS 12.1 - Sync issues with Dropbox leading to data loss - Incompatibility with certain LaTeX packages **Most requested features** - Add support for more LaTeX packages - Improve text editing capabilities (e.g. search/replace, spell check) - Allow exporting to more file formats (e.g. PDF, image) - Integrate PDF viewer more seamlessly - Provide better documentation and user guides ## Newest reviews (15 of 409) ### 3/5 — Where are you? Are you listening? *2025-01-11* I have been using this LaTeX tool for several years and it has been consistently a fine compiler, but within the last year or so, customer support, which used to be prompt and helpful has become nonexistent. The program continues to have horrible file management and the sync to Dropbox feature is inconsistent. ### 2/5 — Poor support *2024-05-29* Could be good but has glitches and issues and the support email doesn’t seem to respond. ### 2/5 — GOOD *2024-05-05, version 6.3.2* MUY BUENO, PERO LA ÚLTIMA ACTUALIZACIÓN LIMITÓ EL USO DE CMD T, CMD S Y OTRAS... POR FAVOR MEJORAR ELLO ### 2/5 — Findet Dateien nicht *2024-03-27* PNG-Dateien im selben Verzeichnis wie die tex-Datei werden nicht gefunden, was auf dem Mac mit texShop kein Problem ist. Habe die Tex-Version mit dem pro-Abo. Momentan: Schade ums Geld…. ### 2/5 — lack of support *2023-10-20* There have been no updates for a couple of years and it seems impossible to access documentation on website. What used to be an excellent app no longer is. You used to be able click PDF file to go to relevant place in tex file but this no longer works after a recent IOS update. So sorry that what used to be an excellent app is now so outdated. ### 2/5 — Very disappointed *2023-09-24, version 6.3.2* This is a very primitive app. You can’t even navigate to folders elsewhere on the iPad. Go with a free program first and see if it works for you. ### 3/5 — Could be better *2023-09-23* The app does support pdfTeX offline. XeTeX is supported only offline and LuaTeX ist not supported at all. Synchronizing files via Dropbox is buggy. ### 4/5 — Good app *2023-09-22, version 6.3.2* Nice app and I’ve been using it. A lot has improved but I hope you can include graphicspath package. ### 3/5 — Sync broken *2022-12-08, version 6.3.2* The app is the best iPad LaTeX app I've found (at least when Dropbox sync works)! The Dropbox sync is relatively clean once I figured out how it works (I have to sync manually using the "Sync" button in the "Open file" menu), it has tools to download desired packages, and it compiles offline. The interface takes some getting used to but is quite usable after that. The problem is the sync: my iPad is not my primary computing device, so I would like to be able to cleanly move from my computer to my iPad and back. Dropbox sync is buggy: I have to manually sync the files, and when I do, usually I get an error message and have to unlink and relink to Dropbox. OneDrive sync doesn't work at all. That is, I have a OneDrive account through my institution that I sign into using SSO, and the OneDrive sync in this app refuses to acknowledge that my OneDrive account exists. No sync to Box is available. So the Box synch is about as functional as the OneDrive sync but at least it doesn't pretend to exist. ### 3/5 — Fonctionnalité perdue (lost functionality) *2022-11-23* Since an ipadOS update I suppose, the option to synchronize the view between the tex script and the pdf has disappeared ! Please update to give it back… ### 3/5 — Clunky interface; no help on ussage; works OK *2022-04-17* Don’t do a lot of Latex and anything serious I would do with TexShop on my computer. Tex writer seems to work although I can’t get the minted package to work. My main complaint is if there is any way to start up a fresh tex file from scratch (as in new file) I can’t figure it out. I generally open ivim and do the basics there; write it to my file system on the ipad; and then open it in tex writer. That works but seems like there should be some way to do it all native. ### 4/5 — Auf anhieb funktioniert! *2022-03-25* Nachdem ich den kompletten appstore durchstöbert habe nach einer Latex app fürs Ipad und keine es gepackt hat, mein übergroßes dokument (Masterarbeit, 50+ seiten, viele packages, viele figures etc) zu öffnen und/oder compilieren, ist diese app dazu im stande gewesen. Einfach geöffnet und compiliert und zack fertig ist das pdf. Sieht exakt gleich aus wie auf meinem Rechner (zu vergleichszwecken). 