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Writer

Writer is a writing application without the fuss and distraction of a traditional word processor. Created by James McMinn

Free
Android

Writer is a writing application without the fuss and distraction of a traditional word processor. It's perfect for everything from taking notes to writing a novel on your phone or tablet.

Writer's philosophy is Keep It Simple. Writer tries to be as basic as possible, giving you somewhere to turn your thoughts into text, markdown support, and some statistics. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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Writer was added by tonyshangrila in Feb 2012 and the latest update was made in Apr 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Feb 2020. It's possible to update the information on Writer or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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