Nocs™ — text editor with Dropbox and Markdown app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: WISD
First release : 24 Oct 2010
App size: 3.05 Mb
＃ Browse, Edit, & Organize ＃
Well integrated with Dropbox, Markdown, and a simple text editor, Nocs makes you love your text files.
Text files are cross-platform and highly interoperable. Working with text files means you are not locked into any proprietary file format or database. Simple, is powerful.
• Dual access: Local device & Dropbox cloud service:
- Dropbox: access all folders, flexible sharing
- Local file system: fast, secure, and off-line
• Marked & Recent Folders¹ for frequently used folders
• Clean "table of contents"-style listing; detail info is only a tap away
• Markdown support: not an afterthought
- Text shown formatted & styled with on-the-fly conversion
- Two levels of CSS support: folder custom, global default
- Selectable file name extensions: you control what gets converted
- export as HTML with many options
• Web Browsing mode
• View many other kinds of documents:
- iWork: Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Powerpoint
- PDF, RTF
- pictures: PNG, JPEG, etc.
- movies: MOV, etc.
• Unicode: international characters ready
• Customizable Text Templates²:
- folder-specific and default text templates
- text expansion: {{title}}, {{date}}
• Quick jotting, ready when you are
• Rename via Doc Title²:
- just edit the in-doc title (Pandoc style), and Nocs offers to rename the file for you
• GyroPreview²:
- motion-based preview; just turn your device side-to-side to enter/exit preview
- optional sound effects
• One-tap preview: Markdown, HTML, etc.
• No-Break Space (NBSP) support²: maybe the only editor that can preserve and insert them
• Font face & size selection
• TextExpander support
• Selectable keyboard styles: for typing URL, e-mail address, etc.
- international keyboards with Candidate Bars
• Hardware keyboard support: utilize the full screen for content
• Capable file manager:
- nested folders: as structured as you want
- copy³ & move, even across Dropbox & local storage
- rename, create, delete
• Revisions Browsing & Restore³ (for Dropbox files)
• Get Sharable Links³ (for Dropbox files & folders):
- even streamable URLs
• Inbox support: open files from other apps
- then optionally upload to any Dropbox folder
• iTunes file sharing via USB or Wi-Fi
• Smart handling of file name extensions
Just the Beginning...
Thank you for your interest in Nocs. This is just a release one, a solid basis for much more to come.
The WISD Team
http://www.wisd.com
Twitter: @wisdcom
¹ ² ³: Extra features available in the in-app store: ¹Browse Pack, ²Edit Pack, ³Organize Pack, and the Power Pack that includes the three.
Latest reviews of Nocs™ — text editor with Dropbox and Markdown app for iPhone and iPad
All the editing features, filing features, and UI are PERFECT! As they say in Latin: Gratias Ago Tibi Valde !
Best free md editor available!
OK. Sorry for the alliterative title. This has to be one of the most useful editor apps in the story, and it is free. Integration with DropBox means you have a backup of your work. You can also copy (well, move) documents from DropBox to your iDevice to work with while youre away from the net. Use of Markdown allows you to add formatting when you want to without making your writing unreadable. Theres in-app purchase stuff for additional functionality, but those features arent absolutely necessary... and its very, very nice to have a free app that doesnt bombard you with ads or nickel-and-dime you by making in-app purchases entirely necessary for you to use it. In all, I like this app, and am glad I downloaded it. I recommend it.
This is a great app in general, and I would even be willing to invest in the IAP extras...BUT.. ...the only thing in the way is the lack of iPhone 5 support. I keep tapping below the space bar, since thats where my senses expect it to be. A text editor app centered on the screen is pretty unusable for me, sadly. So, unfortunately ... I just cant use the app anymore. The app could really benefit from the extra real estate, too. I hope to see an update; youll get my 5 stars and business! But for those of you on iPhone 4 or earlier...this app is terrific.
I use NOCs for all my note taking and research. I love how everything is organized and structured. NOCs has the ability to do so much. I am a big supporter so far. Keep it simple and sweet.