iA Writer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Jan 9, 2026first mention
Jul 8, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“It's a fun subtle adaptation to keep close to the typewriter-like experience of the app.”
“iA Writer[1] (a brilliant Notes App)”
paid once 10+ years agoon “I Use Obsidian”
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“which is my favorite prose editor”
Caveats and dissent
“Scrivener works better for me than iA writer”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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Duo is perfect middle ground between monospace and proportional sans, in my opinion at least. There's also Trispace[1]. https://etceteratype.co/pages/trispace
“It's a fun subtle adaptation to keep close to the typewriter-like experience of the app.”
“It reminds me of iA Writer‘s author feature”
“iA Writer[1] (a brilliant Notes App)”
“Scrivener works better for me than iA writer”
I played with some of these tools 12 years ago and created "dim", but it was really just Vim with limelight and goyo in a Docker container. https://github.com/amouat/dim There is something nice about having the editor as a separate command especially for writing.
“which is my favorite prose editor”
“For me these apps are iA Writer, Obsidian, and Astro's rendering pipeline”