Welcome to iTextEditors

The iOS Text Editor roundup

This is a feature comparison of text editors on iOS. The information was compiled by the web community on an open Google spreadsheet. I cannot vouch for its current accuracy, but will be verifying everything as I’m able. It’s meant to help you find the most useful way to write, code or take notes for your personal needs. Every editor is geared toward a slightly different purpose, with their own strengths and focus.

This works best on a wide screen, but if you have to scroll horizontally, the left column with the app names will stay hovered on screen. Hover over an app’s title in the table to see additional features which might not be part of the main chart, and click to scroll to its full data block. Holding down command while hovering over the body of the chart will highlight the current row. Clicking a row will outline it. Clicking a feature header at the top will dim apps which don’t have that feature. App details below the chart are pulled live from the App Store API.

Corrections and additions

This tool is only useful if it’s accurate and up-to-date. I’ll be maintaining it for as long as I’m able. If you’re the developer of an iOS text editing app (or a dedicated user), just use the submission form to request a listing. Corrections welcome, just use the same form and edit only affected fields and/or add a note at the bottom. Be sure to include contact info!

You forgot about…

No, I didn’t. See above. If you Tweet me and tell me I forgot something, I’ll know you didn’t read this.

Shameless self-promotion

If you’re editing Markdown, there’s a great Mac app called Marked that previews your work, updating every time you save. If you’re editing on an iOS Dropbox or iCloud-capable application, you can even preview iOS work on your Mac as the document syncs back to the cloud. It can also export PDFs, Rich Text and HTML with a variety of themes and the ability to customize with CSS. It’s neat. I know because I wrote it.

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Last updated Friday April 26, 2013 at 02:24pm CDT (v89).

1a Easy Writer

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Extra Keyboard row, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Quick text selection tools.
  • Rapid memories.
  • éüç-button for all diacritical marks, accents and "Umlauts""."
  • The Spell-Aid-button finds all unknown and wrong words.
  • Font size pinching.
  • Fast navigation with 10 cursor keys.
  • Upper-/lowercase by keystroke.
  • Typographical quotes and other special chars.
  • Undo/Redo.
  • Supports all onscreen & Bluetooth keyboards.
  • Wikipedia full-text search and online dictionary
  • Locked reading mode.
  • Import & export with Dropbox, iCloud and iTunes
  • Sharing text as attachment, e-mail or Twitter message.
  • AirPrint™ support.
  • Supports iOS 3.2, 4.x, 5.x and newer.
  • 1a Easy Writer App Store info…

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AppWriter

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Email

Special Features

  • Context-sensitive word prediction
  • Text-to-speech voices with word highlighting
  • Read aloud words and/or sentences
  • Dyslexie-font - specifically designed for dyslectics
  • Upload to Google Docs
  • Document list
  • OCR scanning function (Beta)
  • AppWriter App Store info…

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Buffer Editor

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace

Special Features

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Byword

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Desktop App

Special Features

  • Word and character counters; Also counts selected text
  • Several fonts to choose from
  • Ability to enable/disable various correction options (autocorrect, autocapitalization, spellcheck)
  • Intelligent quote/bracket pairing
  • Multiple extra keyboard rows (swipe between)
  • Byword App Store info…

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Character Writer

Standard features: iPad, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Easy access to over 500 special characters & symbols
  • Arrow keys for precise cursor placement
  • Many fonts & themes to choose from
  • Swipe (off screen edge) to undo
  • Pinch to adjust font size
  • Focus Mode
  • Character Writer App Store info…

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Clean Writer

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Open in…, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Live word, chars and paragraph count
  • Dropbox File browsing
  • Gesture driven interface
  • Full-screen editing mode
  • File management list
  • Clean Writer App Store info…

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CompleteNote

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search

Special Features

  • QuickCapture
  • Audio, Video & Photo Attachments
  • Text Formatting
  • Bullets & Numbering
  • Tagging
  • Favorites
  • iCloud Integration
  • Search / Filter
  • CompleteNote App Store info…

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Compositions

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Proprietary, Plain text, Email, TextExpander, Appearance options, Word count

Special Features

  • Snapshots - A versioning tool that's saved inside the file
  • Mac app - Free counterpart mac app to edit the file format
  • Full screen mode - removes everything but a white strip
  • Compositions App Store info…

