

The app icon can change based on the theme, too. Some themes are bright and garish, others are subdued. But maybe that’s because I’m a Halloween junkie. You can also choose multiple themes for the app, so if you’re not a fan of the white background with black text, you’re not stuck with it. I am now spoiled by having absolutely zero input delay. Writing in Ghost is a delight, but it doesn’t have the features and slickness.Ĭompared to Bear, most other writing apps and programs feel bloated and clunky. I’m terms of text editors and word processors, Bear is at the head of the pack (or head of the sloth, if you’re really being technical). (Their choice of Avenir Next as the default font is genius to me. They use the word beautiful a lot and for good reason. So just hitting the little i in the Top-right corner, you get all that and export options, too.īear makes a big deal about being well designed. I want to keep an eye on my word count for flow and structure, paragraphs for readability, and like I said on the This Week in WordPress stream a while back, reading time is an incredibly useful UX tool. I have been able to plan out image-heavy articles in Bear just as easily as I have in the desktop versions of Google Docs or MS Word. That may not seem like much, but in other editors, the images may not show up in-line. Just press the play button on the video below to see just how easy it is. It’s a really useful feature that works so much better than in other mobile editors. You can add images directly to your notes in Bear. Loading feels almost exactly like hitting the link for a Google AMP article. There is zero lag, no delay in responsiveness, and you never feel as though you’re being held back by the software. I’m on an iPhone 7 Plus, and things are generally pretty snappy, but Bear really zooms past most apps. My absolute favorite thing about the Bear writing app is how quick it is. Hit B, for instance, and Bear gives you two asterisks around your text. Bear gives you a toolbar that automatically adds in the formatting for you. If you don’t know markdown, though, it’s okay. (And score to WordPress users, Jetpack lets you import markdown and converts it for you.) It’s quick, functional, and totally compatible with pretty much everything. Like many mobile text editors these days, the Bear writing app lets you compose in markdown.
