iA Writer | Word/Office | |
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Created | 2010 | 1983 |
Price | $29.99 PC
$29.99 Mac $29.99 iOS $29.99 Android |
$129.99 PC $99.-/year $299.- Home $399.- Pro |
Output | Multichannel | Print/PDF |
Purpose | Writing | Writing, Layout |
Sold | 2 Million × | 2 Billion × |
Users | 500,000 | 70 Million |
Format | .txt | .docx |
Reading | Writing | |
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Tempo | Fast | Slow |
Process | Linear | Iterative |
Design | Fixed | Liquid |
iA Writer | MS Word | |
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Layout | Screen layout | Print Design |
Look+feel | Digital | Paper |
Character | Focus Mode | Panels |
Text size | Dynamic | Print size |
Structure | Via Keyboard | Point+click |
Input | Mostly keys | Mouse, keys |
Output | .txt | .docx |
HTML/CSS/PDF | .docx/PDF | |
Multichannel | Printing |
Plain Text | .DocX | |
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Weight | Minimal | Heavy |
Readability | 100% | Dependencies |
Sharing | 100% | Dependencies |
“iA Writer is an example of how powerful simplicity and accessibility can be for creating commercially successful interfaces, applications or services.” –The Guardian “Everything goes away, except the Writing Experience” –Stephen Fry “Your program is the single most useful and remarkably clever—invisibly so—device for writing that I can name.” –Augusten BurroughsIn consequence, Word needs an infinite number of features. The upside is that it lets you do anything you like. In return, it is slow, complex and heavy. iA Writer is focused on writing, designed to be fast, simple and light. If you need an app that lets you design, program, comment and format text, Microsoft Word is hard to beat. If all you want to do is write, you should give iA Writer a try.