Fastest editor. Never lose. Markdown. Jotter, Novel, Note
Pure Writer: plain text editor with automatic backups
By Hafiz Rahman
Editor, tools and utilities
- Automatic backup of your documents
- History record of earlier versions of your text
- Recovery after accidental deletion or sudden shutdown
- Plain text editing with Markdown syntax
- Jotter, Novel and Note named as part of the app
What Pure Writer is for
Pure Writer is an Android text editor for drafting and taking notes, listed under Productivity. Its core is plain text, with Markdown syntax available for headings and emphasis. The developer positions it against slow-starting writing software and tools that lose text.
On Google Play it has a 4.29 rating from 19,032 ratings and more than 1,000,000 installs. The listing's summary also names Jotter, Novel and Note as part of the app.
Keeping text safe from deletion and crashes
Pure Writer saves your writing automatically, and it keeps a history record of earlier states of a document. The developer says that if you delete text by mistake, or the phone loses power, the document can still be saved or found in that history.
The history record is the way back to text that has been overwritten or removed. The listing presents this protection as the main reason to use the editor, so a writer who loses work to crashes or accidental edits is the person it is built for.
Writing in plain text and Markdown
The editor works with plain text, so the document is unformatted words rather than a styled page. Markdown syntax adds structure with simple typed marks for headings and emphasis, without a toolbar.
Jotter, Novel and Note are named alongside the editor in the listing's summary. They are the kinds of writing the app is aimed at, from quick jottings to longer manuscripts and short notes.
Who uses a plain text writing editor
The app suits people who want a minimal editor that saves continuously and keeps earlier versions. That covers drafting prose, keeping notes and writing Markdown files, where losing a session or an edit is the main risk.
The developer describes the experience as a secure, uninterrupted writing environment, with the emphasis on not losing content.
What's new
- For the latest update log, please check Changelog in the Settings screen
• Add Save as Word .docx
• Support PureWriterDesktop
• Unlimited Words for a single chapter
• Auto-complete for paired symbols
• Deleting symbols in pairs
• Synchronized Animating soft keyboard
• Smooth Cursor!
• Support Enter ⏎ to jump out of blue input block
• Read-only Mode: double-clicking to place cursor
• Faster launching, silky smooth writing experience
About this APK
The build we hold is Pure Writer - Writing & Notes 29.6.8 (APK) for Android 5.0 and up.
- Version
- 29.6.8
- 1230906080
- Requires Android
- 5.0+
- Package ID
- com.drakeet.purewriter
- Format
- APK
- Malware scan
- Clean on 66 engines
- Permissions
- 17 declared · 2 sensitive
- Modify files on your device
- Read files on your device
- Signed by
- CN=drakeet.com, O=drakeet.com
- Certificate SHA-256
- b8219a026a75159b22eeac3b8d9409a04a5acea5864f83177caacb635f9a69c1
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