Comparison

iWriters vs iWriter Pro

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

Head to head
About

iWriters

This text editor allows you to create, edit, and manage multiple documents across cloud services like Dropbox and Evernote. It offers robust editing tools, synchronization capabilities, and flexible text formatting options for seamless workflow on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Multi-document editing
  • Cloud sync (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Evernote)
  • TextExpander snippet expansion
  • Search and Replace with regex
  • Customizable text settings
  • File encoding and newline code support
Features
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iWriters is the text editor of the free application. iWriters supports the iCloud Drive, the Dropbox and the Evernote. Do you want to edit a shared text between your computer and iPhone any time creative inspirations strike? That's easy with iWriters! iWriters is a powerful and versatile Text Editor having lots of nice features, available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iWriters combines practicality with portability - that is what a Writer's Workshop should be. With iWriters, you have all the power you expect from a full-featured multipurpose text editing program - writing and editing several text documents at a time, saving each file hierarchically in your memory, exchanging them between iOS devices and a Mac, PC, or other devices. You can email an editing text instantly. iWriters also allows you to use the iCloud Drive, the Dropbox or the Evernote directly online, and supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion. We sincerely hope iWriters will serve you well, being a good friend for your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. With iWriters, enjoy writing flexibly anytime, anywhere! [iWriters Features] * Create, open, edit, and modify multiple text documents in parallel, and save each one hierarchically in your memory. * Writing and editing are so natural - using just your fingers, and the standard onscreen keyboard and spell checker, and autocapitalize sentences help you write. Buttons like a keyboard's arrow keys do come in mighty handy to move an editing cursor to the left and the right. * For a closer look, zoom in a text up to 500% by pinching out. * Capable of both landscape and portrait. * Supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion. * Send any currently open text, or part of this text directly from iWriters via email. * Save, open, and sync files onto/from/with the iCloud Drive, the Dropbox Server and the Evernote directly in iWriters. * You can sync iWriters text files to a Mac or PC manually in iTunes. * The left edge of the screen is useful. Jump to a particular line by tapping, or scroll up or down very quickly by dragging. * With a few taps, change the selection to uppercase, lower case, or capitalize, or also change it to double width or the normal width. * Search & Replace. Search the current text or all files for any word or phrase including diacritic letters. You can search for a text with the Regular Expression as well. * A variety of text settings. Select which best suits your editing - the text style, including the font, size, color, adjustment, margins, etc. * Keep the file-compatibility while exchanging files between a Mac, PC, or other devices. You can save all the files remaining their character encodings and New Line codes as you opened each file. * Choose any you want from LF, CRLF, or CR to the return code, and from ASCII, UTF-8, Western (Windows-1252), or Western (Mac OS Roman) to the character encoding. * Browse the statistics for the whole text or the current selection, including the number of characters, words, paragraphs, and indicate the line numbers. * Change the overall look of iWriters by choosing each of the appearance, including the background color, ruled line, and Navigation bar.

About

iWriter Pro

A minimalist text editor with robust Markdown support and distraction-free writing. It offers iCloud sync, live syntax highlighting, and various export options for documents.

Highlights
  • Clean and minimal interface
  • iCloud sync
  • Live Markdown syntax highlighting
  • HTML Preview
  • Typewriter mode
  • Document Browser with tags
  • Export to HTML, PDF, EPUB, DOCX, and more
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# iWriter Pro is elegant and minimalist text editor with built-in Markdown support. Distraction-free and subscription-free. ## Features: - Clean and minimal interface. - iCloud sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac¹ devices. - Text editing with live Markdown syntax highlighting. - HTML Preview for Markdown and MultiMarkdown documents. - Typewriter mode² with focusing on line, sentence, or paragraph. - Powerful Document Browser³ with tags support. - Integrated counters for words, symbols, sentences, and paragraphs. - Fast and responsive editing even for large files. ## iWriter Pro supports: - Highlighting and rendering of LaTeX equations. - Flowchart and Mermaid diagrams. - Source code highlight in HTML preview. - Exporting documents as HTML, PDF, RTF, EPUB, LaTeX, and DOCX. - Keyboard shortcuts⁴ for text formatting and quick navigation. - Search and Replace in your documents. - Light and dark layouts (auto-switching included). - Automatic number/bullet/task list formatting. ¹ - iWriter Pro for Mac is available as a separate purchase on the Mac App Store. ² - Typewriter and Focus modes are available only on iPad. ³ - Editing files in Dropbox, Google Drive, and other 3d-party storage providers is not guaranteed. ⁴ - External keyboard is required.

