Imagine a place where all you can do is write.
You are fully focused to say clearly what you mean. No buttons, no popups, no title bar. Just you and your words.
Since 2012, helping over 2 million writers focus
Four-time App of the Year, and Apple Design Award Finalist
New York
Times
Focus Mode keeps you in the flow.
It highlights the sentence or paragraph you're working on and fades everything else. Writing well requires your full, undivided attention.
Writing well is not a matter of the right app, the perfect font or a certain tool. It requires focus—good writing needs your full, undivided attention.
If you want to write well—in fact, if you want to do anything well—you need to concentrate.
There are many ways to succeed at writing, and there are even more ways to fail. However, successful writing is never a matter of luck. To write well, you need to be fully awake, dead serious and unconditionally enjoy what you do—like a child, when it plays.
Who is iA Writer for?
Editor Tools
Inspired by code editors, Syntax Highlight uncovers your blind spots.
See the structure.
See how sentences are built: what sharpens, what moves, and what connects. Spot patterns.
Use it like a pro.
Experienced writers think in structures. They write in actions not in nouns.
Authorship
Did I write this? Was it Claude? iA Writer tracks and shows what you typed and what you pasted.
What we wrote vs copied.
Our own words speak in solid white. AI stands out in faded color.
Make it your own.
Don't let AI speak for you. Challenge it, reevaluate it, rewrite it.
100% Plain Text
iA Writer separates writing from formatting. So you can focus on one at a time.
# 1. Down the Rabbit Hole
## Into the rabbit hole
Alice is feeling bored and drowsy while sitting on the riverbank with her elder sister who is reading a book with no pictures or conversations...
1. Down the Rabbit Hole
Into the rabbit hole
Alice is feeling bored and drowsy while sitting on the riverbank with her elder sister who is reading a book with no pictures or conversations...
Write first, style later. You write in plain text, using Markdown. Switch to Preview to see it styled. Once you've set your template you never have to think of design again.
Export made simple. Markdown keeps your words portable. Simply copy and paste. When needed, you can copy as HTML, or export it to PDF or Word.
Why not just use Word? It has more features. Let's look at the difference:
Writing well is not a matter of the right app, the perfect font or a certain tool...
There are many ways to succeed at writing, and there are even more ways to fail. To write well, you need to be fully awake...
Writing well is not a matter of the right app, the perfect font or a certain tool...
There are many ways to succeed at writing, and there are even more ways to fail. To write well, you need to be fully awake...
iA Writer has fewer features, by design. But each one is intentional, built for focus, and made to help you write better. Nothing distracts, nothing decorates.
Word Processors fill the screen with fonts, styles, and toolbars. Instead of thinking about what to say, you start worrying about how it looks. Features that matter for writing are missing.
Cross Platform
Multiplatform. Available for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad.
macOS & iOS
Native applications built specifically for the Apple ecosystem. Lightning fast, utilizing iCloud for seamless sync.
Windows
A meticulously crafted Windows experience that brings the famous Focus Mode to PC users.
Cloud & Export
Sync via iCloud or Google Drive. Export natively to WordPress, Ghost, Medium, PDF, HTML, and Microsoft Word.
Is iA Writer right for you?
The Pros
- Unmatched distraction-free environment forces you to write.
- Syntax Highlight and Style Check actively improve your prose.
- No subscriptions. Pay once, own it forever per platform.
- Authorship tracking brilliantly separates AI from your own voice.
The Cons
- No complex formatting tools (by design).
- Requires purchasing separate licenses for Mac, Windows, and iOS.
- Strictly local/cloud-file based; no web-app login available.
Since 2012 iA Writer has helped over two million writers focus and express their thoughts.
"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... The best way I can put it is that iA Writer is a classy app. That's iA Writer for me."
"I'm dyslexic, and I found other writing tools such as Pages and Microsoft Word very difficult to use... I've been using iA Writer for about two years now, and personally, I find it much easier to write. Markdown forces me to focus on my writing, making the process a lot easier for me."
"Like many professional writers, I reluctantly used Microsoft Word... When I write, I want to be able to concentrate on ideas, words, phrases and storylines. Since I discovered iA Writer, I've used it as my main writing tool. There's no noise, no interference and no clutter."
"I write academic papers, translations, book chapters, and the like using iAW. The beauty and clarity of the tool imparts a measure of beauty and clarity to my prose... iA Writer is easily one of my most important and beloved tools."
Pay once, own it forever.
No subscriptions. Each version is made for its platform: fast, focused, and private.
Not sure yet? Start with a free 14-day trial for Mac or Windows. No sign-up, no ads, no strings attached.
