Comments on: Distraction Free iPad Writing Apps [Pure Pleasure Writing]

By: Jim Blanchard

Jim Blanchard — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:19:58 +0000

I jump back and forth between Daedalus and Phraseology. Phraseology feels solid, whereas Daedalus can be flaky in screen refreshes (assumed) and inconsistent syncing, which can be scary. I save and backup a lot! Daedalus does have a better and customizable extra button row above the keyboard.

Touchscreen navigation is very useful. For example, a two-finger tap in the margin moves the curser a word at a time, and a one-finger tap moves one character at a time. Very natural feel to it. I find myself wanting to do that no matter what app I’m using.

Both let me use markdown characters. And both will let me export directly into the app, as well as others. Very useful, since I oscillate between the two.

Another stone that weights my favor towards Daedalus is direct export of ePub files into iBooks, complete with markdown formatting.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:25:26 +0000

In reply to Dan.

I too have an iPad 1 but don’t feel stuck with it or that it’s old. In fact, given the slightly shorter battery life I feel very very good about it. They’re amazing machines.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:23:16 +0000

In reply to Jim Blanchard.

Thanks for the additions, Jim. Which of those is your favorite?

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:22:18 +0000

In reply to craig.

How do you use Google drive, Craig?

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:21:21 +0000

In reply to Bart Sego.

Bart, I made a mistake and referenced ByRoom instead of ByWord 🙂

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:20:06 +0000

In reply to Lyena Solomon.

Phraseology sounds interesting although I’m not a WriterRoom user. My poison on Windows is WriteMonkey.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:01:06 +0000

In reply to Bernard.

Wow, was clearly mixed up there. Thanks for catching it and suggesting the right one, Bernard.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:29:31 +0000

Thanks for this! ByRoom looks really cool, definitely worth a shot. I’m still stuck with an old iPad 1, I’ve heard that more pixels and larger resolution on the New iPad makes it one of the best portable devices to write on, as it provides you with a lot of space in terms of being able to see your text.

By: Bernard

Bernard — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:47:43 +0000

ByRoom ? I never know this app on iPad ! Isn’t it ByWord you wrote about ?

By: Jim Blanchard

Jim Blanchard — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:33:57 +0000

Thanks for the article Ruud. Seems like there are more iPad writing apps popping up all the time. Here are some you didn’t mention, in case they slipped under your radar. OmmWriter, Daedalus Writer and Phraseology.