I purchased the keyboard extension so that i could enjoy the typewriter experience in other apps, but unfortunately the implementation of this feature is rather broken and at this stage i’ve wasted money on it. The onscreen keyboard doesn’t fill the whole keyboard space; instead it just takes up about a quarter of it in one corner, which looks terrible and is difficult to type on. But additionally, if i use the extension in conjunction with my bluetooth keyboard, there’s no typewriter sounds! This was exactly the use case i was intending to apply, but presently in this configuration it does nothing.

I loved this app and use it on both my iPhone and iPad. It was annoying that my documents don’t sync between devices but okay I love the app enough to bear with that, even though I don’t understand why the developers left out something that important. Most recently however I was very upset to learn that I have to pay $9.99 twice to get the three new typewriters - once on my iPhone and again on my iPad - restore purchases did not work. I’m pretty sure I paid only once when I purchased the previous typewriters. I read in another review, where the developers suggested to uninstall and reinstall the app (on iPad say), in order to restore purchases made on another device (like the iPhone). So I uploaded all my iPad documents - yes had to export as useless PDF - uninstalled and reinstalled the app - only to find that restore purchases doesn’t work, and when I hit the purchase button, I was charged. I get that some other apps do this too, but that’s usually because their iPhone and iPad versions are vastly different. Hanx Writer is identical on both devices!Mind you, I’d emailed the developers twice to ask about this, both before and after I paid for the iPad version, and they’d ignored me both times. Guys, that’s really rude and unprofessional. I get the feeling the developers are starting to lose interest in this app. Which is a real shame. It was really fun before they started ripping their loyal customers off.

Running ipad pro 12.9, iOS 11 up to date as of this review. Bought the new typewriters. Usable app now unusable for me. For example:1. The ‘ding’ sound marking the end of a line before the upgrade was a single ding right near the end of the line - perfect. NOW the ding starts about 2/3 of the way along the line and dings annoyingly with every single keystroke until the end. Ding ding ding ding ding ding. Even finishing a word once the ding starts is annoying. So annoying to me that I can no longer use the app. Hitting return asap to stop it only leaves shortened lines of text. Turning sound off to stop it removes half the point of the app - the shook shook click sounds.2. Using coloured type only colours the first letter before text switches back to black. To type a whole word in red, for example, means going to the menu and selecting red before every single letter!3. Buying typewriters normally allows global access to new features, regardless of the machine you use. Buying the ‘Electrix’ promises “Use any Hanx Writer Typeface in Collection”. Not so. Unless I’m missing something, looks like you can only use the typeface specific to each machine with that machine. No option in font settings to change the font, unlike the other new features. For example, I like Matterhorn font as it’s larger and easier to read, but prefer staring at the Prime Select keys and machine.I wish now I could roll back to before the new machines. Dev. please fix. Please.(Oh and .txt export instead of just a pdf, and better, non-swipey document management system would be nice)

At the first time I used this app, I was extremely happy with the sounds and vibration (the main reason I bought this app). After a while, adds for the premium version kept popping up, disturbing me. It seemed as if you really want to type with comfort, you had to buy the premium. Soon after a trial on one of the premium typewriters, the whole app started to glitch. The bar which pops up when using a hardware keyboard went to the centre of the screen. Even with that, I couldn't type a single word, making it useless. I tried with the on screen keyboard that glitches even worse as it went to the middle of the screen and did not allow me to type everything. It later deleted 5 pages of my previous work. Good try at implementing the style of a typewriter but this attempt failed miserably.