Moving your notes to plain text might take a while, but once you’ve done so, you have flexibility. Since 2016, Information Architects has made it available for free on the Google Play Store with optional in-app purchases. The reason we’re highlighting it for Android is because, despite its bugs, IA Writer is by far the best Markdown-enabled text editor we’ve encountered on that platform.įor years, IA Writer sold for various different prices on the Google Play Store. IA Writer is available on most platforms on this list with the exception of Linux. It also has several color schemes including a dark mode. The app supports syncing with Dropbox, iOS URL schemes, and iOS sharing. One of the best is 1Writer, which offers some of the best search functionality of any of the apps we’ve tested for iOS.ġWriter costs $4.99 in the App Store, but there are no in-app purchases.
There are a ton of text editors with support for Markdown and Dropbox sync on iOS. If you use Atom already, this is a great option that also works on Windows and Mac.Īlso read: 10 of the Best Note-Taking Apps for iOS This is based on Notational Velocity and supports many of the same features. Install the Atom text editor, then install the Atom Notes extension. If you’d rather store plain text files, you have another option, but it’s slightly more complex. The interface works the same everywhere, so you don’t have to worry about remembering what key does what on different platforms. Simplenote has apps available for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS, so you’re covered everywhere. The easiest way is to use the official Simplenote app, assuming you don’t mind syncing via Simplenote. If you want to use Linux, your options are a bit limited compared to other platforms. For syncing, you can either use Simplenote or plain text files in a synced folder. It’s still quick and easy to create a note, and searching works exactly as you’d expect. Instead of creating a note by searching, you instead hit Ctrl + N. Your notes are displayed on the left, while the note you’re editing shows on the right. The interface ResophNotes uses should be immediately recognizable if you’ve used Notational Velocity or NValt. ResophNotes is essentially a clone of Notional Velocity for Windows, and it does what it does quite well. Since NValt is Mac-only, you’ll need a different app for Windows. If what you type doesn’t match a note, hit Enter, and it will create a note with that as the title. You can sync with Simplenote or store your notes in a folder synced with Dropbox or another service to access your notes on different devices.īoth searching and creating new notes are done the same way. On the bottom or on the right is the note you’re currently editing. You have a pane either on top or on the left that shows you a list of your notes. This is also fairly up to date, meaning it will work better on recent macOS versions. NValt is, as the name implies, a fork of Notational Velocity that adds MultiMarkdown support. The reason is that many of the apps on this list look to Notational Velocity, a Mac app, for inspiration. There’s a distinct reason that we’re starting with Mac. All you need is an app that makes it easy to create, edit, and search your notes. You can be pretty sure you’ll be able to open a plain text file in twenty years, which is something you can’t say about many file types. There’s a simple alternative to these apps: plain text.
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