Two Great Distraction-Free Writing Apps For iPad

31.05.2011

Working with Files in OmmWriter for iPad isn't as easy as it needs to be. In addition to the problems created by the app's weirdly vague control icons (none of which are labeled), OmmWriter lacks a good way to get files on and off the device. You can e-mail files as you create them, or you can use iTunes to move files to and from the iPad. What this app really needs is something like the Dropbox integration found in Clean Writer.

OmmWriter's writing interface, however, is great. Rather than rely on the stock iPad software keyboard, OmmWriter packs its own. It's beautiful and spare, with large buttons that are easy to see without distraction much from your view of the text itself. With that said, it's really better with a hardware keyboard.

As a cross-platform user, I feel compelled to briefly campaign on behalf of Android Honeycomb users here. Because OmmWriter's design appears to owe little to the objects in the iPad SDK, I can't help but think that it would port pretty readily to Android. And since , they're a great choice for tablet users who want need to do a lot of writing. I can only hope the developers at Herraiz Soto & Co decide to take OmmWriter to Android devices next.