em — Markdown Writer & Editor

Own your drafts and blog posts

Justin Cox
App Store rating5.0★1 rating
Price$19.99Listed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size19 MBiPhone download
CategoryProductivity
DeveloperJustin Cox

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • $19.99 to download.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 1.3, updated 2026-10-09.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

em is a Markdown writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, built on one idea: your writing files are yours, and you're the only one who should decide what to do with 'em.

WRITE 'EM WITH MARKDOWN

Capture your thoughts in a distraction-free Markdown editor tuned for each device. em counts your words and reading time, but only if you want it to.

FIND 'EM WITH SMART SEARCH

Smart Search lists every file holding your words, the ones holding all of them first. Use quotes, +, -, OR and * for precision, filter by library, tag, status or year, and save any search as a Smart Folder that stays current. Only remember what a piece was about? Ask em.

PROTECT 'EM WITH VERSION HISTORY

Every edit is automatically versioned and backed up to iCloud. Compare and restore versions from any device, so an accidental deletion never costs you your writing.

PUBLISH 'EM WITH GHOST…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 1.3 · 2026-10-09
em is ready for iPhone Duo and enhances the Editorial Review experience. - Feedback and the Editor, Together At Last: The Ask em conversation is now available right inside your current draft and tracks all of your questions and reviews on the current working file. Ask for an Editorial Review and see the response flow in right next to your writing, without ever touching or editing the draft directly. - Built for iPhone Duo: em takes advantage of each screen on the new form factor and focuses on what's most important: your writing. Fold or unfold and em keeps your place exactly where it needs to be. - Your Files, Wherever You Drag Them: Files drag and drop in and out of em, so you can move…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
em-apple-6797005003
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
5.00 ★ · 1 ratings
Version
1.3
Updated
9 Oct 2026
Price
$19.99
Age rating
4+
Size
19 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Justin Cox
Category
Productivity
Listing price
$19.99

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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