Mac Apps for Text Editing

The Text Editing Software category contains a wide variety of text file readers and writers from basic reminder notes creator, Simple Stick Notes, to full coding editors like Sublime Text.

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Highland

$19.99

Edit screenplays and TV scripts.

Mac

Highland

Texpad

Free to try

LaTeX editor focussing on fast navigation of complex projects.

Mac

Texpad

Scribblet

Free

An elegant note app for OS X.

Mac

Scribblet

nvALT

Free

Notational Velocity fork with MultiMarkdown support.

Mac

nvALT

Per Se

Free to try

Personal journaling software.

Mac

Per Se

InstantTranslate

Free

A single keyboard shortcut that translates highlighted text to another language, in place.

Mac

InstantTranslate

Memo Sticky Notes

Free

Sticky notes for the desktop with password protection.

Mac

Memo Sticky Notes

DashNote

Free

Dashboard widget that syncs with Simplenote.

Mac

DashNote

Blurb Tally

Free to try

Calculates the characters, words, and paragraphs in a text blurb.

Mac

Blurb Tally

Clean Text

$9.99

Strip text formatting, remove empty lines & more.

Mac

Clean Text

FormatMatch

Free

Clean up formatting when you paste text into a different application automatically.

Mac

FormatMatch

Chocolat

Free to try

Native Cocoa text editor.

Mac

Chocolat

AudioNote

$4.99

Synchronize real-time audio clips with typed notes, with timestamps.

Mac

AudioNote

MacDown

Free

Open-source Markdown editor.

Mac

MacDown

Simple Notes

Free

Desktop notepad with tons of features and customization options.

Mac

Simple Notes

Growly Write

Free

Simple and easy-to-use word processor.

Mac

Growly Write

Gedit

$10.00

Edit text and code with comfort.

Mac

Gedit

StoryO

Free to try

Outline your story in broad strokes, jot down raw notes and ideas.

Mac

StoryO

Sophie

Free

Rich media editor and reader for collaborative environments.

Mac

Sophie

Story Turbo

Free

Increase writing and notes productivity creative ideas.

Mac

Story Turbo

Ulysses

Free

Focused writing tool for serious writers.

Mac

Ulysses

Quick Note

Free

Write notes that appear on both your Mac and your iPhone.

Mac

Quick Note

ezText

$1.99

Convert plain text encoding on your Mac.

Mac

ezText

Scrawl

$1.99

Note taking menu bar app that saves the notes in iCloud, and uses it to sync notes across computers.

Mac

Scrawl

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Highland

Texpad

Scribblet

nvALT

Per Se

InstantTranslate

Memo Sticky Notes

DashNote

Blurb Tally

Clean Text

FormatMatch

Chocolat

AudioNote

MacDown

Simple Notes

Growly Write

Gedit

StoryO

Sophie

Story Turbo

Ulysses

Quick Note

ezText

Scrawl

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