Features & Capabilities

uFocus is a distraction-free writing environment that supports plain text files and allows you to keep them organized inside libraries. It allows everyone to express their creativity in the most simple way.

• Unobtrusive interface: the navigation bar disappears while writing. • Swipe to show the sidebar. Here you can link your favorite libraries and quickly access your documents. • Show text statistics including character and word count and reading time. • MultiMarkdown: easily add headings, quotes, ordered and unordered lists, links, images, italics, bold, footnotes, citations, glossaries and acronyms. You can then export your documents to HTML or PDF. With CriticMarkup and Live Edit Mode you can easily mark removals, additions and substitutions, add highlghts and comments, and accept or reject them. • Fountain: create screenplays with the Markdown-inspired markup syntax and print or export them as PDF with industry-standard formatting. • Highlighting: you can stay even more focused by fading out all the text but the current sentence or paragraph. • Typewriter scrolling: automatically scrolls the text when you get on a new line. • Sound mode: experience the ultimate feeling of a typewriter. • No deletions mode: disable deletions and replacements if your greatest temptation is always to edit your text instead of writing. • Fullscreen: focus on your words and hide everything else. • Choose between three different editor widths, four font sizes and a light, dark, sepia or amber theme, or create your own theme. • Print single files or entire directory hierarchies.

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User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Nicolas Kick
Rating:
4.70
(34)
Version:
2.1.2 Last updated: 2026-05-30
Version code:
886320125
Creation date:
2012-12-16
Compatible devices:
Size:
6.54MB
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Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-07
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Developed by:
Nicolas Kick
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ufocus/id583995251

User Reviews

uFocus is praised as a distraction-free, minimalist writing app ideal for drafting long-form text. Reviewers value its lightweight, offline/local-file workflow, strong Markdown/Plain Text support, and free usage with no subscriptions. Notable downsides mentioned across multiple reviews include autosave unreliability, limited export options (no direct .docx; basic formats), and some editing UX quirks like a narrow typing area. Overall, it’s favored for focus, speed, and a pure writing experience with room for feature enhancements.
Pros
  • Distraction-free writing with a minimalist interface, focus mode, and optional typewriter sounds
  • Lightweight, fast, offline, and uses local files with no cloud dependency
  • Strong Markdown and plain text support with easy organization using libraries/folders
  • Free to use with no subscriptions or data collection
  • Great for drafting long-form text with a simple, focused workflow
Cons
  • Autosave can be unreliable or delayed, raising risk of losing recent work; users want an explicit manual save option
  • Export options are limited (no direct .docx export and limited formats)
  • Editing UX quirks such as a narrow typing area and text selection/visibility issues
Recent reviews
Can’t get the toolbar to show up in the editor, tried the gestures you mentioned in the app they’re still hidden. No way to contact you through the app and the app support link on your webpage is down so writing it here.
by iO*****, 2026-05-05

Now, I am not usually the type who writes reviews—in fact this is my first review I have ever written for an app. This app has honestly changed my writing for the better, and I felt it deserved a review. Before I downloaded uFocus, I would write in Apple Pages and constantly try to ignore my highly distracting Grammarly edit bubble. I would draft once, and then edit in the same document. However, I was wanting a tool to help me write faster and without distractions. I considered Freewrite but didn’t have the budget to buy one. Then I found uFocus. The app is extremely plain and small. Utilizing .txt files, my longest documents are still no more than 50 KB, compared to the 300+ KB that the same document is in Pages. The interface is easy to navigate, and if you want to work with bold and italics, there are keys to use them. I use uFocus for all of my first drafts (the typewriter sounds keep me going), then edit them in Pages later. For a free writing app, I cannot recommend more highly uFocus. Update: Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I discovered the Markdown (.md) files, which have improved dramatically my ability to create ordered notes.
by Dr*****, 2026-04-08

uFocus is hands-down the best free distraction free text editor I've used on Mac. It keeps everything super simple with plain .txt files no bloat, no subscriptions, no proprietary formats and lets you organize notes in libraries or folders effortlessly. The minimalist interface vanishes when you write, with solid Markdown support, optional typewriter sounds that actually motivate you, nice themes, focus mode, and typewriter scrolling that feels perfect for long sessions. It's lightweight, fast even on older Macs, fully offline, and still gets updates in 2026. Minor gripes like basic library search or no direct .docx export don't bother me since I use it purely for first drafts before polishing elsewhere. If you want pure, uninterrupted writing without paying a dime, uFocus is unbeatable 5 stars all the way.
by aj*****, 2026-02-25
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