Reviews of Simple Text Editor

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List of user reviews and ratings for Simple Text Editor

Total ratings

4.04 (Rating count: 5,647)

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Review summary

People praise Simple Text Editor for being fast, lightweight and ad free with solid plain text and UTF-8 support. However reliability varies: there are reports of crashes and loss of edits, autosave off by default and saving sometimes failing, plus features like word wrap and some keyboard interactions can be quirky. On some devices it may not behave well with newer Android versions. Overall it is a great minimal Notepad style editor, but users should back up important work.

Pros

Lightweight, fast, and no frills; it just works.
Plain-text focused with a readable fixed-width font and UTF-8 support.
Opens and edits plaintext from many file formats for a Notepad like experience.
Ad free and unobtrusive with a simple UI.

Cons

Crashes and instability that can cause loss of edits.
Autosave is off by default and saving can be unreliable.
Incompatible with some newer Android versions.
Word wrap is unreliable and there are keyboard input quirks.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.30

All time rating average: 4.04

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-02	Ge*****	as the name says," simple text editor", it's very simple to use, has a clean interface, and above all it has no advertisements. thank you
as the name says," simple text editor", it's very simple to use, has a clean interface, and above all it has no advertisements. thank you
2026-06-30	I *****	it's a decent text editor, but in my case it can't open a 500kb text file. After awhile it blanks and exit.
it's a decent text editor, but in my case it can't open a 500kb text file. After awhile it blanks and exit.
2026-06-29	ra*****	Unusable. just keeps crashing.
Unusable. just keeps crashing.
2026-06-23	sa*****	it froze the first time I tried to open a file with it
it froze the first time I tried to open a file with it
2026-06-22	D *****	Text editing features work well. It's tough to get it to save and keep saving your file where you want it.
Text editing features work well. It's tough to get it to save and keep saving your file where you want it.
2026-06-10	Ja*****	Does what it says in the tin. Doesn't request network permissions or any other shenanigans.
Does what it says in the tin. Doesn't request network permissions or any other shenanigans.
2026-06-08	Ed*****	Freezes on big multi MB files
Freezes on big multi MB files
2026-05-30	Ан*****	Unable to open files sent by other apps. Completely useless.
Unable to open files sent by other apps. Completely useless.
2026-05-28	Br*****	simple. just like me. 😆
simple. just like me. 😆
2026-05-28	Ze*****	cumere selling cocksure rice at larp larp joses pangkalabanaban goodbye
cumere selling cocksure rice at larp larp joses pangkalabanaban goodbye