Follow-up post: I did end up purchasing iAWriter for Windows and attempting to work cross-platform with my already-purchased iOS version on my iPhone and iPad.
Related observations so far:
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The Windows version isn’t nearly as sleek in appearance as the iOS version, but perhaps that’s to be expected.
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And it is oddly a somewhat different user experience on a desktop Windows versus mobile Apple, despite essentially the same basic feature set.
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Which brings me to some feature differences: You can publish to Micro.blog from the iOS app, but not from the Windows version. So I can compose from my Windows desktop, then need to toggle over to my iPhone if I want to ‘seamlessly’ push to Micro.blog.
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Which also brings me to iOS syncing snags I’m running into. As I’ve discovered, these aren’t iAWriter driven, but iOS driven. Apparently the iOS file system has complications such that other file sources (like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.) aren’t seamlessly updating. I configured iAWriter to use my existing free Dropbox account, and when writing on Windows it syncs fine to Dropbox, but then it isn’t automatically sync’ing the next step to my iOS device. If I open the iOS Files app and go the Dropbox folder and jigger a bit, I can force a sync eventually, but it’s frustrating and distracting from what I’m trying to do.
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Apparently iCloud works better since it’s Apple’s own (and one wonders if that’s part of the intent), so while I was hesitant to install iCloud for Windows, I may go that route if it’s gonna save me constant headache.
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Lastly, I’ve also migrated even further into Markdown as a default format for me (rather than TXT), or at least I’m gonna try to see how it goes.
That’s it for now!