4 sterne nur weil die Bedienung echt nicht so mächtig ist … file-handling ist sehr mühsam ### 4/5 — Excelente aplicación, pero... *2022-02-10, version 6.3.2* Es una muy buena aplicación... es fluida y trabaja sin problemas. El único inconveniente que veo es que no lee .tex que tenga con anterioridad. Tengo entendido que no debe haber problema con esto, pero en mi caso no he logrado abrir ningún .tex que no sea hecho en esta app. Lo curioso es que los .tex creados con esta app si se pueden abrir con cualquier editor LaTeX y compila correctamente. ### 4/5 — Неплохо, но есть над чем работать *2021-12-01* Отмечу, что это наверное чуть ли не единственный tex-редактор, который умеет компилировать на устройстве tex-файл. При этом довольно шустрый, без затупов, минималистичный стиль — лайк. Из минусов: - Невозможность создания файла с кириллицей в названии (не критично). - Отсутствие «донабора» различных кавычек и скобок, как это реализовано, например, в пк-версии tex-studio (критично). - Нет возможности делать синхронизацию с google drive или даже icloud drive — только one drive, что немного странно (критично). ### 3/5 — 不好用 *2020-08-30* 这个TeX软件做的真心不好用，98大洋就当作掉在地上被人捡走了。 **Developer response:** 多谢反馈。有不足之处，请多包涵。具体意见欢迎联系support @texwriter.net ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Buggy and falls short *2026-05-10, version 6.3.2* The system fails to respond to touch commands and has to be closed frequently. It also does not link to my OneDrive as advertised. It effectively is useless for any meaningful work. ### 1/5 — Highly disappoing *2024-09-16* Buy it not when it is free. ### 1/5 — No support *2024-07-24, version 6.3.2* The package developer has completely ceased their internet presence in all ways. This package will probably never be updated. Buy something else. ### 1/5 — Limited sync support and function errors *2022-07-21* I was suggested by a youtuber to use this app on my ipad pro. However, the experience is not as good as introduced. In summary, I don’t think this is a so-called productive app. 1. cmd + F: you cannot continuously start a new word searching after the previous one in the same input line. 2. bad sync support: onedrive is not enough for most of the people. 3. bad local project support: you cannot import a folder or a project into this app. Sharing the latex file seems also impossible. 4. this app has not been updated for more that one year and the mail sent to the developer has no response. 5. unknown errors happened: lipsum.ltd not found. But the same latex file could be compiled by another ipados app. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REFUND! ### 1/5 — WebDAV? Literature? *2021-01-31* ! ! ! ! W E B D A V ! ! ! ! Why is there no WebDAV? Why is there no Literature genervtes? ### 1/5 — Me siento realmente estafado *2020-12-02, version 6.3.2* No es nada útil. Si para realmente acelerar la escritura tengo que invertir horas en aprender a escribir en otro lenguaje y así poder crearme los comandos no vale nada la pena. Además de que el ‘asistente’ consiste en un menú en la pantalla que tengo que ir pulsando cada vez que quiero meter un comando pues es casi más lento que escribir todo a mano para documentos más o menos simples. Me siento estafado, de verdad. Quiero un reembolso. ### 1/5 — Can not be used. *2020-11-20, version 6.3.2* It is can not be used and there was no instructions. I just want to get refund. ### 1/5 — Director *2020-08-11, version 6.2* The app keeps crashing on my iPad. I lose massive amounts of text even though the safe feature is allegedly automatic. The spell checker goes off on its own. Compiling in the app crashes it and you have to re-install to get it to function again. The synchronization with Dropbox is at best spotty, at worst unpredictable in its selection. ### 1/5 — Last update killed it *2020-04-25* Can’t even just copy paste images in the .tex file... ### 1/5 — 日本語で入力できません *2020-03-12* 2020.03.12時点でのレビューです。 