iA Writer

iA Writer
Developer(s) Information Architects Inc.
Initial release May 28, 2011 (2011-05-28)
Stable release 3.1 / February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)
Written in Cocoa
Operating system Mac OS X
Size 8.9MB
License Proprietary software
Website www.ia.net
iA Writer for iPad and iPhone
Developer(s) Information Architects Inc.
Initial release September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22)
Stable release 3.1 / February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)
Written in Cocoa
Operating system iOS
Size 24.6MB
License Proprietary software
Website www.ia.net

iA Writer is a minimalist text editor for OS X and iOS developed by Information Architects Incorporated. The idea of iA Writer is "to keep you focused on just writing". iA Writer has been "downloaded 600,000 times by everyone from hobbyist writers to the bestselling author Augusten Burroughs."[1] It is the top selling text editor in the App Store behind Apple's own Pages application.

iA Writer has a typical layout using what the authors call "writing typography", and is characterized by a monospaced font (Nitti),[2] a blue cursor, and a gray background color. iA Writer comes without preferences to avoid procrastination in the settings panel.[3] The lack of settings has been subject to some criticism, but the absence of settings is a declared component of the core concept and, among other things, is part of the reason for the success of iA Writer.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "With iA Writer's Oliver Reichenstein: How He Got To 400,000 Downloads With A Super Simple App". Business Insider.
  2. ↑ "iA Writer App", Fonts in Use
  3. ↑ "iPad app takes distraction-free writing to another level". MacWorld.
  4. ↑ "iA Writer simplicity at its core". Michael Whitehouse.

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