Screenshots

iWriters4 screens
iWriter Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iWriters at Free against iWriter Pro's $4.99. iWriters also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). iWriter Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iWriters is free to download; iWriter Pro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iWriter Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iWriter Pro has 130 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of iWriters's written reviews are positive against 68% of iWriter Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWriters ships an update every 17 months, iWriter Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iWriters versus iWriter Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWritersiWriter Pro
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (6 ratings)4.7 (130 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews68.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6130 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIGHT,WAY.Serpensoft Group

Customer experience

iWriters

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

iWriter Pro

All ratings130 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative27.5%

Bugs and requests

iWriters

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iWriter Pro

Reported bugs

31 issues
  • App crashes and freezes frequently
  • Data loss or corruption during editing/syncing
  • iCloud and Dropbox sync issues
  • Exported DOCX files are not fully compatible
  • Autocorrect option is confusingly named
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  • Cannot rename documents outside of iWriter folder
  • List indentation can be problematic
  • Markdown menus on keyboard have delayed response
  • Automatic dark mode not working after update
  • Mermaid plugin not working with iOS 18
  • Preview barely works
  • App not being updated to fix bugs
  • Developer does not respond
  • Multiline LaTeX not supported
  • App crashes on iPad Pro 2020 after update
  • Conversion to DOCX has restrictions
  • No preview section in settings for plugins
  • Photos cannot be inserted (folder access permission issue)
  • Cannot read images from hidden folders
  • Line breaks in exported documents turn into spaces
  • Formulae not working
  • Occasional rendering bug where text doesn't fill screen
  • App crashes immediately upon opening
  • Google Drive sync issues and inability to open/save files
  • iCloud synchronization consumes too much battery
  • App deletes work for no reason
  • Dropbox connection is poor and leads to conflicts/data loss
  • Font compatibility issues in document names
  • App is very basic and doesn't work well with other Markdown editors
  • Impolite developers
  • App is unstable

Requested features

22 requests
  • Add table support (Markdown)
  • Allow reordering of shortcuts
  • Cycle visibility on headings using Tab
  • Add Mark Set and cut region
  • Wordpress export
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  • Syntax highlighting
  • File tree or explorer in sidebar
  • Regex search
  • Auto dark mode
  • Select and open a folder
  • Obsidian support (hyperlink function)
  • Chinese support
  • Add math input
  • Passcode lock feature
  • Change font color
  • Hybrid/mixed editor/preview mode
  • Automatic backup to Dropbox/other cloud storage
  • Add file opening options in preview mode
  • Enter title edit mode immediately after creating a new file
  • Change shortcut keys from moving cursor to indent
  • Customizable paste symbols
  • Full-text search

In-app purchases

None

iWriters

No in-app purchases

None

iWriter Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iWriters free?
iWriters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iWriter Pro free?
iWriter Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iWriters or iWriter Pro?
iWriter Pro is rated higher. iWriters averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while iWriter Pro averages 4.7 from 130 ratings.
Do iWriters or iWriter Pro have ads?
Neither iWriters nor iWriter Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWriters or iWriter Pro?
iWriters ships an update every 17 months, and iWriter Pro every 3 months. Most recently, iWriters was updated on September 17, 2026 and iWriter Pro on September 24, 2026.

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