Best Plain Text Apps

Just.txt • Plain Text Editor

4.3😊(26 ratings)

$2.99

Effortlessly remove text formatting when copying and pasting. This utility allows you to convert rich text to plain text, ensuring consistent formatting across all your applications. You can also view and edit the clipboard content.

What We Love

✨ Simple and straightforward functionality
🚀 Efficiently strips text formatting
👍 Highly useful for specific tasks
💡 Fills a gap in iOS functionality
✅ Works as advertised
💯 Indispensable for some users
🌟 Brilliant simplicity
👌 Reduces extra steps in workflows
🚀 Fast and effective
👍 Solves a persistent problem
🌟 Beautiful and simple design
💯 Perfect for pasting into Mail app
👍 Great for getting rid of formatting
🚀 Simple, fast, and perfect
🌟 Simply brilliant
💯 Perfect utility
👍 Incredibly useful
🌟 Good at its job

Room to Improve

❓ Confusing at first
🐛 Doesn't work for some users
🐛 Text still pastes with format
🐛 Doesn't convert in iOS 10+ Mail
🐛 Paragraph break remains
🐛 Worthless for some users
🐛 Doesn't remove paragraph mark
🐛 No settings or editing options
🐛 Japanese character encoding issues
🐛 App no longer functions as it used to
🐛 "New lines" feature caused issues
🐛 No "flush clipboard" option

Runestone Text Editor by Simon B. Støvring

Edit plain text and code

Worth Considering

🛠️ Developer Tools

4.7😊(2.1K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#25in Developer Tools

A powerful plain text and code editor for iPhone and iPad. Offers syntax highlighting, line numbers, find and replace, and extensive customization options for developers and writers.

What We Love

💎 Excellent text editor
🚀 Smooth and responsive
🎨 Customizable themes and appearance
🔒 Secure file storage and sync
👍 Clean and intuitive interface
💰 Good value for premium version
🤖 Helpful developer

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
🔍 Difficulty navigating files/folders
📝 Limited functionality without premium
🔌 Performance issues on older devices
🔒 Difficulty accessing files in cloud storage

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