「如果你在找一個介面更簡單的寫作應用程式，試試 iA Writer 吧！畫面乾淨簡約，連按鈕和控制選項都很少，寫作介面看起來就像傳統打字機，連字型都像。這款應用程式最聰明的功能是「專注模式」，可以擋掉一切紛擾，讓畫面上只剩下你正在撰寫的句子或段落，就像用傳統打字機打字時，眼睛只會看到紙上的字一樣。iA Writer 也提供另一個聰明選項，能用不同醒目顏色標示出形容詞、名詞、動詞等不同詞性，以免過度修飾文字。如果要預覽一下成品，可以使用視覺簡約模式，文件會以傳統印刷書籍的格式顯示。當然，這個應用程式也提供一些傳統的文字處理功能，比如尋找及取代，也可以將文字匯出成與其他文書處理器相容的格式，包括 Microsoft Word。」 –〈如今，在地鐵上也能寫出《美國小說名著》了〉

「不論是學生、專業人士或滿懷抱負的作家，對寫作者來說，沒有什麼比全白的頁面更自由 (或更嚇人) 了。iA Writer Pro 堅守此原則，並將空白頁擴大為整個畫面，把其他應用程式和功能表列通通掃到一邊，為使用者排除一切干擾。不過，厲害之處不僅如此，你還可使用語法醒目提示功能標示出形容詞、名詞、動詞、副詞和其他術語，寫出更清楚的文章。少點修飾，多點嚴謹，琢磨出最貼切的動詞，讓文章字字珠璣。」 –〈新 Mac 必安裝 10 大最佳應用程式〉

「說到近幾年成功的 iPad 文字處理應用程式，iA Writer 一定榜上有名。和一些更複雜的程式相比，iA Writer 捨棄所有選項、字型選擇、干擾和校訂，一次只做一件事，反而贏得無數粉絲的心，而發明這個應用程式的 Oliver Reichenstein，也將之比喻為瑞士刀中的解剖刀。iA Writer 完美示範如何充分發揮極簡與輔助功能的優勢，打造出商業上大獲成功的介面、應用程式或服務。即使初次踏進軟體世界，面對各種頂尖重量級軟體，想必也能體會簡約介面的美妙。」 –〈極簡設計才是經典不敗的秘訣〉

「Writer 和 Pages 不同，它不是桌面版的出版應用程式。在輸入文字的簡易校訂或重新編排方面，它甚至算不上一種文字編輯器。開啟「專注模式」時，連拼字檢查或剪貼功能都沒有，從到到尾都只有文字──就是要你專注於當下所寫的這個短句、這個句子、這個詞。正如開發者所言：『我們的構想就是在你靈感卡卡時，開啟它，擋掉其他所有干擾。』這個應用程式沒什麼自訂的空間，但同樣的，這才是重點所在。打字時，不必再為了調整邊界或字型胡搞瞎搞：我們都幫你選好了，而且已針對螢幕大小調整為最佳化設定。」 –〈Writer for iPad：追求專注、美麗與簡約〉

「…乾淨、零干擾的環境… 專為 Markdown 愛好者打造的純文字編輯器。」 –〈寫出動人作品的好幫手〉

「iA Writer 最主要的功能，就是沒有太多功能。這個程式主要就是個白色矩形，使用者只能在矩形裡用自訂等寬字型打字。沒有頁首、頁尾、繪圖工具或囉嗦的 Office 小幫手，只有最簡單的介面，使用 Markdown 這個簡單的格式語言，以特殊字元調整粗體、斜體或其他轉換文字──這種方法鼓勵寫作者將雙手好好放在鍵盤上，全神貫注地寫作。」 –〈「零干擾」裝置會改變我們寫作的方式嗎？〉

“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 — great colors, real italic and bold styling for _italic_ and **bold** spans, and, my very favorite touch, outdented #’s for headings. iA Writer is even so presumptuous as to only use its own custom typefaces: Mono, Duo, and Quattro. But they pull it off — all three of iA Writer’s typefaces are very good (I’m a Duo man myself). The best way I can put it is that iA Writer is a classy app. BBEdit and MarsEdit are like pint glasses or coffee mugs. Occasionally, though, the mood calls for an elegant champagne flute. That’s iA Writer for me.” –John Gruber, Creator of Markdown

“Like many professional writers, I reluctantly used Microsoft Word, and Apple’s Pages worked slightly better for me, but I still felt that it had too many distractions. When I write, I want to be able to concentrate on ideas, words, phrases and storylines. The last thing I need is software nagging me with features irrelevant to the writing process. Since I discovered iA Writer, I’ve used it as my main writing tool. It has the simplicity of a typewriter, which is why I love it. It’s just letters, sentences and paragraphs that form angles, headlines, narratives, articles and scripts. There’s no noise, no interference and no clutter. There’s also no hiding from what you really need to do, which is to wrestle with words and craft a compelling read.” –Dimitri Michels, Senior Copywriter, Amsterdam.

“I’m not a professional writer, but I write for recreation and the cleanness of the iA writer platform really helps me get into a mood where writing is relaxing. I used to write in MS Word, Pages and Google Docs. But writing felt very structured and less driven by creativity. After finding iA Writer, writing has become more of a flow. I find I’m not concerned at all by end formatting or choosing a font. And I’m not distracted by menu bars, which is a plus when working on a smaller screen like an iPad Pro.” –Kenneth Saw, Project Manager, Australia.

“My creative writing work was a disorganized mess of files before iA Writer. Finding iA Writer brought clarity, organization, and regular, focused writing. I have written the best poetry of my life in iA Writer.” –Dan Knauss, Web Designer, Writer, Canada.