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Daedalus

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, WebDAV, iTunes, Plain text, Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, Web Browser, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Export all or any files as a zip folder
  • Export all files simultaneously
  • Move files between folders
  • Customizable extra keyboard row
  • Sync with multiple dropbox folders simultaneously
  • Export to PDF and ePub, with or without Markdown styling
  • Entirely gesture-based document navigation
  • Tap left and right margins to navigate, two-finger tap to move by word
  • NEW: RTF Export
  • NEW: Manual sorting
  • Daedalus App Store info…

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Diet Coda

Standard features: iPad, Proprietary, Copy HTML, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Editing on (S)FTP Servers only
  • Site-based file management
  • Line-based horizontal magnification bar
  • configurable clipboard for repetitive code snippets
  • Contextual keyboard
  • Built-in Terminal
  • Diet Coda App Store info…

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DraftPad

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, In-document text search, Search and replace, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Single note
  • Send to email, message, tweet, Facebook, Tumblr
  • Save to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive
  • Sort paragrphas
  • insert/replace phrases, time stamp, location stamp
  • Shorten URLs
  • Preview HTML, Markdown
  • Create your own "Assists"" with JavaScript or URL schemes"
  • History collection of notes
  • DraftPad App Store info…

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Drafts

Standard features: iPhone, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Drafts opens directly to a ready to edit empty draft.
  • Throw ideas at Drafts and come back to hone them later.
  • Send email, even styled HTML email, using Markdown syntax, directly from the app
  • Search the full text of drafts to find the right one.
  • Use Markdown to format text, and Drafts can convert it to HTML.
  • Preview the HTML in Drafts, create a HTML email, or copy it to the clipboard for use in other apps.
  • Drafts integrates with Terminology app.
  • Customize the writing environment with a selection of color themes, including a "Night"" mode and over a dozen fonts."
  • Copy drafts to clipboard
  • Forward drafts to other apps, such as Tweetbot and the official Twitter app for further editing.
  • Save to Dropbox
  • See http://agiletortoise.com/developers/drafts for info on url handlers
  • Drafts App Store info…

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Drafts for iPad

Standard features: iPad, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Drafts opens directly to a ready to edit empty draft.
  • Throw ideas at Drafts and come back to hone them later.
  • Send email, even styled HTML email, using Markdown syntax, directly from the app
  • Search the full text of drafts to find the right one.
  • Use Markdown to format text, and Drafts can convert it to HTML.
  • Preview the HTML in Drafts, create a HTML email, or copy it to the clipboard for use in other apps.
  • Drafts integrates with Terminology app.
  • Customize the writing environment with a selection of color themes, including a "Night"""" mode and over a dozen fonts."""
  • Copy drafts to clipboard
  • Forward drafts to other apps, such as Tweetbot and the official Twitter app for further editing.
  • Save to Dropbox
  • See http://agiletortoise.com/developers/drafts for info on url handlers
  • Drafts for iPad App Store info…

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DropText

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, TextExpander, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

  • Insert current location with GMaps link
  • word navigation
  • Markdown link images from camera, camera roll or url
  • DropText App Store info…

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Elements

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Word, line and character count
  • Scratch pad
  • email as attachment, inline or a html email
  • Publish to tumblr or facebook.
  • Customize font, text size and theme.
  • Elements App Store info…

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FastEver

Standard features: iPhone, Proprietary, TextExpander, Desktop App

Special Features

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FastEverXL

Standard features: iPad, Proprietary, TextExpander, Desktop App

Special Features

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FioWriter

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • customized keyboard with command keys - ⌘ ⌥ ⌃
  • 30+ editing shortcuts (key combinations)
  • cursor control shortcuts (ctrl + f, alt + b, etc)
  • editing shortcuts (cut: cmd + x, paste: cmd + v, etc)
  • fast scroller: touch on the right edge of the screen
  • goto line
  • symbols on keyboard accessory
  • punctuations on keyboard accessory
  • built-in dictionary
  • air print
  • FioWriter App Store info…

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Glyphs+

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Word count, Char count, Reading time, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Full Unicode Support for iOS 6
  • Creating favorites lists of special characters.
  • Direct publishing to Facebook and Twitter.
  • Send by mail or print via AirPrint.
  • Share directly from iCloud
  • Adjustment VoiceOver for universal access.
  • Glyphs+ App Store info…

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Gusto

Standard features: iPad, iTunes, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Primarily for web development
  • Project management
  • Site thumbnails
  • Tabbed editing
  • FTP/SFTP Client and publish
  • Local/remote preview
  • Persistent project state
  • Gusto App Store info…

