# Zoho Writer - Document Editor — user reviews

> 129 indexed App Store user reviews of Zoho Writer by Zoho Corporation, rated 2.90/5 from 136 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoho-writer-document-editor/id808719064/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoho-writer-document-editor/id808719064.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 33 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 41

## What do users think of Zoho Writer?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface design
- 🔒 Privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs
- 📝 Good font variety and formatting options
- 💾 Automatic document saving
- 🌐 Cross-platform functionality (desktop, mobile, web)
- ✍️ Easy document creation and editing on desktop
- 🎯 Center alignment and print-friendly formatting
- 📱 Functional on iPad for basic writing tasks

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- ⚠️ Severe data loss issues
- 🐢 Significant lag and slow typing response
- ❌ Missing core formatting features on mobile
- 🔐 Permission and access errors
- 📵 Poor Apple Pencil support
- 🌙 No dark mode option
- 🔄 Sync issues between app and web versions
- ⌨️ Keyboard and cursor placement problems
- 📄 Limited feature parity with web version
- 🗂️ Poor document organization and navigation
- 🚫 Diacritics handling causes crashes
- 💥 Crashes when opening larger documents
- 🔗 Sharing and collaboration issues
- 📋 Copy-paste functionality problems

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on document open
- Cursor jumps randomly in document
- Keyboard disappears during typing
- Punctuation disappears after saving
- Text erased or goes missing
- Undo function behaves erratically
- Diacritics cause app crashes and data loss
- Apple Pencil input causes immediate crashes
- Documents fail to load with permission errors
- Data migration errors on new accounts
- Offline mode loses documents on sync
- Lag increases with document size
- Copy-paste corrupts text formatting
- App freezes on tutorial screen
- Documents deleted after app update
- Sync fails to reflect web version changes
- Microphone input text disappears
- App locks up during formatting operations
- Blank page display in read mode
- Random extra spaces between words
- Cursor placement in middle of words
- Update failure notifications
- App crashes when using WorkDrive integration

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode for mobile app
- Text wrapping around images
- Adjustable image sizing
- Cover page and page formatting options
- Document list view (not just icon view)
- Search within document contents
- Ability to save to specific folders
- Multi-select for batch operations
- Select all functionality
- Landscape view support
- Split-screen iPad support
- Cloud import from Dropbox/OneDrive
- Track changes feature
- Outline navigation on mobile
- Font size customization
- Margin adjustment controls
- Document templates
- Alphabetical document sorting

## Newest reviews (19 of 129)

### 3/5 — mobiles beschreiben schwierig

*2026-02-08*

ich bin seit neustem auf zoho writer umgestiegen, um eine simple, KI-freie und schnelle lösung zu haben, die mir nicht an jeder ecke ein abo für "Premium Features" andrehen will. grundsätzlich ist die app auch genau das, was ich wollte; mein einziges Problem ist, dass kontinuierliches Bearbeiten EINFACH NICHT FUNKTIONIERT. sobald ich bearbeiten drücke und losschreibe, ist meine tastatur innerhalb von drei sekunden wieder weg und das bearbeiten wieder beendet. sogar mitten im schreibefluss macht es davor nicht halt. wirklich ärgerlich, wenn man mehr als einen buchstaben zur zeit schreiben möchte. bitte bitte fixen, dann bin ich absolut happy mit der app!!

### 2/5 — Please fix this

*2025-10-15, version 6.5*

I used to love this app because it would allow me to reread and review lengthy documents from the comfort of my cell phone.   After the last update three weeks ago it now lags and crashes when I try to open larger documents.  Help please!

### 2/5 — Not What is Should be

*2025-08-18*

This app allows you do work offline but that is all it does.  If you need to the formatting features in the online version, they are not there AT ALL.  So unless you want to use it as a very basic notebook,  this will not do what you want.  Very disappointed with the lack of feature available.  I hope they work on this soon to improve it.  I need an offline version of this to incorporate this product as part of my companies ecosystem.

### 2/5 — Not great

*2025-08-14, version 6.4.12*

Has not worked for me for close to a month. I try to open the app but it says the update failed and I need to contact support. My app is up to date.

### 2/5 — Not good

*2025-07-17, version 6.4.11*

Crashes constantly.  Cursor lags, jumps around the document at random, and has no sensitivity to word breaks - tapping a word puts the cursor in the middle of the word and it is very difficult to put it where it needs to go.

### 2/5 — Certain functions

*2025-05-09, version 6.4.6*

It’s not easy to navigate through the menus. Having to save a local copy every time that you want to edit the document on the work drive is a nuisance. If it’s a shared document, it should be available for editing and sharing.

### 2/5 — Meh

*2025-03-14*

Ich verwende seit neuestem Zoho Writer an meinem Laptop und da ist das Programm echt super, es gibt eine Dokumentenstruktur, man kann das Layout einstellen und hat einen Haufen Tools die einem zur Verfügung stehen. Kur gesagt ich finde es am Laptop sogar besser als Google Docs. Diese App für Handy und Tablet ist leider eine ganz andere Geschichte. ein super billiger Abklatsch von dem, was man am PC geboten bekommt. und ich verstehe nicht warum man hier nicht das gleiche Angebot bekommen kann wie am PC. Google Docs bekommt das schließlich auch hin.

