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title: "iA Writer - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in New Zealand | Apple App Store"
description: "“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker  “My favorite iOS app for writing in Markdown, without question, is iA Writer. iA Writer is just beautiful. To me, it’s the gold stan"
---

# iA Writer — New Zealand
> Get focused, enjoy writing

![iA Writer App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/c3/46/41/c3464188-7417-632c-7fb9-0fae5ed93afe/Icon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-11-0-0-P3-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Information Architects](https://apptail.io/developer/information-architects-CYJ) (United States)
**Category:** Productivity
**Rating:** 4.7/5 (22 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** pro.writer
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** New Zealand
**Version:** 7.3.4 (released 2026-02-09)
**Original Release:** 2013-12-19
**Languages:** Chinese, Korean, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/app/id775737172)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/new-zealand](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/new-zealand)

## iA Writer Description
“Leaving life’s mess for an ideal realm of words.” —The New Yorker

“My favorite iOS app for writing in Markdown, without question, is iA Writer. iA Writer is just beautiful. To me, it’s the gold standard for Markdown syntax styling... an elegant champagne flute. That’s iA Writer for me.” —John Gruber

“iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus on your words.” —The New York Times

“iA Writer is an example of how powerful simplicity and accessibility can be.” —The Guardian

“iA Writer is all about textual production—writing this phrase, this sentence, this word at this moment.” —WIRED

4 x Best of App Store Winner

# The Simple Writing App
iA Writer removes distractions. Giving you a calm, focused, writing space, so you can express yourself clearly.

# Focus
Focus Mode dims everything but the current sentence or paragraph, helping you stay in the flow.

# Start
Don’t worry about the format. First, write in plain text. Then preview in HTML. 

# Organize
Search, sort, and quickly swap between documents from different clouds.

# Customize
When you tap and hold a key in the command keyboard, you’re given the chance to choose your own layout. Rearrange your keys, or pick new ones from the extensive list.

# Search
You can open documents and launch frequent actions in no time with the new Quick Search. It lives in the keyboard so it’s always close at hand.

# Work
iA Writer includes an inverted light-on-dark-mode, perfect for working day and night.

# Clean
Spot superfluous adjectives, weak verbs, repetitive nouns, false conjunctions and clean your text of the usual rumble. 

# Shape
Customize your templates and export to WordPress or Medium, HTML, Microsoft Word (.docx), or PDF. 

# 100% Text
Embed links, pictures, tables and text files in plain text and see them in preview.

# Get in Touch
- Visit ia.net/writer for more information
- Visit ia.net/writer/support for support and feedback

## iA Writer Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/f8/59/1a/f8591a0b-31f6-00a4-b40c-b5b1da76c279/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_01.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c7/d7/4c/c7d74cfc-c759-b013-c54d-a45693ceb89e/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_02.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1c/8e/5b/1c8e5b6b-c614-5e98-2c4d-b036aa851329/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_03.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/79/37/c4/7937c428-9905-1e54-579c-151db18e6250/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_04.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/0c/02/94/0c029466-1299-c50b-df51-f00593950108/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_05.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/80/3f/3e/803f3ebc-111a-52a7-c183-3dd8e12faefe/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_06.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/0a/b0/88/0ab08898-1890-b8e6-cf81-0fdd1e22b938/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_07.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/3e/ec/f4/3eecf432-1458-e6a5-75b7-ad593b869f96/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_08.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/8e/cd/b2/8ecdb2f4-0b64-cc2b-f110-1a3f42f95ed3/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_09.png/2732x2048.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/59/0c/a4/590ca49e-05d9-b5b8-85e0-38b6727964a3/iPad_Pro__U002812.9-inch_U0029__U00286th_generation_U0029_10.png/2732x2048.png)

## iA Writer Rating Breakdown in New Zealand
- 5 stars: 18 (82%)
- 4 stars: 2 (9%)
- 3 stars: 1 (5%)
- 2 stars: 1 (5%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)

## iA Writer Reviews in New Zealand

### ***** "Great App"
Beautiful clean app for when you need to focus on writing only
-- MaxLemesh, 2023-12-03

### **--- "Not as polished as marketing promises. No manual for Editor?"
I was sold by the slick marketing and videos only to find the same clunky "sidebar" based interface generic to all ios apps and equally awkward "pulldown" menu. Once a file is opened there seems to be no way to actually get rid of its Editor window. That window will always be available/open unless you physically delete the file. I opened a file the first day I've downloaded the app and its Editor window is still open and no way to close it. The pulldown "delete" option does nothing. I've tried numerous ways to get it to do something but the only thing it will "delete" is a newly created and unnamed/unsaved buffer. The "swipe left to preview/swipe right for library" was also a nice selling point but the reality I'm finding is once you swipe to preview and swipe back to continue editing, the library bar on the side and the top menu both appear and you have to swipe the sidebar closed and tap the screen again to make the top bar disappear. This happens in both Focus and non-Focus modes. It's too much of a distraction, both visually and functionally, to be useful in the way it's been portrayed in the marketing (which is a smooth "edit/swipe/preview/swipe/continue editing"). All that said, I admit there's a strong case for user error on my part... When you go to the support/manual page for "Editor" it says "Coming soon...". So I can't, learn how it's supposed to work (on iPad). Really? This program has been around for years and I'm to believe there's no manual on how to use the main selling point feature (the Editor)? Am I missing something?
-- gtrdood, 2022-12-08

