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 18 thousand times.
What is the rating of Simple Text Editor?
Simple Text Editor is rated 4.05 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.
This editor mostly used by me for small text notes, write down ideas while I have a break.
Supports only plain text files at the moment.
The code is open so can review code, send pull requests, new features, translations and so on. https://github.com/maxistar/TextPad.
Any suggestions for this project are welcomed. Thank you!
Recent changes: - protects your edits when an open file changes outside TextPad - makes recovery of unsaved drafts more reliable - keeps the cursor visible when the keyboard is open
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It's a decent text editor, but in my case it can't open a 500kb text file. After a while it blanks and exit.
★★★★☆Narad Trabant· Jul 28, 2026
It's exactly what it says it is. I mainly use it as a scratch pad or a buffer. Works fine, although it does leave small text files lying around.
★★★★★Joey Hamilton· Jan 1, 2026
Thank you for writing a simple straightforward app that does exactly what I wanted to do!
★☆☆☆☆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.
★★☆☆☆Robert Nussberger· Aug 19, 2026
Beautiful. Edit: aug 19 2026- it's just that over the years, the app lost some features. Not just that, but it acquired a few bugs-Such as the app demanding me to re-open the selected file after opening it once, or else it will open as a read-only. My favorite feature was hitting alt button, and then ENTER. I would create a new file, open existing file, exit or else. But that feature does not work with my phone anymore. I use an aging 2022-era galaxy a32. Came here to check for updates.
★☆☆☆☆L Briden· Jul 29, 2026
Does not create real text files. Just creates files that this app can use.
★☆☆☆☆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
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