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Gusto Mobile

Standard features: iPhone, iTunes, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Web Browser

Special Features

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Heart Writer

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace

Special Features

  • Each key in extra keyboard row allows swiping to provide 5 different functions
  • International keyboard support
  • Smart Save - Dropbox and Google Docs support
  • Quote and bracket wrapping
  • Heart Writer App Store info…

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iA Writer

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Reading time, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Reading time estimate to cursor or full text
  • Focus Mode
  • iCloud
  • Dropbox
  • Word/character navigation in extra toolbar
  • Folders in iCloud and local storage (drag’n’drop to create)
  • Trash can
  • Responsive typography (font varies subtly based on screen resolution)
  • Link to shared copy (iCloud)
  • iA Writer App Store info…

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Indigo In

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Proprietary, Plain text, Email, TextExpander, Desktop App

Special Features

  • single page of notes only
  • quick idea capture
  • Mac OS X companion app (free)
  • iCloud sync between iOS and Mac
  • merges changes made offline
  • swipe to select text
  • share to popular task mgt. apps, e-mail, Messages, etc.
  • Indigo In App Store info…

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Inkwell

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Email, Word count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

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iWriter

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Reading time

Special Features

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Knowtes

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Open in…, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Evernote, ReadItLater, Google Reader, Pinboard and more
  • Auto-translate to 28 languages
  • Open web files (epub, pdf, ppt, doc, rtf, avi, key, xls, zip, rar, pages, numbers in external apps.
  • Drawing tool
  • Session saving
  • Knowtes App Store info…

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Koder

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Open in…, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Snippets
  • Preview browser with Firebug support
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Tabbed editing
  • (S)FTP Connection, FTPS/FTPES, Dropbox, iDisk, Local iPad folder
  • Zip file extraction
  • Koder App Store info…

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KWrite

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, PDF, Print, Markdown preview/export, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

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MarkdownNote

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, HTML Email, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

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MarkNote

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Copy HTML, HTML Email, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

  • Live Markdown preview when writing
  • Auto save
  • Preview themes, you can write a todo list with TopMarks theme
  • Dropbox sync support
  • Print and send email with html format
  • Support focus mode
  • Support undo and redo
  • Compatible with Apple Wireless Keyboard
  • MarkNote App Store info…

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MobileFolio

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Markdown and plain text editor
  • Supports multiple Dropbox accounts and auto syncs
  • Supports AES-128 and AES-256 bit file encryption and decryption
  • Export and import of files
  • Views and emails PDF, Microsoft Office Documents, Rich Text, Pictures and HTML files
  • Mail documents with inline HTML and attachments
  • Displays file details like character, word, line count and modified date
  • Bookmarks frequently accessed text files for quick input and viewing
  • MobileFolio App Store info…

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My Writing Spot

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, TextExpander, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count

Special Features

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MyEditor

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, In-document text search, Search and replace, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Clipboard history
  • Background clipboard monitoring in other apps
  • Cursor movement by swipe
  • Regular expressions
  • Character encoding conversion (UTF8/UTF16LE/UTF16BE/Shift-JIS/EUC-JP/ISO-2022-JP)
  • Document management with tags
  • Undo/redo from the toolbar
  • Process text with JavaScript via MyScripts app
  • MyEditor App Store info…

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Nebulous Notes

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Macros: navigation, wrapping and text insert shortcuts
  • Line-spacing
  • Word wrap cutoff
  • Custom CSS; Included Themes offer choices of fonts, backgrounds
  • Preview base url
  • Browse Dropbox folders
  • Auto-Sync with Dropbox
  • Pinch to change font size
  • Support for offline local copies of files.
  • Support for iOS "define"" popover"
  • Rename and Move Dropbox files
  • Sort files by modification date; alphabetically, ascending or descending
  • Nebulous Notes App Store info…

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NewPad

Standard features: iPad, HTML Email, Print, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

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Nocs

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Dual access: Dropbox and local
  • Access any Dropbox folder
  • Move files to/from Dropbox
  • 2 levels of custom CSS support: global and folder
  • Nocs App Store info…

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Notability

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Open in…

Special Features

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Note & Share

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Full-text file search, Char count

Special Features

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Notebook

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Email, TextExpander, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, URL handler(s)

Special Features

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Notebooks

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, WebDAV, iTunes, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, Desktop App

