The mobile app
Studio on iPhone, iPad and Android - how the app is laid out, how touch replaces right-clicks and shortcuts, and what works differently from the web and desktop.
The mobile app brings your Studio library to your phone and tablet, redesigned for touch. It opens the same projects and files as the web and desktop apps, and nearly every tool is there.
Get it from the App Store (iPhone and iPad) or Google Play (Android phones and tablets), then sign in with your Studio account or tap Create an account. The mobile app needs an account; to write with no account, use the desktop app.
How the app is laid out
- Projects (the folder icon at the bottom) lists your projects, favorites first. Tap + to make one. The search icon at the top searches every file in your account.
- Settings (the gear at the bottom) holds your account, appearance, devices, Google Drive and help. See Settings below.
Inside a project, three tabs run across the top:
- Home: New file and your recent files.
- Files: every folder and file, with search, tag filters, import, new folder, new file and the Trash at the bottom.
- Pad: the project's Scratch Pad: Notes, Tasks and the Inbox of captures from your BYOK.
Touch instead of clicks
| On a computer | On your phone or tablet |
|---|---|
| Right-click a file or folder | Long-press it to open its actions: favorite, tags, syncing, version history, rename, move to another folder or project, and move to trash. |
| The file options button | Tap the sliders icon at the top of an open file. |
| Hover for a toolbar | Tap the item (a card, tile or row) to select it; its tools appear at the bottom of the screen. |
| Keyboard shortcuts and the command palette | Not on mobile. Everything is a tap away instead. |
| Drag and drop | Long-press, then drag, or use Move and the up/down arrows where they appear. |
Writing on mobile
Open a text file and tap into the text to write. While you're editing, the buttons at the top change:
- T shows the formatting bar above the keyboard: undo and redo, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, three heading sizes, normal text, bulleted and numbered lists, quotes and line spacing.
- The chevron puts the keyboard away.
- The speech bubble shows the file's comments, and on a tablet the panel icon opens a second file beside this one.
In a manuscript, the chapters run across the top as pills; tap one to jump to it. The sliders icon opens the file menu: name, description, word count, zoom, tags, find and replace, export and more.
What's different on mobile
Most of Studio works the same on your phone. These parts don't, or aren't there yet:
| Feature | On mobile |
|---|---|
| Command palette and keyboard shortcuts | Not available. |
| Two files side by side | On tablets, with the panel icon in a file's header. Phones show one file at a time. |
| Project dashboard Customize | The Home tab shows New file and recent files. |
| High contrast, focus mode and the writing timer | Not available. Light, dark and color themes, the writing font and the word-count goal are, in Settings. |
| Typewriter | Web and desktop only. |
| Capture routing rules | Set up on the web or desktop. Captures still arrive in the Pad tab's Inbox. |
| Bringing writing in from the BYOK's card, tools and fonts | Desktop app only. Wi-Fi sync works from your phone's account like anywhere else. |
| The new grid | Grids made with the new grid open and edit on mobile, and a classic grid can switch to the new grid there too. |
Settings
- Account: your email and plan, Change Password and Manage Subscription.
- Appearance: Light, Dark or System, and Color Theme.
- Writing: Writing Font for your text, and a Word-Count Goal.
- Devices: Manage Devices to connect your BYOK and choose its sync settings. See Wi-Fi sync with your BYOK.
- Scratchpad: Hide quick-access button if you'd rather open the pad from the Pad tab.
- Google Drive: connect it for text-file backups.
- Support: Report a Bug, Suggestion Box, Support and Update Log.
- Sign Out Everywhere, Sign Out and Delete Account.
Subscriptions bought on your phone are handled by the App Store or Google Play. See Accounts, plans and billing.
Still stuck?
Send us a note from Contact Support, or choose Report Bug in Studio’s account menu so your app version comes along with it. For the device itself, see the BYOK device manual.