Ulysses Alternatives

Ulysses is described as 'Text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to brainstorm, draft, revise and even submit text on a professional level' and is a popular Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Ulysses for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Ulysses alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Zettlr or CherryTree. Other great apps like Ulysses are Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Manuskript and Dendron.

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  1. Bear icon

    Bear

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    Flexible note-taking and writing tool featuring advanced markdown with in-line images, cross-note links, live preview, hashtags, Focus Mode, plain text storage, iCloud sync, one-tap formatting, smart data recognition, and multiple export formats for portability.

    243 Bear alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Almost everyone thinks Bear is a great Ulysses alternative.

    • Bear is the most popular Web-based alternative to Ulysses.

    • Bear is Freemium and ProprietaryUlysses is Paid and Proprietary
    • Bear is LightweightUlysses is not according to our users
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    Roam Research

     58 likes
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    As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your data locally.

    155 Roam Research alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  4. Pinery icon

    Pinery

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    The simplest way to go from first draft to a professionally published book. See your words come to life.

    24 Pinery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Scrivener

    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within ...

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    novelWriter

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    novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

    61 novelWriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Qt
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  8. Daino Notes icon

    Daino Notes

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    Offers fast, distraction-free note-taking via a high-performance editor with real-time Markdown, local-first storage, image support, Kanban task boards, intuitive drag-and-drop, keyboard shortcuts, configurable themes, fast search, and cross-platform access.

    73 Daino Notes alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  10. yWriter icon

    yWriter

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    yWriter is a writing tool that uses "scenes" as a unit of text and allows you to associate that text with all manner of story elements (characters, locations, items) as well as place it and rearrange it within the context of chapters.

    74 yWriter alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  11. Q - Collect Your Thoughts icon

    Q - Collect Your Thoughts

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    Q is a writing and memory tool that uses semantic search instead of folders. It allows markdown formatting on any device, provides math evaluations, and adds punctuation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Notepack

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    Privacy oriented, without vendor lock in note organizer, todo list desktop application. Work offline with text, markdown and pdf files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Inspire Writer

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    Inspire is a clone of Ulysses for Windows, with many of the core features but not all.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Inspire Writer as an Alternative to Ulysses
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    ryanzheng
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    It's very convenient to use, and it supports synchronization, which is the best editor I have ever used.

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    In many ways, it's just as good as Ulysses and it's one of the reasons that I've pretty much adopted my Surface Pro 6 as a laptop replacement, rather than my iPad Pro.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    dvfuncom
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    The best Ulysses-like app for Windows.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Inspire Writer is a great Ulysses alternative.

    • Inspire Writer is Paid and ProprietaryUlysses is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Inspire Writer is MinimalisticUlysses is not according to our users
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    Quiver

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    Quiver is a notebook built for programmers. It lets you easily mix text, code and Markdown within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor, live preview Markdown and LaTeX cells, and find any note instantly via the full-text search.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Hemingway Editor

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    Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.

    140 Hemingway Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    Ulysses is a markdown editor, Hemingway Editor is a rich text editor that makes suggestions about style, wording, etc. They're completely different.

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    Hemingway Editor is software that helps you edit and is not similar in function to Ulysses.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Hemingway Editor is Paid and ProprietaryUlysses is also Paid and Proprietary
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