### ***** "Amazing"
I’ve used iA Writer from the start and I’ve loved it the whole time. Attention to detail, and constant, well thought improvements.
-- Mayhemmad, 2020-05-24

### ***-- "Ok"
Did use it regularly once upon a time... got too intricate... I use it now and again as have material on it.... 
I see you have put lots of new bits and pieces... be interesting see how we go.  Will rate you again once have used it for a while.
-- theoneatone, 2019-06-23

### ***** "Lovely"
iA writer has grown into a lovely writing app, which I much much prefer to Ulysses (or any other iOS writing app): files have real names; backup is to iCloud Drive where I can see my documents and can back them up to my PC; does markdown tables; can have html in the markdown; custom templates (style sheets) are standard CSS; is easy to embed (and change) pictures, csv files & code files; useful extra keys; preview is instant (swipe) and the editor and preview stay in sync both ways, a nice touch.
-- Peterdhop, 2016-12-03

### ***** "the"
Great app! Very helpful for my lifestyle.
-- Hopenoonehastakenthisnickname, 2015-03-17

### *---- "$20 wasted"
You are much better off with the basic version of IA Writer. The three different "writing modes" are literally just three different folders (which you could create in virtually any other writer application) - the only difference between them is they use different fonts or have editing rights turned-off.

Pitching this product as some sort of writing revolution is just playing an expensive joke on writers.

I regret this purchase.
-- Michael Emery, 2014-01-28

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## iA Writer Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Norway | Productivity | #2 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Productivity | #6 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Productivity | #6 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Productivity | #11 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Productivity | #14 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Productivity | #18 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Productivity | #20 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Productivity | #23 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Productivity | #24 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Productivity | #25 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Productivity | #26 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Productivity | #28 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Productivity | #29 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Productivity | #29 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Productivity | #30 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Productivity | #33 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Productivity | #33 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Productivity | #36 |
| Top Paid | France | Productivity | #37 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Productivity | #38 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Productivity | #39 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Productivity | #40 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Overall | #42 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Productivity | #42 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Productivity | #43 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Productivity | #44 |
| Top Paid | United States | Productivity | #44 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Productivity | #46 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Productivity | #47 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Productivity | #47 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Productivity | #48 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Productivity | #48 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Productivity | #48 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Productivity | #49 |
| Top Paid | Algeria | Productivity | #51 |
| Top Paid | India | Productivity | #52 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Productivity | #56 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Productivity | #57 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Productivity | #58 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Productivity | #58 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Productivity | #59 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Overall | #59 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Productivity | #61 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Productivity | #62 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Productivity | #62 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Productivity | #63 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Productivity | #65 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Productivity | #66 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Productivity | #66 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Productivity | #68 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Productivity | #68 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Productivity | #68 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Productivity | #70 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Productivity | #71 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Overall | #72 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Productivity | #72 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Productivity | #74 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Productivity | #74 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Productivity | #75 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Overall | #77 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Productivity | #77 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Productivity | #92 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Productivity | #106 |
| Top Paid | China | Productivity | #115 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Overall | #141 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Overall | #223 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Overall | #261 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Overall | #264 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Overall | #298 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Overall | #359 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Overall | #359 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Overall | #360 |
| Top Paid | France | Overall | #367 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Overall | #382 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Overall | #389 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Overall | #434 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Overall | #452 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Overall | #459 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Overall | #482 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Overall | #487 |

## iA Writer Discovered Keywords
- ai writer
- ia writer
- mitypewriter
- ai story writer
- text processing

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## iA Writer Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/germany)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/united-kingdom)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/china)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/japan)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/canada)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/france)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/russia)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/italy)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/switzerland)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/australia)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/spain)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/mexico)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/netherlands)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/brazil)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/sweden)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/poland)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/austria)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/india)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/south-korea)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/taiwan)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/belgium)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/denmark)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/norway)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/portugal)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/singapore)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/ukraine)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/czechia)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/hong-kong)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/turkey)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/ireland)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/finland)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/new-zealand)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/argentina)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/peru)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/colombia)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/south-africa)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/chile)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/greece)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/israel)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/indonesia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/hungary)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/malaysia)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/croatia)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/romania)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/thailand)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/vietnam)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/philippines)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/united-arab-emirates)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/slovakia)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/estonia)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/lithuania)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/kenya)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/dominican-republic)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/egypt)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/belarus)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/saudi-arabia)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/latvia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/azerbaijan)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/slovenia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/nigeria)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/bulgaria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/ecuador)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/kuwait)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/luxembourg)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/iceland)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/uruguay)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/mauritius)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/pakistan)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/kazakhstan)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/algeria)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/panama)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/lebanon)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/madagascar)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/north-macedonia)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/malta)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/namibia)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/jordan)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/nepal)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/honduras)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/paraguay)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/qatar)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/cyprus)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/armenia)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/brunei)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/tunisia)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/bahrain)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/barbados)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/uzbekistan)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/angola)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/ia-writer-fekb/sri-lanka)

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