Writing & Notes
Plain Text Editor
A notepad that opens instantly and does nothing else.
Paid$5 one-time on the Mac App Store.macOS
About
Plain Text Editor is a window you type into and save as a text file. There is no formatting to escape, no library to file things in and no account to sign into, and it opens fast enough to use for something you will throw away. Sometimes that is the entire requirement.
- Price
- Paid, $5 one-time on the Mac App Store.
- Payment
- One-time purchase
- Platforms
- macOS
- Category
- Writing & Notes
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