### 2/5 — Lost work

*2024-12-31, version 6.3.17*

It was doing well. Now I’ve noticed some of my writing has gone missing. At least on file has a big chuck of it missing. There have also been issues where it would undo things that random and tell me there were problems. It didn’t used to be that way.

### 4/5 — Gute App

*2024-12-28*

Die App ist super, ein einfaches Schreib Programm , kostenlos und ohne Werbung außerdem der PDF Export ist praktisch. Bugs habe ich jetzt keine gefunden .

Fazit : Super App einfach gehalten und kostenlos

### 3/5 — Can’t share files

*2024-04-02, version 6.3.15*

When I try to share a file, I am given an error: “sorry, you do not have permission to share this file/folder”

Who do I need permission from??

### 3/5 — Writer app is on its way to greatness but has not reached it yet

*2023-12-29*

Hi
impressive options for text

However for IOS it does not match Web. 
No color background in edit mode
and Table of Contents does not provide for Numbering of Chapters!

I am,waiting for next update

**Developer response:** Hey Harold, Thanks for your feedback! We've added the option to change text background in the format toolbar (located above the keyboard). As for the Table of Contents feature, it's on our roadmap and will be included in future updates. For any further assistance or inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at ios-support@zohowriter.com.

### 4/5 — Amazing app, needs some work still.

*2023-12-25*

I just got this app and love it! Don't get me wrong but this app has a lot of amazing features that I love but I would like for a option to wrap text around a picture as well as change the size of the said picture. The fonts are also more than I’ve had available in a previous app I used before. Though, I do miss the cover page option as well as actual pages.
	I hope that this helps make this a better app for everyone.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your positive feedback and suggestions! We're glad you're enjoying the app. We've noted your requests for features like wrapping text around pictures, resizing images, and adding cover pages, and they're on our roadmap for future updates. As for any font size issues you're experiencing, we'd like to hear more details to help resolve them. Feel free to reach out to us at ios-support@zohowriter.com. We'll keep you updated on our progress.

### 3/5 — 闪退

*2023-12-05*

复制文字闪退，没分隔符，没页眉页脚，然后斜体一般人用不上吧！应该加上自定义选择那些图标在键盘栏

**Developer response:** 对于您在复制文本时应用程序崩溃给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。为了解决此问题，我们可能需要有关您正在使用的文档的更多具体详细信息。请通过 ios-support@zohowriter.com 联系我们，以便我们为您提供进一步帮助。此外，我们目前正在努力添加页眉和页脚选项，这些选项将在未来的更新中提供。我们还将与我们的 UI/UX 团队讨论您关于自定义图标选择的建议，以供考虑。感谢您提请我们注意这些问题。

### 4/5 — Updated Review

*2023-11-09*

The iOS version of Zoho Writer has been updated and finally works, but the only three and highly important features it is missing would make it better are: 1. Dark mode, 2. Document List mode (The current view is ugly and unappealing), and 3. plus button to allow users easily create new documents. Hopefully they update their iOS app with these features soon.

**Developer response:** Hello! We deeply apologise for the trouble experienced. We do constantly working on improving our app performance and stability. We have handled the iOS 17 document editing issue in our latest app version of 6.3.13 and updated to the store. Please upgrade the app and check. If you find any issues, please write to: ios-support@zohowriter.com so that we can help you further.

### 2/5 — Unstable

*2023-10-19, version 6.3.13*

When it works, it’s great.

I can’t open a doc because the app crashes immediately every time I try

### 4/5 — Dark mode

*2023-06-02, version 6.3.12*

So far I’ve loved everything about this app except for its failure to support dark mode. It’s kind of a game changer for me so if they manage to fix that this will be my go to writing platform.

### 2/5 — unstable when using diacritics - loss of data

*2023-02-19*

UPDATE: as per Zoho Support, a work around of the issue reported bellow is using “Page View”.

Our company enjoys Zoho apps very much, but this app is in critical need for review from Zoho devs. When writing with diacritics (accents, ç, ñ, etc) either by typing them down, Siri dictation or autocorrect, after some seconds Writer crashes and rolls back to previous save which sometimes is several seconds behind. This instability creates loss of data and time, so this app is not suitable for production at least in languages where diacritics are involved. This was reported several months ago but apparently no fixes have been applied.

**Developer response:** Hello! We deeply apologise for the trouble caused. We do constantly working on improving  our app performance and stability. We need additional details from your end to look into the issues and get them sorted out. So, please write to: ios-support@zohowriter.com.

### 1/5 — Broken Crash

*2023-01-07, version 6.3.11*

When I try to open a document the app crashes. Also, I’m being repeatedly asked to send diagnostic info with either my email or anonymously - I don’t want to send info at all. Why is this not an option??

