Support for Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box is already available with more providers coming soon. Version 5 adds support for iOS11’s Files system, allowing users to open and edit text files from any storage provider that works with Files. It also introduces Smart Folders which can be created based on a set of rules. This release adds new organization features that allow users to select multiple files and folders and move, rename, or delete them from the Library. This allows users to quickly do things like create new files, switch to night mode, and export to PDF without leaving the keyboard. The app’s creators said the goal of the design process was to “allow the writer to do everything without leaving the keyboard, including file handling, export, and all commands.” The new Quick Search feature is now built into the keyboard bar along with with a fully configurable keyboard. Version 5 focuses on making everything accessible through the keyboard by bringing the Open Quickly feature in iA Writer for Mac to iOS. In April 2016, version 3.1.4 for Mac and iOS introduced publishing drafts to and Jetpack-powered sites. It’s also a favorite among WordPress users who look to third-party apps for to provide a more focused, distraction-free writing environment. IA Writer is a plain text writing and editing app that is popular with authors, academics, and long-form writers. The free Android version of the app is receiving incremental improvements that will bring it to parity with version 5 in the near future.

iA Writer 5 for Mac is still in the works. This update is free for those who purchased version 4 from the iOS App Store. IA Writer 5 for iOS was released last week, nearly a year after version 4.

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