

I’ll update if others reach its level, but for right now, if you’re an nvALT user or take a lot of notes in general, I highly recommend grabbing it ($2.99 US on iTunes).

But 1Writer has developed into a truly great companion for nvALT. There have been some close contenders, which is the reason I’ve always hesitated to make a declaration like this. Search is faster than any of the others, even with thousands of notes. It can sync with any Dropbox folder, so importing a couple thousand notes from nvALT was seamless, and synced very quickly. It can sync with any Dropbox folder, so importing a couple thousand notes from nvALT was seamless, and synced very quickly. The editor has Markdown syntax highlighting and preview, an extra keyboard row for Markdown syntax, and editing features such as smart list continuation. The editor has Markdown syntax highlighting and preview, an extra keyboard row for Markdown syntax, and editing features such as smart list continuation. It handles title and full text matching, with a good degree of “fuzzy” search forgiveness. When nvALT launches, I just start typing it automatically begins searching that folder of notes for the. Open the app and click on nvALT in the top left of menu bar and select Preferences. I have both it and Notesy configured to store notes in the same default folder in Dropbox. Its search capabilities are the best I’ve seen. Write + Dropbox + nvALT is the best way to keep notes. As far as picking a personal winner in the note-taking category, though, I’m ready to declare my affections for a single editor that works perfectly in tandem with my nvALT notes collection.

As far as long-form writing goes, I’m still not ready to make a public declaration (and there are new ones on the horizon that look very promising). I’ve been running iTextEditors (a grid comparison of available iOS text editors) for quite a while now, and am constantly asked what my favorite is in various categories.
