Word Processor - Textilus Pro Reviews

This is the best writing app out there for the iPad. Though far from the inclusive editing capacity of Windows Word, it is still as good as it gets for the iPad, with many great features. I give it a four star and half stars because it often becomes slow as you type, and you have to wait for it to catch up to catch up, and ditto with the editing. There are other quirks, like I can only use an older document to start a new document, even if I am up to date with IOS lasted version, and have the most recent version of Textilus. If I begin a new document, it remains blank when I try to write. Then there is the picture addition problem. After I’ve used a document for awhile, four times or so, I have to hunt back in my files for one I’ve used less, because the pictures stop printing out. Fortunately I have been using it for several years, and have lots of old documents to reuse. Their Tech support has never been able to solve these for me. I use it daily to write out my spiritual journal entries. Using the computer is constricting, noisy and not conducive to a quiet writing solitary space. I use also use it for writing out teachings to share, recipes, and other general information. It is invaluable to me, and I’ve found nothing else available out there has come close. Between textilus and the iPad, I am rarely on the computer anymore.

I’ve tried many different text processing apps and this is the best one I’ve found. One feature is how well it handles copying and pasting the text from a web page into a new or existing document - it is simple, easy, and pastes the text without inserting line breaks or concatenating all of the text into one giant jumble that requires lots of editing. It also handles inserting and resizing jpg images. And it has many more features and functions than most other similar apps. Only thing that I think could be improved is the user interface navigation and menu structure - some of the apps features are a bit tricky to find until you become familiar using WordProcessor .

I’ve been using WordProcessor for a while. So far it does everything a word processing app should without a bunch of filler and junk to wade through. Every time I’ve found an app even marginally good for saving written materials, it either goes away or they change it and my stuff is lost. Please leave this one alone Apple! It works , it’s simple and there is no where else to save this stuff.

Why downgrade to 1?
I just found out it lost a book I was writing!
I accidentally found some other files but can’t get back to them. It says 25 files but most are their junk, I can’t find except the one I just put on and now I’m glad I printed it cause my book is gone

The improvements rated an increase in stars. I still don’t trust it, so I back up to a real computer if it’s important, or print. I can’t do that with a book, and Apple still makes if hard to use this as a real word processing program . If they did, it’d be great. The problem is Apple seems to think these are game machines and no one would use it for serious work. But if you are disabled, and weight matters, you need this thing to function as a computer.

The other reason the stars are only 3 is because Apple has known for years the I pad and I pad pro have touch screen problems and have never seen fit to fix them . Instead of cute and often pain in the rear updates, why not actually fix the device ?

I’m using WordProcessor in a fairly superficial way, as not much more than a text editor. Still, I find several shortcomings:

- Occasionally, WordProcessor runs very slowly for no apparent reason; I have to close it and re-start it.

- I use the Find shortcut (Command + F) a lot on iPad; this does not work in WordProcessor .

- Highlighting large chunks of text sometimes results in the screen showing the highlight elsewhere than it actually is, which does not affect the accuracy of the highlighting, just its appearance.

- Sometimes the line spacing between paragraphs compresses when I close and then open a file.

- When I go to the beginning of a file using the keyboard shortcut the entire screen goes blank. (But if I press space it reappears.)

- When I first try to name a folder, it always exits naming mode before I can name it. (But it works on the next try.)

- In other apps, when I search a term or phrase, clicking the Return button takes me from one instance to the next. That doesn’t work in WordProcessor.

I’m probably forgetting some other weaknesses and bugs. None of them are important enough to cause me to stop using WordProcessor , but I do hope the programmers can fix them.

On the other hand, I’m grateful for the ability to create layers of folders; this is not available in Pages.

Honestly...I haven't used WordProcessor yet. But I have to give huge accolades for any app that does the formatting this does for papers! Just to find an app with page numbering was difficult, even for MacOS - this has exactly what I want but never expected to find. Incredible!!

I'm about to go to grad school, I need the formatting!!! Headers, page numbers, etc. Yay! I lived on my iPad since the iPad 1 but I graduated from college decades ago, long before iPhones, iPads, and internet usage. I wasn't sure what I'd use now. I'm thrilled!

Any chance for a MacOS app? 😍

I've used their apps for many years and read latest reviews. So I'm okay with rating it at the top. I hope this one is maintained for a long time to come. I've had others that they haven't maintained.

Thank you for not using the subscription model!! And for creating such an incredibly useful app. Kudos.

This is the neatest program I have found in the apps. I have looked for a year, as I refuse to pay Microsoft monthly to use their program.

Surprisingly enough this little program is packed full of power and outshines and outdoes Microsoft word by leaps and bounds. The features are outstanding and there are many, many outstanding features.I was nervous but the reviews were good so I took a chance and spent the six bucks and it was the best thing I did.

