The best iOS text editor yet

Ive looked at what feels like every single writing app on the App Store. Im a songwriter primarily, and I need something clean, beautiful, and distraction free with which to write my lyrics. Notes is ugly and doesnt offer distraction free writing. iA Writer is too expensive for so little in way of actual features, and I dont like the font or colors they force you to use. 1Writer was good until recently, when after an update iCloud sync made the app buggy and slow. Since then, Ive been waiting impatiently for Ulysses for iPhone, having seen the overwhelmingly positive response to the Mac version.

Now here it is, and its honestly more than I could have ever hoped for. Clean and beautiful, distraction free, iCloud document sync is quick and without too much lag. Those were really my only requirements, but Ive been happily surprised how many other features there are in this app. Word search, word count, trackable goals, undo/redo, and most importantly Markup! Ive never used Markup because I didnt want to take the time to memorize all the syntax. But Ulysses provides you with a toolbar filled with insertable Markup syntax and other formatting options that are dead simple to use and edit, and are incredibly powerful.

What Id like to see:
1. Option to specify whether word search returns word fragments, whole words, or both (currently does both)
2. Search for sheets, groups, and filters
3. Ability to reach settings from menu

Those are all small changes though. I cant think of any major improvements to make at the moment. Definitely expensive, but totally worth it, and Id rather pay $20 for a great app than $3 for a mediocre one.

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