Ulysses
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Ulysses is a 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.
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What a bright future I saw in Ulysses! It was one of the best Markdown writers and I really thought this is a keeper.
However for one they introduced some odd (and not really needed) extensions to Markdown that would make the files created accordingly less app agnostic, but it gets worse… their iCloud implementation wouldn't keep the plain Markdown files as such on iCloud drive, easy to open with any other Markdown app, no, it was entirely hidden from the user and only accessible through Ulysses, nowhere to be seen on iCloud drive. Which defies the purpose of using Markdown in the first place. Byword for example neatly put its files in plain sight of the user.
Now they've switched to a subscription model, so you'll have to pay a whopping $40/year (if I recall that's probably 10 bucks more than the price I paid for the app previously) in order to use the app. Considering that synching is done via iCloud anyway (so they have little part in or can hardly take credit for that) and that Ulysses basically just obscured your Markdown files, I think you should stay away from that piece of software…
I recommend to organise your Markdown files in files and folders, put them on iCloud drive if you need that synching and open them with any non-subscription Markdown app of your choosing. There are plenty alternatives.
There is simply nothing on the market that compares to Ulysses at this moment. It has an incredibly rich feature set belied by the beautiful, minimalist interface that lets you focus on writing. No other app makes it so easy to organize projects and documents. The easy export function is industry leading; you can create gorgeous PDFs and epubs in, like, two or three clicks. The cross-platform sync and backup system is reliable enough that you won't ever lose any work, and the mobile apps are so good that you could write exclusively on them if you wanted to. I have tried all the major alternatives out there, like Scrivener, but Ulysses always pulls me back.
The only thing I don't like is that it's subscription-only. I know that's an instant deal breaker for a lot of people, but if you can afford it, it is so worth it. Maybe this will change when Scrivener finally releases its Ulysses competitor in the coming year, but for now, I can't recommend Ulysses enough as a daily user.
integrates publishing with wordpress in markdown format
True. So does Byword (also allows publishing through Medium, tumblr., Blogger and to Evernote), without subscription, for less money, and putting your files into iCloud folders, where you can open them with any other text editor.