A Good Start But Expensive

I personally don’t need to write in any other language than English. I was able to change the font, including size, in the settings. I haven’t encountered any crashes, nor perceived any lack of responsiveness or delay in the interface, and my Mac is by no-means powerful. I was well-aware that the “free” version of this app was meant to serve as a trial, rather than deception, and I prefer that over buying an app outright, only to discover that it doesn’t work as I anticipated. However, I feel it’s expensive given the current features.

This app is a typical no-frills, plain-text, writing app. The only value-proposition is that it forces you to focus on what you say rather than how you say it. While it does that job well, but I do feel as though $15 is expensive for a writing app that’s designed to support, rather than replace, other less-expensive alternatives.

Additionally, when writing with the window maximized, the last line is difficult to read due to a gradient opacity overlay. It continues that way until you reach the next line and the app scrolls back up. It would be nice to have an option to keep the last line in the middle of the page so you do not have to look at the bottom of your monitor the whole time youre writing.

Exporting directly to blogs and Devonthink/Evernote (similar to what Byword does) would be a nice feature to help justify the price.

sudo make about Rough Draft