If you’re looking for a portable device that can also be used as a writing station, well, the humble iPad is a great choice. While it’s still lacking in some respects, Apple has bridged the large gulf ...

Many writers procrastinate. That’s why several niche word processors—and even the latest edition of Microsoft Office—offer writing modes that aim to eliminate distraction by hiding everything on your ...

If you have an external keyboard for your iPad, you already have most of what you need for a solid distraction-free writing experience. The iPad’s windowless interface offers few background bobbles to ...

Sometimes you kids ask me about what writing app is shown off in my iPad screenshots or photos. More often than not it’s iA Writer, and it’s an awesome little thing. If you can’t live without iA ...

Every time a new iPad Pro is released, reviewers tend to ask the question: can it replace a laptop? That’s a valid question as Apple pitches the iPad Pro as the future of computing, even boldly ...

Screenwriters and playwrights have waited a long time for an iPad version of Final Draft. Software maker Final Draft first hinted at an iOS version of its popular desktop screenwriting app back in ...

When I want to get some serious distraction-free writing done, I turn to an old Royal manual typewriter. Call me a hipster all you want, but there’s something about manually throwing keys around on a ...

But now we’ve come across an app that goes far beyond the extra distance to make sure nobody in the world can read what you’re writing – including you. Private Writer for iPad, a ...

The tech writer Joel Johnson has a piece on Gizmodo about how he’s shifted to using an iPad when traveling instead of a full laptop. His experience matches my own (I love my iPad more than even I’d ...