Buy once instead of Ulysses
- Ulysses costs
- $40a year. $39.99/year, relevant if you were paying it mainly to write plain text. Their pricing
- Ways out
- 7apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $14.99Typora, which pays back in 4 months
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 ZettlrMarkdown writing app built around citations and Pandoc | FreeOpen source | Export beyond HTML needs Pandoc, and PDF needs a LaTeX install on top |
 TyporaLive-preview markdown editing for $14.99, three activations | $14.99This version | A major version jump like 1.x to 2.x can require paying again |
 iA WriterMarkdown editor sold once per platform, no subscription offered | $49.99This version | Each platform is a separate purchase, and major versions may cost extra |
 MarsEdit 5Desktop blog editor for WordPress, Ghost and Micro.blog | $59.95Paid upgrades | Major versions are a separate paid upgrade, at about half price for existing owners |
 BBEditThe 1992 Mac text editor that still sells perpetual licences | $59.99Paid upgrades | Major versions are paid upgrades, currently $29.99 to $39.99 every couple of years |
 Scrivener 3The long-form writing workhorse, still a perpetual licence | $59.99This version | Scrivener 4 will be a new purchase, at a discount for owners of 3 |
 Marked 3Markdown preview and export with a permanent unlock option | $69.99Lifetime tier | The $69.99 permanent unlock is introductory pricing and returns to $89.99 later |