Special Features

  • SyncDocs is supported to share via Bonjour
  • Can be used as a task manager with context support
  • send tasks to OmniFocus, Things, Appigo Todo, Firetask, Ideabook, The Hit List
  • Supports folders, called Books in app.
  • Interprets correctly java scripts in the header of the html file, and then supports live rendering of LaTex through MathJax
  • Notebooks App Store info…

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Notefile

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Proprietary, Email, TextExpander, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Available as a Mac app, Dashboard widget, and iOS app
  • Notes sync automatically with iCloud or Junecloud sync
  • Share notes with iOS 6 sharing features
  • Open plain text files from other apps
  • Select equations to calculate directly in notes
  • Notefile App Store info…

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Notely

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • line count
  • file size
  • edit time
  • font selection
  • sort notes by name, date, size and type
  • Light and dark themes
  • Notely App Store info…

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Notesdeck

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, Proprietary, Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Appearance options, Full-text file search

Special Features

  • Link notes in Simplenote
  • Link notes in Dropbox (.txt)
  • Link notes in Evernote (read only)
  • Native notes stored in iCloud
  • Global search (search all linked services)
  • Auto-open to new note (optional)
  • Has Mac App
  • Share to Google Drive as .txt, Email
  • TextExpander Support
  • Customize fonts and colors
  • Sub-folders
  • Notesdeck App Store info…

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Notespark

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Proprietary, Email, TextExpander, Full-text file search

Special Features

  • Fast, secure syncing with Notespark.com
  • View and edit your notes on the Notespark website
  • Sync one set of notes flawlessly between multiple devices
  • No ads or subscription fees
  • Easy import of memos
  • Organize notes by tagging and starring
  • Clickable links for URLs, phone numbers, and addresses
  • Find notes by full text search
  • Sort notes by date or by title
  • Share notes with other Notespark users
  • Receive push notifications for shared & starred notes
  • Friendly interface for resolving editing conflicts
  • Send notes via email directly within Notespark
  • Supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion
  • Export all notes in .csv from web app
  • Notespark App Store info…

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Notesy

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Ability to set custom Markdown preview CSS
  • full screen view
  • fixed/variable width font selectable per note
  • Solarized and other themes
  • Sort by dates and names.
  • View non-text files (PDF, Pages, etc).
  • Multi-term and regex file searches
  • Notesy App Store info…

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nvNotes

Standard features: iPhone, Dropbox, iCloud, Email, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Full-text file search, Word count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Omnibox Search - Related notes appear as you type
  • Recognizes GTD contexts in titles for organization and search (e.g @home, @office)
  • Badge App Icon - Keep track of important tasks containing contexts e.g @today.
  • nvNotes App Store info…

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OmmWriter

Standard features: iPad, Plain text, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Desktop App

Special Features

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Paragraft

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iTunes, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Word count

Special Features

  • Sort paragraphs with drag and drop
  • Swipe to change headline level
  • Smart list continuation
  • Tagging
  • Word/graf count
  • Paragraft App Store info…

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Phraseology

Standard features: iPad, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Terminology integration
  • paragraph and sentence sorting
  • Twitter
  • Extensive document stats, including Flesch Kincaid and Fog/SMOG Index
  • Character, word, sentence count (part of document stats)
  • phraseology:// url handler
  • Phraseology App Store info…

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Pinyin Typist

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Plain text, Email, HTML Email, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row

Special Features

  • Enables quick and easy typing of Pinyin with diacritical tone marks
  • Add a tone mark with just a simple tap. (It’s even automatically added to the correct vowel of a final.)
  • Generates Unicode plain text, so any code comprised of that may be produced—HTML, Markdown, etc.
  • Can also be used for typing Cantonese Yale romanization
  • One-button copying of all the text in the Pinyin Typing tab view
  • Slider for changing the size of the text in the Pinyin Typing tab view
  • Buttons for directly inserting the text in the Pinyin Typing tab view into an HTML email or a tweet
  • Can save snippets, which can be reloaded, copied, emailed, and tweeted
  • Night mode
  • Display font for the text in the Pinyin Typing tab view can be selected from an extensive list
  • Pinyin Typist App Store info…

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PlainText

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, TextExpander, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

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Pop for iOS

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Plain text, Word count

Special Features

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Readdle Docs

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, WebDAV, iTunes, Proprietary, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Appearance options

