Buy once instead of Bear Pro
4 apps in the directory cover what people use Bear Pro for. 3 of them are a one-time purchases, and one costs nothing at all.
Bear Pro costs about $30 a year. At that rate Typora, the cheapest dollar-priced replacement at $14.99, pays for itself in 6 months.
Read the catch on each one before you switch — a one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
The replacements
MarkEdit
MIT-licensed markdown editor that behaves like TextEdit
Free Open source
Typora
live-preview markdown editing for $14.99, three activations
$14.99 This version
A major version jump like 1.x to 2.x can require paying again
Tot
seven scratch pads in the menu bar, unlocked once
$19.99 Perpetual
The iPhone and iPad app is a separate purchase from the Mac unlock
iA Writer
markdown editor sold once per platform, no subscription offered
$49.99 This version
Each platform is a separate purchase, and major versions may cost extra