Reviews of Simple Text Editor

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List of user reviews and ratings for Simple Text Editor

Total ratings

4.02 (Rating count: 5,622)

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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: 4.20

All time rating average: 4.02

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6% (18)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-05	Ma*****	i am a big fan of text files. before sending out a message i draft it in this app. i use it to jot all my notes... yes, in plain text format. i use it for my todo lists as well. ONE BIG REQUEST: add the functionality for search and replace, and this would easily become my most used app.
i am a big fan of text files. before sending out a message i draft it in this app. i use it to jot all my notes... yes, in plain text format. i use it for my todo lists as well. ONE BIG REQUEST: add the functionality for search and replace, and this would easily become my most used app.
2026-05-05	Yo*****	It's a lightweight text editor that requires the option to close a file. Exit option exists but we may want to work on multiple files.Also, color coding for programming is helpful. The text editor is good for simple tasks.
It's a lightweight text editor that requires the option to close a file. Exit option exists but we may want to work on multiple files.Also, color coding for programming is helpful. The text editor is good for simple tasks.
2026-05-04	Al*****	crashes when turning phone sideways.
crashes when turning phone sideways.