Jota Text Editor

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#79 of 82

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6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Jota Text Editor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Jota Text Editor's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Jota Text Editor	Free	Forever free · no ads · supports text files up to 1 million characters

Each one read from Jota Text Editor's own pages, with the date it was checked.

App integrations: The editor supports text sharing and Android ACTION_SEND, ACTION_SEARCH, and ACTION_VIEW intents.checked 11 Oct 2026
Supported devices: The page says Jota supports Android OS 1.6 or later and both touchscreen and QWERTY-keyboard devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: Androidchecked 21 Sep 2026

Character encoding: It can detect and change multiple character encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16, Shift_JIS, Big5, and GB18030.checked 11 Oct 2026
Dropbox workflow: The FAQ describes sharing a saved file with Dropbox to upload it.checked 11 Oct 2026
Editing features: Features include regular-expression search, undo and redo, auto indent, auto save, word wrap controls, line numbers, and a word counter.checked 11 Oct 2026
File management: Jota does not include a function to remove or rename files; the FAQ recommends using a file manager application.checked 11 Oct 2026
File size: The editor supports files up to 1 million characters.checked 11 Oct 2026
Intended users: The maker says Jota can be used as an SL4A editor.checked 11 Oct 2026
Large-file handling: Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Notable limits: The maker says RTL-language and bidirectional text are not supported, and the FAQ says Jota opens only text files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Purpose: Jota is a text editor designed for long text files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Support: The maker asks users seeking help to contact the developer by email rather than post in the Android Market review section.checked 11 Oct 2026
Syntax highlighting: Users can customize syntax definition files, and the maker describes syntax highlighting as being in beta testing.checked 11 Oct 2026

Free plan: Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Open source and price: The maker says Jota is open source under the Apache License, forever free, and has no ads; donations are welcome.checked 11 Oct 2026