Special Features

  • Primarily document viewer but has capable text file editor
  • Supports lots of online storage/transfer services including SFTP, FTP, SugarySync and Google Docs
  • PDF markup and annotation
  • Readdle Docs App Store info…

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Schreibkraft

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Page count, Reading time, Web Browser

Special Features

  • multilingual writing aid (suggestions, offline dictionaries)
  • sets diacritical marks automatically
  • Wikipedia/Wiktionary access
  • keys for various selection/cursor/other functionality
  • Schreibkraft App Store info…

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Scratch

Standard features: iPhone, Dropbox, Email, Markdown editing features, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Append to Dropbox files
  • Multiple toolbars
  • Customizable keyboard buttons
  • Export selection
  • Markdown list auto-complete
  • Scratch App Store info…

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Scribe

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Word count, Char count

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Scriptus

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Reading time

Special Features

  • Choose from all iOS fonts
  • keyboard helper
  • bullets for easy text entry
  • Take audio notes even with the app in background mode
  • Autosave
  • Control the app screen brightness without exiting the app
  • Undo/Redo system
  • Pinch zoom
  • Print, copy, email, plain text, TXT file, PDF file
  • Share to Facebook, Rwitter, Weibo, and 'Open in...'
  • Copy files to your computer via iTunes
  • Portuguese/English
  • Portrait and landscape
  • Retina display
  • Scriptus App Store info…

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Simplenote

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Proprietary, Plain text, Email, Print, TextExpander, Appearance options, In-document text search, Word count, Char count, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Markdown preview on webclient
  • notes can be tagged with keywords, no filesystem hierarchy
  • collaborative sharing
  • versions (Premium feature)
  • Sync via Simplenote service
  • Encryption (transfer, not storage)
  • Simplenote App Store info…

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Split Pea

Standard features: iPad, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Markdown preview/export, Full-text file search, Web Browser

Special Features

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Textastic iPad

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, WebDAV, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Web Browser, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Syntax Highlighting for code w/ TextMate syntax definitions and themes support
  • Themes
  • Upload/Download via FTP/SFTP/SCP/Dropbox/WebDAV
  • panning for text zooming
  • HTML (only?) live preview
  • RegEx Find and Replace
  • WebDAV server
  • Line numbers
  • Password Lock
  • Code Completion for HTML, CSS, PHP
  • Soft tab support (spaces instead of tab characters)
  • Configurable word wrap
  • Remote web view
  • Textastic iPad App Store info…

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Textastic iPhone

Standard features: iPhone, Dropbox, WebDAV, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Web Browser, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Syntax Highlighting for code w/ TextMate syntax definitions and themes support
  • Themes
  • Upload/Download via FTP/SFTP/SCP/Dropbox/WebDAV
  • panning for text zooming
  • HTML (only?) live preview
  • RegEx Find and Replace
  • WebDAV server
  • Line numbers
  • Password Lock
  • Code Completion for HTML, CSS, PHP
  • Soft tab support (spaces instead of tab characters)
  • Configurable word wrap
  • Remote web view
  • Textastic iPhone App Store info…

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TextCenter

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

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TextCrafter

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Plain text, Email, Appearance options, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Streamlined interface with shortcuts to common features
  • Choose between light and dark editing themes
  • Swipe left/right to move cursor, pinch for full screen mode
  • character count, words count, and SMS count
  • Post updates to multiple Facebook and Twitter accounts simultaneously
  • Support for long tweets up to 1000 characters (divided and posted)
  • Copy contact information directly from your address book
  • Insert your current location in multiple formats
  • Store small snippets of text for reuse
  • Shorten long links for use on Twitter or Facebook
  • Choose from hundreds of special characters and Emoji symbols
  • TextCrafter App Store info…

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Textforce

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Open in…, TextExpander, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Char count

Special Features

  • Keyboard row for navigation and selection
  • Recent documents/bookmarks
  • Regular expression support for search
  • 2-pane editor shows long file names without truncation (shrinks font size to fit)
  • Textforce App Store info…

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Textilus

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Search and replace, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, Page count, Reading time, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Create/edit MS Office RTF documents
  • Export PDF, RTF, TXT or HTML
  • Sync with Scrivener, iCloud, Dropbox or Evernote
  • Multi-language: Over 32 languages supported
  • In-app web browser
  • Import Microsoft Word or Plain text file format
  • Insert special characters and symbols
  • Textilus App Store info…

