When comparing iA Writer vs Notes Plus, the Slant community recommends iA Writer for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform note-taking app?” iA Writer is ranked 50th while Notes Plus is ranked 52nd. The most important reason people chose iA Writer is:
The Noise Free Writing Experience is one of the first approaches to create a first class distraction-free environment. The feature hides the Mac program bar when you start writing.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Noise Free Writing Experience removes even the program bar
The Noise Free Writing Experience is one of the first approaches to create a first class distraction-free environment. The feature hides the Mac program bar when you start writing.
Pro A mode that brings focus to the sentence you're working on
Enabling Focus Mode will dim the whole text except the sentence you are currently writing on.
Pro Can tell how long it would take to read through what you've written
Pro Markdown support
Pro Syncs using iCloud and Dropbox
iA Writer can sync documents using iCloud or Dropbox from within the editor for use across multiple devices.
Pro Create whole document by including separate images/markdown docs
This is new and very awesome feature in iA Writer 4.0.
Pro Can export a Word document
Pro Available for all Apple devices
iA Writer is available for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Pro Customer Support service is outstanding
They support any inquiries in 24 hours. Never ignore emails.
Pro Handwriting recognition feature that can convert handwriting to digital text in one step
This app offers handwriting recognition for 52 languages and it works pretty accurately.
Pro The UI is clean and easy to use
There are 3 themes for different use case. Flat theme looks nice and clean.
Pro Most beautiful handwriting experience and it fully supports Apple Pencil
Superior than GoodNotes or Notability. It’s really nice to have folders and even folders within folders for serious organization. Audio recording helps to catch up with lectures.
Cons
Con No Linux support
Con The price is premium so it's not affordable for most users
