Some great features, but interface is a bit too streamlined

PROS: looks nice, some cool functions and some very good & innovative ideas about workflow.

CONS: Irritatingly over-simplified interface.

1) Spent 30 minutes just trying to figure out how to remove the sample documents that come with the app. As theres no "Help" feature in the app, I had to look in iTunes for a link to the developer website, and then search a knowledge base where 90% of the answers relate to complete different products. But once I found the answer, it was easy to use.

2) Font size is locked to iPad general text size setting. On an iPad Mini, I found that I needed to change this outside the Writer before use, then change back for all other apps. This really needs an in-app font size control.

Conclusion:

Im giving this 4 stars based on its potential, rather than my actual user experience, which suffered from my choice of platform - the iPad Mini screen has proved an awkward compromise.for many other good apps.

Hedgehog.ca about iA Writer, v1.0