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Textkraft

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Page count, Reading time, Web Browser

Special Features

  • Rapid Memory Slots: Work on up to 5 documents at once.
  • Built-in dictionary with thesaurus, follow ups and more.
  • Spell-Aid Button: jumps to the next unknown word.
  • Integrated Wikipedia full-text search + other online-dics.
  • Cursor keys for easy text navigation.
  • Quick selection-marker for word, sentence and paragraph.
  • Undo/Redo- and history-function to test various phrasings.
  • Switch from upper to lower case with one tap.
  • Import & export with Dropbox, iCloud and iTunes.
  • Sharing text as attachment, e-mail or Twitter message.
  • Full support of all onscreen- and bluetooth-keyboards.
  • 10 typefaces to choose from.
  • Standard iPad auto corrections can be disabled.
  • Reading mode prevents accidental keyboard entries.
  • Tabulator and em dash keys.
  • Textkraft App Store info…

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Textly

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Plain text, Email, Print, Open in…, Appearance options

Special Features

  • Send to Day One
  • Send to Tweetbot
  • Send to Twitterrific
  • Send to Ominfocus
  • Send to Things
  • Send to Due
  • Customize Font
  • Textly App Store info…

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Threadnote

Standard features: iPhone, Proprietary, Plain text, Email, Open in…, TextExpander, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Take tweet-like notes
  • Auto-organizes notes by #topic, @person, and geolocation
  • Suggests @people from your Address Book
  • Clip URLs from Mobile Safari
  • Exports to plain text or Excel
  • Supported by Launch Center Pro
  • Share notes with more than a dozen note-taking apps
  • Sync with Simplenote
  • Threadnote App Store info…

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TopXNotes touch

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Proprietary, Plain text, HTML Email, Open in…, Appearance options, In-document text search, Full-text file search, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Unique one handed font resizing using one finger or thumb
  • Lined paper look with font and font size proportional spacing
  • WiFi Sync to TopXNotes Mac
  • NoteOrganizer with time/date column
  • TopXNotes touch App Store info…

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Trunk Notes

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, HTML Email, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search

Special Features

  • Wi-fi sharing
  • Wiki links
  • Custom CSS/Tag-specific CSS for export/preview
  • Audio recording/image attachments
  • Tagging
  • Geotagging
  • Snippets
  • header/footer
  • Encryption
  • Button to rotate headline level 0-3
  • Trunk Notes App Store info…

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UX Write

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, WebDAV, iTunes, Copy HTML, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, Markdown preview/export, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Styles
  • Outline editor
  • Table of contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Automatic numbering
  • Cross-references
  • Virtual trackpad
  • Enhanced auto correct
  • Automatic file synchronization
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • UX Write App Store info…

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Verses notebook

Standard features: iPhone, iPad

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Vim

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iTunes, Syntax Highlighting, In-document text search, Search and replace, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, Page count, Desktop App

Special Features

  • Vim 7.3-315
  • Plugins
  • syntax highlighting
  • Extensible with lua, which is quite useable on iOS
  • Vimscript works out of the box.
  • I can't seem to drag my .vim folder into iTunes file sharing
  • Vim App Store info…

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Werdsmith

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, iCloud, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Word count, Reading time

Special Features

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Wisdom Writer

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count

Special Features

  • Plain and rich text writing with formatting
  • 5 typefaces and 4 themes.
  • Create and design table like a Pro.
  • Export to PDF, RTF (Microsoft Word Compatible), HTML and TXT.
  • Copy formatted text to iOS mail app to email any part of your document.
  • PIN protection.
  • Full and smart undo/redo.
  • DropBox synchronization.
  • Local & Dropbox file manager.
  • Extra keyboard row & popup menu for quick access to writing & formatting features as well as extra symbol/characters.
  • Intuitive input system as you type, such as: bullet & numbering creation, heading, indent, etc.
  • Navigate document easily with dedicated navigation keys.
  • Full external keyboard and shortcut support.
  • Auto save.
  • View document outline and jump to any heading.
  • Live words & characters count.
  • Wisdom Writer App Store info…

