apps / 1606625287
Subtext
Charcoal Design · Developer Tools · Free · US storefront
- rating
- 4.5 ★
- ratings
- 73
- updated
- May 30, 2026
- released
- Feb 1, 2022
v1.2.4
visible word pool · 1 words
title 7/30 chars · subtitle unavailable
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Subtext is a simple, no-frills text editor for iPhone and iPad. Create or edit files directly on your device or in iCloud, with no need to import or export. Includes advanced features such as line ending and character set encoding control. Perfect for making quick edits to code or data files on the go!
latest US reviews
★★★★★
One flaw
Subtext is a perfect example of a developer successfully coding a slim, efficient, easy to use, and very popular text editor. UPDATE: minus two stars - no way to copy/paste without line numbers.
— donmontalvo
★★★★★
Perfect for all text editing
I used this to quickly edit small CSS and JavaScript files too. Despite the small size this is the best simple text edit app by far. Tried 3 other apps today and deleted them all to return to Subtext. Don’t bother with others, this is what you want.
— WilmaShin
★★★★★
You will lose your work
How am I supposed to review this? It is, in fact, the only .txt editor on the app store without an insane price tag, or clearly unneeded fluff added. But three times now, it has failed to save my work, and I’ve lost what I was working on. It’s not a crash, the app doesn’t close,…
— robotkarma
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