学校教材作成のためにLaTeXアプリを探してる者です。 他のLaTeXアプリで日本語入力するとエラーが出たりコンパイルできなかったりしたので、日本語入力できるアプリを探しておりました。 ネットのブログやここでの他の方のレビューで「日本語でコンパイルできる」と書いてあったので購入してみましたが、日本語でコンパイルできませんでした。 日本語テキストがあるとコンパイルしてもエラーが出るし、日本語がある状態で入力を続けるとアプリが落ちます。1800円以上するので期待して購入したのに非常にがっかりです。 iWorkのpagesもバグが多いし、iOSでLaTeXを快適に使えるアプリは見つからないのが現状。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2025-11-18, version 6.3.2* Useful app. Please, add the Spanish dictionary, if possible. Thanks!! ### 5/5 — Very useful *2023-04-09* Does what it is expected to do, can handle even complex projects. The only downside is that one cannot switch between locations in the tex file and the pdf file (click on a word in the pdf and you’ll find the location of this word in the tex file and vice versa). So editing large files may be bothersome and the app cannot compete with user-friendliness of overleaf-likes. Still, it is the best offline Latex editor on iPad I found. ### 5/5 — 大変助かってます *2023-02-19* 日本語入力、フォントの追加まで含め、全く問題なく利用できております。日々の業務になくてはならないツールとなっておりますが、最近更新が無いので先々どうなるか少し心配しております。 ### 5/5 — awesome app *2021-11-07* awesome app and quick response. thx for providing such a good service. this is one of the first app to provide local compile post-skeuomorphism period. Great if you have cloud option, or selective sync option. Sometimes I put videos like seminar in the subfolder of the document and it syncs forever and take my storage. ### 5/5 — Lo mejor que hay para el iPad *2021-05-10, version 6.3.2* Desde hace ya algunos años vengo usando esta aplicación para teclear algún texto pequeño en LaTeX empleando el iPad. De momento, es lo mejor que hay. No descarto que se abra la posibilidad de emplear aplicaciones de MacOS en un futuro teniendo en cuenta el hecho de que se están empleando los mismos procesadores en Mac y iPad. De momento, repito, es lo mejor que hay ### 5/5 — Works well! *2021-04-03* I use LaTeX on my computer, and it's so convenient to have it on my iPad and iPhone 6 Plus as well. It makes me so productive since I can work and make documents anywhere and any time. I love how it integrates with other apps. I use a combined file browser, file server, FTP client app, Documents, and I can move my Tex and PDF files back and forth between the apps. The new text editor is much better than the original and a lot easier to use. The one thing I think would be helpful is have a video tutorial to show us how the app works and explain how to use the features. The app developer is responsive and fixes issues with the app quickly, so if you have problems, don't hesitate to email. I've had some problems before, and they have all been fixed around a week after I reported them. ### 5/5 — Best offline LaTeX compiler on iOS *2020-10-27* Although there is one competitor on iOS with offline typesetting capabilities, namely Texpad, TeX Writer excels in almost every way. It has a solid file manager, with Files app integration. It supports multitasking technology on iPad perfectly. It has tons of customisation and scripting capabilities. It can show `tex` and `PDF` simultaneously, with horizontal split in landscape and vertical split in portrait orientation. Moreover, it has a transparent package management solution, i.e., the same old way as managing any files. The only thing that probably holds some people back from TeX Writer is that it's more like an app written developers. For example, the editor draws inspirations from Emacs and customisation requires editing a plain text configuration file. ### 5/5 — Full LaTex system in your pocket *2020-08-16, version 6.2.1* I use this app for everything — envelopes, letters, presentations, even my resume. ### 5/5 — Overall works well *2020-08-12, version 6.2.1* UI minimalistic but great to focus on writing. Compilation is fast and split view works well. Works well together with working copy to manage the git. ### 5/5 — Works great *2020-07-18, version 6.2* Been using it on and off for a few years. Love being able to do my LaTeX work on the iPad --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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