It started as a single app, became two apps, and then merged back into one app that brought together the best aspects of the former Classic and Pro variants. With that out of the way, let’s see what’s new in each of the two apps. In its place, I would put something that’s become increasingly important to me as I’ve accumulated (and migrated) more writing work over time:Ī powerful, easy way to manage and manipulate text items, whether they be articles, snippets, notes, sections, or any other arbitrary text unit. Nowadays, I publish this site via Blot, or to plain markdown files for magazine work, so the third point in my original list is no longer that relevant to my needs. Sometimes, I write for print, and I keep a few fiction projects on the go as well for when I have the time and energy to develop them. I write primarily non-fiction, mostly for online consumption in the form of articles (like this one!) and photo essays ( like this one!). When I last compared these two, I identified my criteria as follows:

To make it easier to follow along with my impressions, it helps to understand where I’m coming from as a writer and what my priorities are. With everyone sharpening their digital pencils, I figured it was time to dive in and see how their respective changes have improved the experience of using and trusting them with our words. And each of them has come a long way in the intervening years. These continue to be, in my estimation, the finest plain-text writing environments out there.

It’s novel season, which has me thinking about the ways we write and the tools we use to get it done.Ī few years ago, I compared the two front-runners: iA Writer and Ulysses.

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