QuickEdit Text Editor

QuickEdit Text Editor at a glance

QuickEdit Text Editor is a mobile editor for plain-text documents and programming files. It may suit people who want to make quick changes to notes, configuration files or code on a phone or tablet, as well as users who work with a physical keyboard. The app is made by Rhythm Software. It has a 4.03 out of 5 rating from 52,574 ratings and has been installed 10,000,000+ times.

Text and code editing

For everyday writing, QuickEdit provides tools for selecting and changing text, searching and replacing content, and undoing or redoing edits. For code, it offers syntax highlighting for more than 170 languages, including Java, Python, JavaScript, C++ and XML. An online compiler can compile and run programs in more than 30 languages, according to the app description.

Working with files

The editor supports multiple open tabs and can jump to a specified line number. You can show or hide line numbers, adjust indentation, and use automatic indentation for new lines. The app is described as able to handle large text files, including files with more than 10,000 lines. It can also preview HTML, CSS, Markdown and AsciiDoc files.

Where it may fit

QuickEdit can open files from recent-file lists and connect to services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, FTP, GitHub and GitLab. It also detects character encoding, supports different fonts and text sizes, and has light and dark themes. On rooted devices, it can edit system files. That option is specific to rooted devices; for general use, the app can also handle common TXT, INI and LOG files. Its mix of document and code tools makes it more suited to hands-on editing than to simply viewing files.