IA Writer in all its minimllistic glory, sans the virtual keyboard. I had tried several other writing apps, but none gave me a writing environment as unobtrusive as Bean does on my iMac.

Unfortunately, no writing application can help me with my oft-made technical mistakes, but at least I can get my thoughts down, and that’s the important thing.

Bean gives me a wonderful full screen mode that inhibits distractions and lets me concentrate on what I’m writing. I used to use TextEdit, but found that it was a bit too simplistic. 'I am convinced that a huge part of the writing experience goes back to its typographic magic,' says Reichenstein, 'which goes back to the font that makes it all possible.' You can slide between them at will on both Mac and iOS, and a second slider controls Writer Pro’s biggest new feature - Syntax Control.When I write on my iMac I use Bean, an open source word processor that is simple to use, has a clean interface, does not distract me from my writing, and it’s free. Note uses Nitti Grotesk, a new sans-serif version of the Writer mode’s Nitti, and the Edit and Read modes use the serifed Tiempos. There’s no functional difference between the four besides the read-only Read, but Note, Write, and Edit all have different typefaces and cursor colors. The basic experience is much the same as Writer, but there are three additional modes designed to be used in sequential order - Note is the first, then Edit and Read follow the Write mode. To that end, Writer Pro is focused on the writing workflow.

'We learned along the way that it is usually better to lead with innovation instead of trying to compete on features,' iA founder Oliver Reichenstein tells The Verge.

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