apps / 1572202501
Plain Text Editor
Simple notepad
Sindre Sorhus · Productivity · $5.00 · US storefront
- rating
- 4.4 ★
- ratings
- 9
- updated
- Apr 26, 2026
- released
- Oct 25, 2022
v1.9.0
visible word pool · 5 words
title 17/30 chars · subtitle 14/30 chars
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Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature. ■ Highlights - No formatting. Just text. - Edit any plain text file like .txt, .csv, .md, etc - Optimal line spacing and length - Word count - Brain dump mode ■ Known issues The app does not have the ability to print because of iOS limitations. Brain dump mode does not work properly with some Asian languages. ■ Brain dump mode Lets you only write, but not delete or edit. This…
latest US reviews
★★★★★
THANK YOU!
Hey Apple, was this so hard?
— Royalstream
★★★★★
It does nothing, which is perfect.
It is crazy how hard it is to find an app for iOS that will take my text and not apply formatting to it. Plain text editor saves the day, by doing nothing. Not mangling my text, not applying formatting, not replacing my 2 dashes with an emdash, not carrying over a font or font…
— Slim chedda
★★★★★
straight-up perfection
literally nothing more I could ask for… beautifully plain, fully-featured, reliable.
— chel-c.fox
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