Comparison

iA Writer vs RichTexture

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iA Writer

A distraction-free writing environment designed to help you focus on your words. It offers features like Focus Mode, plain text writing with HTML preview, and robust organization tools. Customize your writing experience and export to various formats.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing environment
  • Focus Mode for enhanced concentration
  • Plain text writing with HTML preview
  • Document organization and search
  • Customizable keyboard layout
  • Export to various formats (Word, PDF, HTML, WordPress, Medium)
Currently charting
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“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker “My favorite iOS app for writing in Markdown, without question, is iA Writer. iA Writer is just beautiful. To me, it’s the gold standard for Markdown syntax styling... an elegant champagne flute. That’s iA Writer for me.” —John Gruber “iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus on your words.” —The New York Times “iA Writer is an example of how powerful simplicity and accessibility can be.” —The Guardian “iA Writer is all about textual production—writing this phrase, this sentence, this word at this moment.” —WIRED 4 x Best of App Store Winner # The Simple Writing App iA Writer removes distractions. Giving you a calm, focused, writing space, so you can express yourself clearly. # Focus Focus Mode dims everything but the current sentence or paragraph, helping you stay in the flow. # Start Don’t worry about the format. First, write in plain text. Then preview in HTML. # Organize Search, sort, and quickly swap between documents from different clouds. # Customize When you tap and hold a key in the command keyboard, you’re given the chance to choose your own layout. Rearrange your keys, or pick new ones from the extensive list. # Search You can open documents and launch frequent actions in no time with the new Quick Search. It lives in the keyboard so it’s always close at hand. # Work iA Writer includes an inverted light-on-dark-mode, perfect for working day and night. # Clean Spot superfluous adjectives, weak verbs, repetitive nouns, false conjunctions and clean your text of the usual rumble. # Shape Customize your templates and export to WordPress or Medium, HTML, Microsoft Word (.docx), or PDF. # 100% Text Embed links, pictures, tables and text files in plain text and see them in preview. # Get in Touch - Visit ia.net/writer for more information - Visit ia.net/writer/support for support and feedback

About

RichTexture

Edit and create rich text files on iOS devices. This app supports .RTF and .RTFD formats and integrates with the system's document browser for broad file access. It is completely free to use with no advertisements.

Highlights
  • Rich text editing
  • Supports .RTF and .RTFD files
  • System document browser integration
  • Access files via Files.app
  • Completely free
  • No ads
Features
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RichTexture is a rich text editor. It opens .RTF and .RTFD files on iOS. It also supports the system documents browser so that it can access and edit any file that Files.app can access and edit. Always free to purchase and no ads!

Screenshots

iA Writer4 screens
RichTexture3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RichTexture at Free against iA Writer's $19.99. RichTexture also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). iA Writer's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (73% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

RichTexture is free to download; iA Writer costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iA Writer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iA Writer has 1.5K ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of iA Writer's written reviews are positive against 50% of RichTexture's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
iA Writer versus RichTexture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriA WriterRichTexture
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better4.1 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better49
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInformation Architects AGHandle

Customer experience

iA Writer

All ratings1,539 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1,006 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative17.6%

RichTexture

All ratings49 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative20.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%

Bugs and requests

iA Writer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when opening certain files
  • Sync issues leading to data loss
  • Formatting problems when exporting to other formats

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improved cloud storage integration (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.)
  • Enhanced file management and organization tools
  • Better text selection and cursor control
  • More customization options for appearance and layout
  • Integrated outline/table of contents view
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  • Collaborative editing features

RichTexture

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iA Writer

No in-app purchases

None

RichTexture

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iA Writer free?
iA Writer costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RichTexture free?
RichTexture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iA Writer or RichTexture?
iA Writer is rated higher. iA Writer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while RichTexture averages 4.1 from 49 ratings.
Do iA Writer or RichTexture have ads?
Neither iA Writer nor RichTexture shows ads.

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