### 3/5 — Okay but Not Great

*2023-01-03*

I started using Zoho as a more secure alternative to Drive. On a computer it works quite well, but the app needs some work. Sometimes documents lag terribly as you type, it crashes regularly, there’s no dark mode, and if there’s a way to use the outline to navigate a document on mobile, I haven’t figured it out yet. Hopefully with time this can become a better app!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Desktop is way better

*2026-02-03, version 6.5.5*

This app is horrible by comparison to the desktop version. It’s barely usable and has a terrible UI. please update this Zoho!!!

### 1/5 — Update Failed

*2026-01-01, version 6.5.3*

“An error occurred while updating the app. You can use the app only after the error is rectified. Please contact the support team.” Consider yourself contacted. Not much better than the web anyways

### 1/5 — App glitches

*2025-12-23, version 6.5.3*

Really glitchy. I downloaded this as a substitute to Google Docs as my Google account expired, but this has very limited editing. I have to copy and paste from other places to get what I want, and every time I try typing, it either doesn’t work or the keyboard goes away. Haven’t tried the browser version yet, but I wouldn’t recommend the app. I also can’t find the ways to change text size, font, and format, so I am stuck with whatever happens when I paste it in. Really wouldn’t recommend the app.

### 1/5 — Kein dark mode

*2024-07-06*

das brennt einem ja die Netzhaut weg. Dass sowas in der heutigen Zeit überhaupt noch durch den Review kommt 😵‍💫 Außerdem zu langsam und die Webanwendung zu verspielt. Nicht zu gebrauchen, leider.

### 1/5 — No Apple Pencil support

*2024-04-11, version 6.3.15*

App crashes every time I use Apple Pencil

### 1/5 — Migration error on new account

*2024-03-27, version 6.3.15*

I cannot see my documents because of a data migration error prompt.  How is this possible on a new account.  Obviously I need to get to my Work Drive but that option is not available on Mobile.  This effectively renders the app entirely useless.  What are you people doing?  This should never happen for a company of your size.  Simply unacceptable.

### 1/5 — Wheres my documents?

*2023-08-15, version 6.3.12*

I downloaded the app expecting to be able to work on the go but my documents aren’t even there. There is no way to navigate to them.

### 1/5 — Really underdeveloped

*2023-05-16, version 6.3.12*

Zoho writer on browser is awesome with many features, but the mobile app has virtually no features. No dark mode, page formatting doesn’t display, text and line spacing are uncomfortably proportioned …

I really like zoho (wanted to stop using google docs because of privacy invasion) but I find the mobile app virtually unusable. I hope it eventually matches the functions of the google docs app

### 1/5 — Writer?

*2023-05-03, version 6.3.11*

Cannot open documents "oops no permission"

### 1/5 — Don’t Use This App

*2023-05-02, version 6.3.11*

I wrote a number of documents in offline mode. Once I was online again the app synced with the cloud and decided that I wasn’t the author of any of my documents any more. So now I can’t access anything. I emailed the in app feedback email address and have heard nothing back. Honestly if I could give lower then one star I would.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Super

*2026-06-04*

Je suis surprises des commentaires moyens sur cette application alors qu’elle est géniale ! Il y a peut être eu des mis à jour depuis mais en tout cas elle marche parfaitement et est gratuite. Pour écrire c’est super, y’a le conteur de mots, on peut modifier les couleurs d’à peu près tout, après en avoir testé plusieurs c’est la meilleure !

### 5/5 — I love it

*2022-09-05, version 6.3.7*

This is one of the few apps like this that actually has center alignment and prints the way it looks on the screen.

### 5/5 — Very good and too easy

*2022-04-03, version 6.3.6*

Am using this editor a lot for my text versions, copy and paste and done. Later I edit my final versions in a better editor like Word or Pages. Very good too, indeed.

### 5/5 — Nice simple app. Works very well.

*2021-12-25*

I’ve tried a lot of writing apps, but I keep coming back to this one because it is simple and it just works very well for what I need.
 Would like to see a dark mode option for iOS, but other than that it pretty much does everything I need it to do.

**Developer response:** Hey! Thank you so much for your valuable feedback. We are working on the dark mode along with our major app update. It will be available in our future updates, Stay tuned!

### 5/5 — Love This App

*2021-11-16, version 6.3.2*

I write using your Writer Linux desktop application.  Then, edit, tweak and proofread in this Apple app on my iPad.  This is way better than any Linux office as it is multi platform.  Cudos!!

### 5/5 — Easy!

*2020-05-21, version 5.7.7*

I love this app. It’s so easy to use. It’s great!

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2020-05-17*

This is a great app.

**Developer response:** Hey! We are glad that you liked our app. Your feedback is appreciated. Happy Writing :)

### 5/5 — parfait

*2020-02-04*

Cette app m'a sauvé la vie. Elle est parfaite,et m'a aidé pour travailler et a une très bonne mise en page en plus d'être agréable et très facile à utiliser.

### 5/5 — Great free app

*2019-10-13, version 5.5.2*

This app works great for my iPad mini!

### 5/5 — One of a kind

*2019-08-23, version 5.5.2*

Amazing App!!! The developers must be intelligent and hard working to create such an application. I can’t count how many times I chose Zoho Writer over Google Docs. I love the interface and how easy it is to use and share. 

I would suggest adding more templates though.

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