This is simple text editor that can help you with editing text files.
4.13·5,068 reviews·1,000,000+ downloads
Pros & Cons
Open-source transparency and community contributions
Lightweight, fast performance for plain-text editing
On-device file management via external storage access
Active updates to translations and language support
Limited to plain text editing with no support for rich formats
Lacks built-in file management features such as advanced save/open dialogs compared to some competitors
About Simple Text Editor
Simple Text Editor is a tools app developed by maxistar.
How many times has Simple Text Editor been downloaded?
Simple Text Editor has been downloaded 1.4 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 17 thousand times.
What is the rating of Simple Text Editor?
Simple Text Editor is rated 4.13 out of 5 stars, based on 5.1 thousand ratings.
Is Simple Text Editor free?
Simple Text Editor is free to download. The APK download size is 2.75 MB. The latest version available is 1.31.1. The last update was on August 16, 2026.
What are the requirements for Simple Text Editor?
Simple Text Editor requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2013.
Description
This is simple text editor that can help you with editing text files.
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It's does one thing well and vary little else. In 2026 that is an amazing thing that we all miss. This is a text editor: it does that. It does that with no features or flaws. This is not an AI infested buggy subscription based tool with nonsense garbage and random pop-ups. It's not add infested. It's not pointlessly slow. It's small in file size. And while recent software has put the bar real low; this gets my praise.
★★★★★THE EPERCEPTION· Jan 30, 2026
I like this text editor pretty much. It is the best text editor in the Google Play Store besides VLK text editor. Unfortunately, it keeps saying read-only text file, but that's not a big deal. However, I don't know what happened to VLK it saves blank text files only it could be that it doesn’t work on Samsung Galaxy (that I am using at present without any choice) while waiting for my Moto G 2025. I really adore VLK I used it on several different android devices without any complications. Shame!
★★★★★George Hanna· Jul 2, 2026
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
★☆☆☆☆Aleksey Yablokov· Mar 29, 2026
This editor looses typed text if it was not explicitly saved. Usually, editors resume the previous text when opened again. I lost an important PIN that I typed quickly before adding it to the password manager. It took much time to recover it. UPD I see it has the "autosaving" setting, but it's disabled by default. UPD2 The "autosaving" setting doesn't save new documents
★★☆☆☆Steven Austin· Feb 15, 2026
I agree a simple .txt file editor is sorely needed, but this isn't it. I opened a .txt file that I created in Windows to edit. The issue described in earlier reviews about randomly moving the focus to the bottom of the text really makes the app unusable, especially since it happened on every line multiple times. Also, to get around the limitations of the on-screen keyboard, I tried to use a Bluetooth keyboard. The app did not recognize the tab character at all.
★☆☆☆☆Antonio Ramos· Jan 4, 2026
This piece of junk will not remember what you typed unless you hit "Save". I lost the text I wrote here for not saving the file. 2026 and you may lose your data without any warning.
★☆☆☆☆L Briden· Jul 29, 2026
Does not create real text files. Just creates files that this app can use.
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