Nebulous Notes Lite
★★★★★ Featured three times on Lifehacker.com as one of the best tools for getting things done! ★★★★★
★★★★★ ABOUT
Nebulous Notes is a powerful, yet simple, text editor for note-takers, writers, and coders. Your notes are backed up and available from Dropbox, the best back-up service in the world. Free accounts on Dropbox come with 2GB of space, enough to store 500 copies of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
(This is the free version of "Nebulous Notes", and is ad-supported.)
★★★★★ FEATURES
• Open and edit all plain-text files (.txt, .md, .c, etc.)
• Preview files in HTML, MarkDown
• Supports saving and opening in all file encodings (useful for international users)
• VoiceOver hints
• Print documents using AirPrint
• Supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion
★★★★★ FEATURES LACKING IN COMPETING APPS
• Open files from ANY Dropbox folder
• Customizable themes
• Macro system lets you add frequently used keys to a toolbar (like { } [ ] = %, etc.).
• Macro system also has basic text-substitutions for convenient HTML tags
• Protect the app with a PIN
• Search for text with a document
• Customizable themes
• Full-screen support for "Writeroom"-style editing
• "Insert Tab" key (multi-line tabbing and un-tabbing supported)
• Turn off word-wrapping
★★★★★ REVIEWS
"Wow, I do so LOVE your app." - Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders
"This is quite possibly the best tool for any writer, blogger, or journalist that needs to get work done on-the-go" - AppAdvice.com
"If you feel really geeky about your note-taking, give Nebulous Notes a shot." - geek.com
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NOTE: Nebulous Notes is only for plain text editing, and cannot edit Word Documents or PDFs.
What's new
You're gonna love the new icon! Please update your reviews. 5-star reviews help keep the updates coming! - Phil
★ 5.1.2
MAJOR UPDATES
- Dropbox-like conflict resolution (should make syncing more stream-lined)
- New App Icon
MINOR UPDATES
- Performance tuning, should be faster for everybody
- Retina graphics for iPad
- Fixed color picker
- Better crash-protection and crash-reporting
- Copy-paste pastes plain text in emails (like it used to)
- Brightness-control is system-wide
- Added "American Typewriter" font
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- Last changed:
- 1 day ago
- Category:
- Productivity
- Developer:
- Nuclear Elements
- Version:
- 5.1.2
- Average Rating:
- 3.50 (181)
- Size:
- 5.6 MB