“As a volunteer, I teach a course in programming and general nerdiness to a group of children on the autistic spectrum. It turned out that it wasn’t all that easy to find the right course material and I ended up writing it myself and turning it into something of a proper book. Seeing the children actually use my material and improve themselves, having fun with it, changed something in me, but I think also in those children. Some of them really found their future in what we were teaching them. I doubt that I would’ve undertaken writing that course material if I wasn’t confident that my editor wouldn’t be in my way.” –David van Gemeren, Creative Director, Netherlands.

“Before I started using iA Writer I was, to put it bluntly, all over the place and too easily distracted. Writer changed all that for me. I immediately fell in love with the beautiful streamlined look and feel of the app. No distractions, a beautiful uncluttered look and an elegant typeface. This all meant that the writing flowed more easily. The year after iA Writer was launched, I used it to write a story which was performed on the radio, and at a literary festival, winning a major radio award here in Ireland. That story pretty much was the real start of my writing life. Since then I have had many short stories, poems and non-fiction articles published and broadcast on national and local radio.” -Patrick Griffin, Writer, Ireland

“Before iA Writer, I didn’t really write much. But at some point I was looking for a simple Markdown editor. Three years later, I find myself using this editor to think. I write my process, then grind over it to find flaws until I make things clear. The documents I deliver to my team benefit from this too. But the outcome I had never expected was something else. I just began writing fiction. I can not recall why or when, I had not put two words together for pure leisure probably since I was twelve, but suddenly, I felt compelled, there was something inside me trying to get out, and now a monster of hundreds of thousands of words is taking all my free time, and I am happier than ever. I started writing a thriller, spies in the middle of a made-up war in the nineties. But this year real life struck me hard and I switched to romance, looking for something cheerier. Also with spies, of course. One can never get enough spies in a story. I will never know whether iA Writer had anything to do with this or not, but I feel confident it did because I had not felt so comfortable using a piece of software before. It doesn’t get in my way, it is calm but inviting, inspiring in its raw elegance. It just feels right. I dare to say iA Writer helped me see how much I can love writing.” -Inmaculada Bermejo Salar, UX Designer, Writer, Spain

“I’m dyslexic, and I found other writing tools such as Pages and Microsoft Word very difficult to use. I also work as a digital designer, so I spent a lot of time instead of writing trying to make the page look pretty – this was probably a coping mechanic lol. 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. I’m no longer worried about fonts, layouts, sizing, etc. I also love the syntax highlighting tool – it really helps me focus with my dyslexia; as sentences become colourful, each word becomes easier to distinguish. I feel a whole lot more confident writing nowadays now that I have iA writer. I have both the iOS and Mac versions. As both versions work together, I find myself confidently writing on my iPhone / iPad, knowing that I will pick it up once I’m back on my Mac – it’s great!” –Rizwaan Akhtar, Digital Designer, United Kingdom

“I write academic papers, translations, book chapters, and the like using iAW. Before switching, I wrote much less frequently and in lesser quantities than I do now. The beauty and clarity of the tool imparts a measure of beauty and clarity to my prose. The medium is the message, as Marshall McLuhan said. I think his insight proves true in my particular case insofar as iAW speeds up my thought, declutters my awareness, and draws my attention. The tool itself reminds me of my favorite book on writing: Strunk and White’s _Elements of Style_, particularly Strunk’s rule Omit needless words. By omitting all that is not needed in a writing tool, the tool itself becomes as concise and elegant as the prose that it is meant to capture. Now, even in the midst of academic administrative duties, I find it possible to write at least two serious original conference papers a year, and this year I have already managed to double that productivity. iA Writer is easily one of my most important and beloved tools.” –Andrew Hayes, Division Dean, Associate Professor, Texas

“Before I found iA Writer I used to write much less and the tools I used to write on my computer were confusing and frustrating. These days, I use iA Writer for absolutely everything: from drafting a short email, making to-do lists, to outlining a major article or book chapter. I can’t begin to describe the pleasure I get from an evening writing session, laptop sitting on my uncluttered desk, iA Writer on full-screen + dark appearance + focus sentence mode. The blue cursor blinking at the centre of my screen triggers a deep desire to put words down, follow a train of thought, elaborate on an idea… I have been trying to significantly cut down on my screen-time, but I can’t imagine my life without iA Writer; it is an integral part of my workflow as a writer (I’m a professor, so I have to write papers and prepare lectures constantly). iA Writer is the perfect tool to draft a text. It is a pleasure to use, like a perfectly sharp knife. I wrote my entire PhD thesis on iA Writer. It felt like discovering a magical sword on the third-act of a hero’s journey. Thank you for all your work through the years. iA Writer has changed my relationship with writing; I feel the same connection to this software that old-time writers used to feel with their typewriters.” –João Ferreira, Assistant Professor (Design), Portugal

“Discovering iA Writer and Markdown changed my life! It was so clear and simple yet super efficient. I often have problems concentrating for a long period of time and get massive headaches. I found myself writing faster using iA because I’m not bothered by formatting or exporting. I just have to write my stuff and I know it will be fine. I love the minimalist style which is kind with my eyes and focus mode, like a typewriter, reminds me of when I was playing with my grandfather’s. This year I left a job I didn’t like to become a full time freelance writer and you played a great role in this. You help me to stay focused and efficient without distraction. It’s precious nowadays. Because of this, I have more time to spend with my family. My sister lives in Switzerland and my writing best friend in Japan. It makes me smile to see iA is like us.” –Cécile Biaudet, Writer, SEO, France

“Astonishingly simple. Everything goes away except for the writing experience.” – Stephen Fry describing his iA Writer experience in 2010 when asked about his favorite apps on the iPad