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Simple Text Editor

1.30.0
4.11
5,042 reviews
1,000,000+
Downloads
Free

This is simple text editor that can help you with editing text files.

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4.11 · 5,042 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 16 thousand times.

What is the rating of Simple Text Editor?

Simple Text Editor is rated 4.11 out of 5 stars, based on 5 thousand ratings.

Is Simple Text Editor free?

Simple Text Editor is free to download. The APK download size is 1.45 MB. The latest version available is 1.30.0. The last update was on June 11, 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

More data about Simple Text Editor

Price Free to download
Total downloads 1.4 million
Recent downloads 16 thousand
Rating 4.11 based on 5 thousand ratings
Ranking Not ranked
Version 1.30.0
APK size 1.45 MB
Number of libraries 14
Designed for Android 5.0+
Suitable for Everyone
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Simple Text Editor compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

Text Editor Simple Files Editing Code

Keywords missing from this app

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Simple Text Editor has been downloaded 1.4 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 550 downloads per day.

Changelog of Simple Text Editor

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Comments on Simple Text Editor for Android

★★★★★ Larry Kuck · Dec 4, 2025
I was looking for a simple text editor. By dog if I didn't get one! Simple Text Editor is its name. It can use sans serif, serif, or monospaced font and save its files. It requires no permissions. I am using it on Android 16.
★★★★★ Joey Hamilton · Jan 1, 2026
Thank you for writing a simple straightforward app that does exactly what I wanted to do!
★★★★★ 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!
★☆☆☆☆ 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.
★★☆☆☆ 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.
★☆☆☆☆ 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
★☆☆☆☆ L Briden · Jul 29, 2026
Does not create real text files. Just creates files that this app can use.

Google Play Rankings for Simple Text Editor

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Technologies used by Simple Text Editor

Simple Text Editor is requesting 3 permissions and is using 14 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools
test access to protected storage
Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
System tools
prevent phone from sleeping

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

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