Subtext Reviews

by Ben Voris

Strange problems with capitalization, appearing randomly, particularly after paste.

by AhhlyOops

Would be great, except it refuses to open or create many files based only on the file name. I don’t have the desire or time to constantly rename files before and after editing. A plain-text editor should open any file even if viewing it as character data results in a bunch of gobbledygook being displayed.

File name extensions are a 40year old relic of DOS. In most other operating systems, before and since, the dot and extension are just arbitrary characters like the first part of the name and mainly used for filtering searches.

by MQ--1024

When using Chinese input, there will be some errors when connecting spelling, candidate status, and clicking delete.

by Christiansay

I don’t know why it’s so hard to find a simple text editor that can edit files in place in the iOS Files app. Subtext does exactly that and is free simple and easy to use. Kudos to the developer.

by Darkfire-shadows

What can I say. Free - check. No data collected - check. Simple plain text editor - check. Can print - check.

Great little app. Does exactly what I need.

by Ryksta

I never write reviews, but I just have for this app. To borrow a familiar phrase, Subtext “Just Works”. It is simple, easy to use, and everything works the way it should. I love that it integrates with my Dropbox files to on my iPhone and iPad. My thanks to the developer.

by Damonbuxton

It just works. Perfectly. Never crashes, doesn't collect any data about you, Flawless. Thank you.

by Donmontalvo

this app is a perfect example of a developer successfully coding a slim, efficient, easy to use, and very popular text editor.

by (: ME :)

And less than half a megabyte omggg

by Anon.e.maus

Subtext is worth a five star review because:
1. it’s free. like Really Free, also free of ads.
2. the file size of Subtext is less than a megabyte.
3. dark mode
4. line numbers
5. no frills interface-not a lot of options for appearance customization, no need (imo).
6. seamless interface with ios’s files app
7. honest !

by Chong Lee Khoo

Lovely little app that does not do a lot, but does what it sets out to do extremely well: open and edit text documents on iPhones and iPads!

by Ldinino

Sometimes you just need to write some quick things in notepad to a txt file. Why is this not more highly rated?

I just want to edit some thingies without fuss. No data collection. OLED dark mode. Barely any settings, don’t need any. Subtext is like 400KB. You can open multiple windows on iPadOS or do slide over.

Basically perfection.

by Vxjhgiiy

No account creation required. No subscription. No ads. No user data collected. No bloated "productivity" features or AI.

Just simple clean text editor that does its job. Solid 10/10.

by Inthesand

this app is almost ideal for me as a text editor. Simple interface, line numbers, line wrap or not, encoding choices. It shows in the share sheet.

The only thing I could ask for is a "replace all" function in search and replace. However, I have not seen that in any other text editor either.

this app is my choice as a text editor.

by #lv

If you are looking for simplicity and functionality this is the best editor for IOS.