iA Writer vs TP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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
TP
This companion app enhances your field recorder experience by transcribing audio directly to text. Connect your device and convert spoken words into editable text, with synchronized playback highlighting words as they are read. Export your transcriptions easily for further editing.
- Voice-to-text transcription
- Bluetooth/USB connection
- Synchronized playback with highlighting
- Direct text export
- Seamless audio conversion
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this is the official TP–7 companion app. enhance your TP–7 field recorder experience with seamless voice-to-text transcription. connect via bluetooth or usb, hit transcribe in the app and instantly convert your audio into text*, no file transfer needed. hit play and watch the words highlight as it reads along, with navigation through the app or TP–7. export your text by sending it to your email, then edit in your program of choice. * made to be used exclusively with teenage engineering TP–7 field recorder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iA Writer at 73% against TP's 17%. iA Writer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). TP's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
TP is free to download; iA Writer costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iA Writer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iA Writer has 1.5K ratings behind it against 19, 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 17% of TP's.
iA Writer ships an update fortnightly, TP every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iA Writer | TP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 2.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Information Architects AG | Teenage Engineering |
Customer experience
iA Writer
TP
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
TP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iA Writer
No in-app purchases
TP
No in-app purchases









