The biggest advantage that this app has over iA Writer is Markdown preview. I get why the developers did it this way – to make the overall writing experience be better by allowing you to focus on the words – but having a bit more contrast wouldn’t hurt. While I appreciate the elegance of the shortcut bar appearance, I feel that the color of it is too light I don’t have problems seeing it, but others might. It would be nice if users could customize what they want to appear in the shortcut bar, and I think the developers should take that into consideration. What’s strange, though, is that the app does not have shortcuts for other common punctuation marks, such as commas and apostrophes. Both of these shortcut bars will have access to the undo, arrows (for moving the cursor between characters), and hiding the keyboard option (on the iPhone) buttons. The second will feature buttons for adding hashes (for headers) to the beginning of that paragraph, links (with whatever is last on your device’s clipboard automatically inserted, but you can edit it later), images, and bulleted lists. There are actually two different shortcut views, with the first featuring easy access to indentations, parentheses and brackets, quotation marks, and asterisks.
#Byword ipad full#
While writing, the app goes into full screen mode, and you'll even get a nice addition on top of the traditional keyboard.Īt first, this addition will show you your word count (tap to reveal character count, or both at once), but you can swipe to access Markdown shortcuts. The appearance of Byword is a bit different than iA Writer, and actually reminded me a bit of Elements from Second Gear. A huge bonus to Byword is that there is the ability to search through your documents (document titles only), and you can quickly sort your files by date or name.Īs you create documents in Byword for iOS, you'll find the experience to be phenomenal. With the iPhone, you’ll have to navigate between screens due to the limited screen estate, but there is an intuitive swipe gesture on both versions to quickly navigate between browsing and editing. On the iPad, you will have two panes, with your file list on the left, and the document on the right. With Byword, you have easy access to your files while viewing your documents.
However, you can only use one or the other, unlike iA Writer, which allows you to use both simultaneously, as well as store local documents. What if iCloud sync isn’t your thing? There is Dropbox support as well, and this allows you to utilize folders (no folders in iCloud). This is definitely some effortless syncing, which should ease your troubles as you write. Byword also seems to be quick to push changes to other devices if the viewed document is currently being edited. In fact, on the Mac, if you exit out of a document without saving, the changes are pushed to iCloud anyway, so you can easily just pick up where you left off on your iOS device. Changes from your iPhone or iPad are saved quickly, and even from the Mac. So far, the iCloud sync is stable and works.
#Byword ipad pro#
Of course, with iCloud sync, I had to use Byword on my MacBook Pro once again (I’ve had it for a long time, but I simply preferred to do my writing in iA Writer on Mac). Also, it's inevitable to make comparisons between these two apps, since they are considered "rival" apps. However, I can't resist new text editors for iOS, so I was thrilled when I learned that Byword was available once again, after being released on Saturday and then being pulled for less-than-stellar performance relating to iCloud sync (it wasn't ready at the time). If you didn't already know, I was quite enthusiastic about iA Writer that just recently came out with an iPhone version of their app (it was previously iPad only).
#Byword ipad mac#
is a minimalist writing app for your iPhone and iPad with full support for Markdown syntax, along with a companion Mac app (sold separately).
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