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 FocusWriter.

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  1. Marknote icon
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    Marknote lets you create rich text notes and easily organise them into notebooks. You can personalise your notebooks by choosing an icon and accent color for each one, making it easy to distinguish between them and keep your notes at your fingertips.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  2. Roam Research icon
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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.

    163 Roam Research alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. Pinery icon
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    Combines Markdown writing, live preview, and powerful design controls with instant exports in ePub, PDF, and HTML formats. Open format Markdown file storage, no vendor lock-in, customizable themes, and full privacy with local or iCloud storage on Mac.

    27 Pinery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. novelWriter icon
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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.

    67 novelWriter alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Python
     
  5. Daino Notes icon
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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.

    78 Daino Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. yWriter icon
     68 likes

    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.

    76 yWriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. MarkFlowy icon
     12 likes

    Modern markdown editor application, Build fast and efficient workflows.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Inspire Writer icon
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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

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    Platforms

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

    Guest
    Positive
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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
    Positive
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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
  10. Notepack icon
     16 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Quiver icon
     43 likes

    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.

    241 Quiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.

    141 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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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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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