We’ve already written about Elements in the past here on Beautiful Pixels. When it was introduced on the App Store, it brought along a beautifully elegant interface to write in and a feature set that made it a great writing app on the App Store. Since then, Elements has gone through a TON of changes — the most notable being the UI overhaul it received in version 2.0.
Elements features a gorgeous user interface to compose text it. At its core, Elements is a versatile text-editor that syncs files via Dropbox. When you first install Elements and sign-in using your Dropbox credentials, it lets you choose which folder you’d like to use to store your files in. This is very nifty if you’re already using nvALT on your Mac. The UI is very clean and neatly laid out. The default font that Elements uses looks absolutely stunning on Retina Display. It even works offline, uploading any changes you make offline automatically when you’re connected to the internet. Elements also boasts a variety of features including autosaving, character/word/line counts, spell-check and TextExpander integration and Markdown preview.
While I had purchased the app when it was released on the App Store, I only recently took it up as my primary ‘Notes’ app after I ditched Simplenote and took up a more Dropbox-esque approach. Unfortunately, this didn’t turn out well for me as the app constantly kept throwing errors in my face, making the app practically unusable. Thankfully, v2.2 of the app that has recently been released fixes all these issues and the app is back on my Homescreen.
Elements is available for just $4.99 on the App Store and is a universal app. If you’re looking for a new text-editor, this is what I’d recommend.