ruff: a writing companion

ruff: a writing companion

A pocket-sized notepad you'll want to carry — ruff is a writer's best companion!

App info


2025.02.24
March 01, 2025
Android 5.0+
Everyone
Get ruff: a writing companion for Free on Google Play

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App description


Android App Analysis and Review: ruff: a writing companion, Developed by Third Culture Apps. Listed in Productivity Category. Current Version Is 2025.02.24, Updated On 01/03/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: ruff: a writing companion. Achieved Over 134 thousand Installs. ruff: a writing companion Currently Has 811 Reviews, Average Rating 4.3 Stars

🏆 Winner of Google's 2019 Material Design Award

💎 Winner of Google Play's Best of 2019 “Hidden Gems”

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ruff is your pocket-sized best friend that aims to make writing on the go fun and sharing it fast & easy. It's a single sheet of text with your progress automatically saved and restored between sessions — no file management to worry about here! You can set aside (aka stash) text to come back to later via a left swipe. Or you can pass it on (aka share) via the FAB.

ruff doesn't want (or need) to replace your text editor, to-do app etc. With its original blend of utility & versatility, ruff is the ideal springboard for all your writing on the go: drafts, notes, lists, ideas, thoughts etc. It's a pleasure to write in ruff, and effortless to move the writing out 💪

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Still not convinced? Check out what the experts have to say ;)

« Ruff’s straightforward brand identity empowers the app’s note-taking users to quickly capture their thoughts in any style. Prioritizing function and clarity, Ruff’s consistent use of typography, shape, and color create an inviting themed experience. » — Google Design ( https://design.google/library/material-design-awards-2019/)

« If you like to write and wish you could do so from your Android device without any distractions, then look no further than ruff. The app contains both a light and dark theme, and it even works on Chromebooks, which makes it a great option for portable writing. Saving your content is easy. All you have to do is swipe to the right, and the app will save your progress so that you can easily pick up where you left off, even if you switch to a different Android device. » — Android Police

« It’s a bit of a niche product, but it looks nice and it works as described. » — Android Authority

🐕+

Throw a bone 🦴 by upgrading to ruff+ to unleash the following:

• Gain full screen estate by removing ads

• Set aside (aka stash) as much text as you like (as opposed to the basic 10)

• Read the entire content of your text from your home screen widget (it's a full screen preview on the basic widget)

... you'll make an indie developer and their digital pup happy too! ♥
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What's New


Under the hood changes in preparation for a bigger update (ruff 2) coming later this year.

Rate and review on Google Play store


4.3
811 total
5 65.1
4 16.8
3 6.6
2 3.5
1 8.0

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Recent Comments

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Michael C

This app is perfect for non-permanent (especially voice) notes. The highlight feature is probably the large widget which gives you an incredibly accessible sort of whiteboard to organize your thoughts. Literally don't need to make a single gesture other than tap the edit button and your immediately taking a note. Going to swipe up to exit. But it's not an equivalent to Google keep or easy voice notes or something. Those are more permanent. But those can clog up storage and file space.

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A Google user

It is a beautiful app, and I loved it in my first impression then I got the peremium version. But… but the good things wouldn't last, after that my text getting longer and longer, the app goes slow, each time slower than before. And also, in my point of view the stash mechanism is rediculous. So I've changed my rate from 5 to 3 stars. Update: I have added a few line to my text and I can't even open the app anymore, can you imagine that I can't restore my texts?! Also, export option won't work!

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Justin Louis

this app turned out to be one of the best purchases that I've made from the Play store. the simple, elegant design in the way it's like silk goes through everything. there's no. I'm going to stopping and waiting certain points of the application. I really feel like somebody put effort into a product that was designed for someone like me in mind

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Alex Kaduk

Loved it! Piece of art in app dev! Upd after few years: It is still amazing :) I just thought - what would make this app absolutely marvelous is having the web version, so one could seamlessly switch between the same minimalistic interface on mobile & desktop. It is quite a piece of work (cloud sync, E2E encryption etc), but result may be well worth it.

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Adrian G

This is definitely a 5 star app, I even purchased the upgrade. I like so much about this app, the stashing, the quickness and ease of use. However there's one thing that's keeping this from actually being 5 stars. The widget, which I like, to be clear. By default it is white, and it doesn't matter how many times you change it to black or grey or whatnot, after some time the widget goes back to white. You need to click edit to open it, and sets it back to black. Fix this and it's 5 stars

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A Google user

Absolutely great app: complete and stylish. I'll definitely buy the premium version which unlocks useful features, although the free version is already perfectly enjoyable. Give it a try, you'll love it. EDIT: The text kept disappearing every time I tried to change the theme, but today I tried again and everything's fine, so restarting the app (or the phone, maybe) fixed it. Sorry for not having tried it earlier. Thank you for the quick answer, I appreciate it.

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Chris Young

It's basically impossible to select any text in the middle of your document because the scrolling when you highlight text goes at break neck speeds, and whenever you try to slow it down, it goes backwards at the same speeds. You should give us the option to add chapters/bookmarks, or even start new pages. That would probably avoid this issue. I wish I didn't have to scroll past 5 or 6 different things to start writing again.

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Ian Hobson

So far so good. Just wanted a note pad widget for my daily todo lists. Easy to set check boxes, check them off and clear the note at the end of each day. 2 suggestions though: Would like to be able to edit the widget text from the widget (without having to open the app) and if there was an option for a 'checked' bullet to also strike through the text, that would help with my OCD tremendously. 9/10 app for what I was looking for. Will be using this for a while.