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TeX Writer - LaTeX On The Go

Writing and compiling TeX files on the go. No internet connection needed.
Category Price Seller Device
Productivity $14.99 潮激 李 iPhone, iPad, iPod

FULL TeX/LaTeX SUPPORT
- Supports both plain TeX and LaTeX, output PDF;
- Fast compiler optimized for iOS devices;
- On-demand package auto downloader, including big packages like beamer;
- Integrated BibTeX/MakeIndex;

DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITERS
- A text editor designed for LaTeX editing. With syntax highlighting, innovative text selection, customizable assistant keyboard, powerful commands.
- LaTeX-aware spell checking (optional in settings)
- Handy image preview for inserting graphics;
- Support "Paste" images into editor
- Handy customizable assistant keyboard for inserting special characters.
- Open .tex file from other applications

SHARING
- Dropbox real time syncing, with file comparison and manual conflict resolution
- WebDAV
- PDF export/email

HOW TO GET HELP
- Visit texwriterapp.com for user guide, and templates for russian, chinese, japanese.
- Email [email protected] to send bug report and feature requests.
- Or directly talk to @litchiedev on Twitter.

Reviews

Garbage app
TeX King

Update: the most recent version put new features to a Pro version, asking for annual subscription fee. A greedy, poor app. The TeXShop on Mac is 1000 times better, and it's completely free! This app is a useless garbage. It used to work at least. Now, the new version doesn't compile any file. It only asks you to pay for a pro version. The developer’s response is not informative at all. The developer strisp off functions of the original version, which I paid for, and then push the user to buy the Pro version. I refuse to pay any Pro version of app. I will just use TeXShop on my Mac, which is completely powerful and completely free. I advise everyone to do the same.


Good editor, should be clearer that it cannot locally connect to Google Drive
James 437

The app works fine for editing and creating documents. I was disappointed it cannot locally connect to the Google Drive app on the iPad. It is a hassle to open a Dropbox account just to be able to work on TeX documents between my iPad and computer.


Latest Version is not an Improvement
Heavisise

I have been using this app since its inception. I used to love it, but I agree with another reviewer: its usability has gone down. The new interface is counterintuitive, and my special characters settings are now ignored. I am even having problems pasting figures into the app. It is sad to see an excellent app being destroyed by trying to incorporate new "bells and whistles!" BRING BACK THE EARLIER VERSION. Until that happens, I will be using TeXpad.


Good quality Latex compiler for iOS
CurlyRam

It was able to compile my research papers effectively, thus making it possible to write on the go using the ipad pro. Other editors had significant difficulty doing this, especially because they were unable to share documents with other applications on the iOS. This editor is able to share documents with other apps, making it easy to synchronize with a git client, for instance. Kudos to the developer for making a great app ! Wishlist : One feature I would like to see is vim bindings in the editor, to make it a complete solution for vim users. Currently, I use Buffer editor to edit the files, and use TEX Writer exclusively to compile. Second, the compile process could be made easier by designating a 'main' file for the project. Currently, the main file needs to be selected a the 'active' buffer in order to compile it. If a different buffer is selected, then there is a compile error.


Director
Mebulg

Thank you for the setup. It’s excellent to have Latex on my iPad. But as the other users mention there something finicky about the synchronization with Dropbox, while without it there is no way to get files in and out.


Does what it should.
quarkquarkgluon

As a student, my needs are fairly basic as compared to those who might be publishing. Even so, as someone who does a ton of math, this app is perfect.


Going downhill
CRJ67

I’ve been using TeX Writer for years now and it seems to be going downhill. Even after writing dozens of documents with it, I still don’t like the current interface. The previous one was much cleaner and more intuitive. Dropbox sync also seems to be getting less reliable (syncing doesn’t alway sync everything and occasionally it just fails). The last few times I’ve tried to work on a document in TeX Writer, I’ve just given up and gone to my laptop.


convenient but sometimes frustrating
little app o

Works great, means you don't have to carry a computer around with you, you can tex whatever you need on an ipad. I wrote a research paper with this app. Edit -- a few years later, I'm about to lose my mind because I can't get certain packages like tikz-cd to run on this thing. The last couple papers I was writing little apologies to my collaborators while on the road like "hey guys, I made a small edit but I can't compile it on my ipad because of all the packages in our preamble, so the tex version is in dropbox, please compile it to see the new version" -- yeah. I don't own a laptop and this is what I have to work with when away from the office. I don't know what is wrong with it but my guess is that some things are out of date? Downloaded all the tikz-cd stuff but get an error message like "I can't find tikzlibraryquotes.tex.code" when I try to compile. Grrrrrrr. Right now I wanted to work on a draft of something but instead I'm writing this review, because I put a commutative diagram in my draft...


This app would be perfect if it had auto sync
LEO BSB

I have lost lots of work because of the manual sync... this is the worst flaw of the app, you have to remember to sync manuallyall the time otherwise your can lose hours of work.


Cannot open files from other apps
タダヨシ

I use LaTeX on my computer, and it's so convenient to have it on my iPad and iPhone 6 Plus as well. It makes me so productive since I can work and make documents anywhere and any time. I love how it integrates with other apps. I use a combined file browser, file server, FTP client app, Documents 5, and I can move my Tex and PDF files back and forth between the apps. The new text editor is much better than the original and a lot easier to use. The one thing I think would be helpful is have a video tutorial to show us how the app works and explain how to use the features. The app developer is responsive and fixes issues with the app quickly, so if you have problems, don't hesitate to email. I've had some problems before, and they have all been fixed around a week after I reported them.


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