TextMaker Reviews

I tried to do something and it did what I wanted. However the keyboard covers the text. Also and most annoying I can’t get rid of the welcome text. I press edit and can add text but it’s at the bottom of the welcome page. Not clear how to start a brand new document.
Okay did that
Saved document. However, when I open the saved document, the program is still trying to edit it. Then the file is not what I saved

I downloaded just so I can leave a review. This is about the company, not just TextMaker

I have been using this for years but suddenly I’m locked out, can’t open it and can’t open any document

The processor is not worth paying even a cent, if you’re looking for a better version- Microsoft Word is a lot better. This is a rip off and not even worth a penny.

TextMaker is ridiculously stupid, as it doesn’t allow you to write type or make anything new. It just shows you a guide for TextMaker . But nowhere in there does they appear to be a place to create new documents?

I can’t believe this program is on the market. I save a document and it disappears. I ask for help and it offers 600+ pages but no search tool. Like I’m going to wander through 600 pages to find out how to delete a document. So awful and awkward to use!!

Way more limited than the desktop version. You are limited to only a few things when using it! You can’t export it to a pdf, or use charts. Useless! This should be the same as what’s on the desktop version.

I thought TextMaker would be a good replacement for Mac Pages, which is being retooled with pay features I don't need, but it's response time is slow when scrolling a document, and the select feature with teardrop handles is awkward and confusing. A nice effort, but it needs refinement. Because of that, I wouldn't recommend it.

Thanks to Softmaker for their response. I was able to find in TextMaker a way to make this app a nice, menu-driven application resembling their excellent desktop version. My whines now are limited to these:

-- There's peculiar behavior among embedded links, where a link is not just the linked text but all the text to the end of the paragraph when the document is opened in any other word processor.

-- TextMaker behaves unexpectedly when minimized, keeping the document but closing it and opening to a blank screen when maximized again. Strange, irritating, but seemingly nondestructive.

-- TextMaker behaves unpredictably when saving an edited document, sometimes simply saving it as expected but sometimes invoking the whole "save as" dialogue instead.

Wishlist item: it would be nice if there were keystroke combinations to perform common functions, especially when a hardware keyboard is used, though I understand that this might be difficult or impossible.

Another wishlist item: it would be nice to be able to just buy the thing. I'd happily pay even a fairly high purchase price, but I recoil at software rental.

I would give TextMaker 5 stars because it’s that darn good! The only thing I’m waiting for is (Read Aloud) to help me proof a word document. I hope they can get this feature installed because for me it’s necessary for a better document. It ‘s layout is like MS Office and it looks great too!

Great. Really enjoy working with it.

These apps are a great alternative to Microsoft, I use them everyday.

I am a big fan of SoftMaker Office Professional 2021 on my iMacs. Simply put, this app is an excellent word processor. Ditto for their iOS version. It makes going from working on your iMac or macBook to your iPad pretty seamless. The free iOS version of this app is fine if you don’t need to print or convert documents to PDF. And even then, you can create a document in this app on your iPad and pass it to your iMac or MacBook and print it that way. For me, the annual fee is a fair price for the convenience of printing without extra steps. What can I say? Every software developer and their Aunt Mable wants a steady cash flow, hence subscription software abounds. I’m hoping the fine folks at SoftMaker will eventually offer a “buy it once and own it” iOS option in the future. Either way, the bottom line is this: if you want MS Word on your iPad or iPhone without buying into the whole Microsoft Office 365 environment, look no further. And yes, I wrote and spellchecked this on this app on my iPad. Duh. :) Hope my comments are helpful.

Works like a normal word processor with menu and everything best of all it searches for paragraph marks so its my go to for pasting from one app to another as I work on my novels.

I used SoftMaker’s FreeOffice products on my Windows PC’s for years before my organization required me to install Microsoft 365 products on them. With my 365 license I also installed Microsoft products on my iPad Pro as well which I sometimes use as a backup laptop. In recent months 365 products have been come unusably buggy and glitchy, so I downloaded SoftMaker’s products to try. They work wonderfully! Exact same experience as on Windows. Very user friendly, detailed instructions on how to use, clean interface, very snappy and responsive. Bottom line they just WORK when I need them to, every time! (Unlike 365, which is pathetic given SoftMaker’s budget vs. Microsoft’s budget.) Definitely recommend!

I just downloaded it it yesterday and jumped into it.
I believe it’s better than Word. Specially for the iPad plattform.
And the customization features are great.
Recommend purchasing the extensions, which by the way,
are very affordable ( about $12,50/Yr.),

After typing a long letter for a non-profit I found out that it couldn’t be printed without buying the full version. Had to retype it into my home computer to print it. Seems like printing wouldn’t be a “premium feature”.

I had not heard about this app until I was looking for feature complete writing product for my iPad being for a time away from my Mac. And here it is. So far works great and does it all—MS word defined “All.” I will come back if limitations change my perspective.

I used Office 2003 and later 2010 for decades, being very happen with the old style ribbon menu across the top. Then Microsoft decided that, even tho nothing was broken, to complete complexify the Office menu ribbon. It is insanely complicated, so that TextEdit has returned to a bit of menu sanity is very satisfying.

It’s amazing that nearly every word processor of the literally 23 I downloaded doesn’t do a simple line/paragraph sort. This one does! (The only other one that did was Textilus Pro, but it has a wonky interface.) this app allows you to customize it for easy access to sort as well. I made mine command-up arrow. I’m subscribing just to support them. Huzzah!

Strange bug thats a little bit amusing I don’t know if anyone else has been having this problem. I’m running a iPad ninth generation. For some reason, it randomly calls up the Text to Speech feature of iOS and starts speaking gibberish. It joins words together in the text randomly. Kind of sounds like a baby learning to speak for the first time.. Or somebody that’s had one too many beers…

Think it might have something to do with the accessibility options. I’ve got the accessibility options to speak words as I type.

Best document writer for iOS!