I have beginning stages Parkinson’s and the fact I can use the microphone is absolutely super fantastic for me. I find very few mistakes that I need to correct.

I copied over, exported and whatever, all my other documents from pages which I hate, and from docs in Google Docs, and then I deleted them off my iPad, and oh what a relief.

Kudos for designing such a fantastic little program for iPad

Sincerely,

Pamela Myers

Great App for organizing files. I have used WordProcessor for a few years, and it has worked well for me! I use it for keeping notes on books I’ve read, recipes, personal, and much more. Textilus Pro is easy to use, and I like how you are able to copy and paste from books I have on Kindle! Another feature I use is customizing file covers, making it easy to access a particular file. I have an iPhone, which makes WordProcessor easy to maneuver in and out of my many documents.

I had used the free version for sometime. Really great app found no other app that compares. So on March 25, 2020
I purchased the Pro version and now I open WordProcessor to a blank white screen, keyboard showing. I’m unable to exit the keyboard and have no ability to use it either. I uninstalled WordProcessor , shut down my device (iPad) started my device again after 10 minutes only to have the same problems. Should have kept the free version at least I was able to use it. Paid $4.99 plus tax for a product I can’t use.
In order to post my review I had to rate WordProcessor , so one star was given only so my review would post and reach other consumers interested in purchasing.

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Have been using WordProcessor for about 6 years now. Have compared it to others, and they come up wanting. I like the handling of the files and documents. It’s easy for organizing/reorganizing when necessary. Plus, I have some files in the cloud, and some I retain on my iPad. I use this application multiple times daily. There is enough flexibility, plus enough power to perform all the functions I’ve needed over the years.

I've used textilus for a long time. I try other writing, editing apps but I come back to textilus because it has features other apps don't. Lots of fonts, you can change the line spacing, margined, create bulleted lists, easily edit 1 word or the whole document. Find & replace text, import photos. It lets me edit more aspects of a document than any other app I've found.

I found this when I received my first iPad2 and needed a word processor. It did what I needed. It needed expansion and and I offered suggestions, which they responded to with a thank you, and mostly they incorporated them. Each update added capability and made the experience better while I went through 4 more iPad versions to the 10.5 Pro I use now.

The latest version of OSx from apple and update from Textilus has “Devolved” WordProcessor to an unusable state. There are so many problems now that I can not use it. I write short stories, a lot of short stories for contests and magazines.

I’ve sent several emails describing the problems and have not received a single acknowledgement for them. A MAJOR problem that’s forcing me to look at other options is when I’m editing and click on the suggested word listed it shuts down Textilus, dumps me to OSx and I lose my work.

As a user of several years I recommend NOT using Textilus until they fix the problems.

Paul
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I love WordProcessor. It does every thing I need. Creative file maker. Documents can be made with amazing fonts. Storage is easy and dependable. I’ve written presentations, scripts, novels and t-shirt designs on WordProcessor with ease. And can start working on any Apple product I own and pick up on another with no problem. It’s amazing.

I find Textilus much easier to us than Pages. When I copy and paste to Textilus it pastes beautifully. Guess I don’t understand Pages because when I paste there it shows up in blue lines and I have tried every way to get rid of the lines but can’t. Textilus gives me no problems whatsoever, and I am an Apple person.

I love writing with WordProcessor, but there is a glitch whenever you start a new paragraph. While you’re typing the first line of the paragraph, at the very end, there appears to be some sort of static on screen, and you are unable to see what you are typing. Fortunately, this goes away when you go to your next line, but it would be nice if it could not happen at all!

I love this program! I purchased it so I could meet the guidelines in a short story I was writing for a contest. It did most of the things I wanted it to do. I loved the link to have my story read to me. Hearing someone else's voice, helped me edit better. Will be using it again for my next story!

I have been a loyal user of Textilus and another app of yours for many years, referring it to others. Why must I pay $5.99 for an update for something I already paid for? The least you can do is give existing users a significant discount (I would not pay more than $1.99 for it, if that). After all, WordProcessor wouldn’t even be in existence without loyal customers/users. Oh how quickly developers forget that. I’ll make sure not to make any further referrals.

I don’t understand why I keep receiving a text whenever I’m using WordProcessor to upgrade to Txt Pro when I already did I have the latest version on my iPad. Please fix this annoying issue.

Over the years I’ve found Textilus Pro to be an excellent tool in the preparation of my weekly messages:
Listening back to my notes
Cataloging my notes for future messages
Gathering messages to be included in a book of messages

I did a lot of research about which app to get and I chose this one. All I need now is the right case and the right keyboard.
I’m writing this with the on-screen keyboard, but I can only imagine what’ll be like with a regular keyboard. Then (hopefully) I’ll be really happy!

I’ve always been a “techie” but not when it came my notes when I preach. WordProcessor allow me to export in pdf to flip through my notes like pages in a book. Now, I don’t use anything else. I’m happy.