You also have the ability to turn on check spelling and TextExpander support. You can customize the workspace to include different fonts, different text sizes, different text colors, and different text backgrounds. Other great things include word count, character count, line count and built in email support. The scratchpad is a simple icon you touch to put in random thoughts and things you don't want to forget while working inside of Elements. PlainText has been awarded the essential app due to its price, clutter free writing environment, and having the essentials there at version 1.0.Įlements is the most costly Dropbox text editor right now and it does have a ton of great features. It provides a distraction free environment to let your creative juices flow. PlainText is a great solution to do simple text editing on your Dropbox account for free. It currently does not support any of the customizations that Elements has but it does allow you to create new folders within your DropBox account. The interface is very simple and elegant. Upon initial setup you can decide if you want to link PlainText to just one folder called 'PlainText' or your entire account. The application does not have all of the bells and whistles of Elements, but does include TextExpander support, full screen support and the ability to access your entire Dropbox account. You can get rid of ads through a five dollar in-app upgrade. The iPad version appears to be free of ads, but once iOS 4.2 arrives it will be ad-supported on the iPad as well as on the iPhone and iPod touch.

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