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Monday, February 14, 2011

PlainText for iPhone Reviewed

PlainText is a plain text editor for iPhone and iPad. It has a simple, clean interface. It's most notable features are Dropbox syncing and TextExpander support.

Interface

When you start PlainText, a list of notes comes up. There are two notes from the developer. The settings section has some options for when you are editing, a section for linking to your Dropbox account, and an option to enable TextExpander.

There is a button to create folders and to create text documents. The ability to create folders is great. My previous plain text editor uses tags, which can't be organized hierarchically.

Dropbox Syncing

Dropbox syncing is just as I expected, flawless. You can make a chroot-like environment so you can't access your entire Dropbox folder. This is especially useful when you always want to keep your synced documents in the same subdirectory of your Dropbox account.

TextExpander

I have never used TextExpander, mainly because my previous editor didn't support it. PlainText has convinced me to buy it. Expect a review of it in the coming weeks.

The Verdict

If you are a blogger like me, I recommend downloading PlainText. It's on the App Store for free!


PlainText

Price: Free
Platforms: All iOS devices (universal app)
PlainText - Dropbox text editing - Hog Bay Software