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WordEver HD

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iCloud, iTunes, Proprietary, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count, Reading time, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Simplenote
  • The first word processor for the iPad with a completely redesigned keyboard (for English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish and Italian layout)
  • Swipe support for caps
  • Numeric keypad.
  • Support for the full version of Markdown markup (with tables, the full specification)
  • Integration with Dropbox and iCloud
  • Color themes for the convenience of the "day"" and ""night"" job"
  • Advanced cursor controls
  • Convenient file management for organizing files
  • Wide range of exports (pdf, markdown, html, rich text)
  • Counts characters, words, lines, paragraphs, and the estimated time of reading.
  • WordEver HD App Store info…

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Write 2

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Email, PDF, Print, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search

Special Features

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Write for Dropbox

Standard features: iPhone, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, Print, Open in…, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s)

Special Features

  • Write opens to a new blank note on launch
  • Automatic Dropbox Syncing
  • Full background support for uploading notes to Dropbox.
  • Clean distraction free interface.
  • Full Markdown support with ability to preview markdown even while writing.
  • A special markdown toolbar to make writing in markdown easy.
  • Insert images with absolute image URLs from your Dropbox account.
  • Full screen writing and reading.
  • Ability to click on links and phone numbers when in view mode.
  • An exclusive cursor trackpad and swipe selection.
  • Pull to Save and Pull to Delete.
  • Favourite the files you use frequently and access them quickly.
  • Quick look - A unique quick look inspired way to peek at contents of any file without opening it.
  • Custom Fonts
  • Brightness Control within application
  • Night Mode
  • Offline Support - Upload your changes to Dropbox next time you're connected.
  • 25+ ways to share your notes
  • Write for Dropbox App Store info…

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WriteRoom

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, PDF, Print, TextExpander, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Desktop App

Special Features

  • Word, line, paragraph count (tap on document title for menu, then Word Count for full dialog)
  • subfolders
  • Line-spacing
  • Full screen mode (iPad)
  • WriteRoom App Store info…

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WriteUp

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search, Word count, Char count, Page count, Reading time, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Ability to set custom Markdown preview CSS
  • subfolders
  • Twitter
  • Versions of the last 30 days
  • Solarized and other themes
  • Copy or mail note from list view
  • Smart list continuation
  • Tap left or right of text to move cursor (iPad)
  • Move note to different Dropbox folders
  • Reading mode
  • Favorite and pin notes to top, synced using iCloud.
  • Send to Omnifocus.
  • Publish to Tumblr.
  • Insert link and quote into note from web browser.
  • Send web pages to Instapaper and Pocket.
  • Upload images.
  • Insert image into note.
  • Markdown Extra
  • Move notes or folder to another location.
  • Swipe selection: 2 fingers move cursor, 3 fingers select text
  • Split view browsing
  • WriteUp App Store info…

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Writing

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Plain text, Email, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, Word count, Char count

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Writing Kit

Standard features: iPhone, iPad, Dropbox, Plain text, Copy HTML, Email, HTML Email, PDF, Print, Open in…, TextExpander, Markdown preview/export, Markdown editing features, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Word count, Char count, URL handler(s), Web Browser

Special Features

  • Image upload to CloudApp
  • Markdown TOC
  • Convert inline links to references
  • Evernote/Facebook/Twitter sharing
  • OmniFocus sync (title->action, body->note)
  • Line spacing
  • Built-in browser and DuckDuckGo quick search
  • Tap left and right sides to move cursor
  • Clever return
  • Built-in research function for quick look up of facts, conversions, dates, calculations, recipes, stocks, geography and more.
  • Supports Fountain screenwriting markup language
  • Terminology integration for looking up definitions and synonyms
  • kit:// url handler
  • Writing Kit App Store info…

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Writings

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Print, TextExpander, Appearance options, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Word count, Char count

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WWrite

Standard features: iPad, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Word count, Char count

Special Features

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WWriteFree

Standard features: iPad, iTunes, Plain text, Email, Word count, Char count

Special Features

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Yelena

Standard features: iPad, Dropbox, Appearance options, Syntax Highlighting, Extra Keyboard row, In-document text search, Full-text file search, Char count

Special Features

  • Syntax highlighting for many languages, including Markdown
  • Auto-formatting of HTML/JS/CSS code
  • Auto-indentation of code with tabs
  • Auto-closing of XML/HTML tags
  • Code completion
  • Smart, customizable keyboard for favorite keys
  • FTP/SFTP client
  • Remote invoke Ant targets for SFTP configuration
  • Dropbox support with change history/reversion
  • Color themes
  • Directory navigation/recent files
  • Image viewer
  • Undo/Redo of changes
  • Line numbers
  • Yelena App Store info…

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