Atlas: Write and Collect
Markdown, Canvases, Publishing
Free · In‑App Purchases
Writing, research, PDFs, and plot maps in one workspace. Now with Typewriter Scrolling, Focus Mode, and customizable fonts.
Atlas: Write. Collect. Publish.
# Your creative workspace for ambitious projects.
Atlas is where complex writing projects come together. Draft your novel, organize your research, outline your world, or build a personal knowledge base—all with tools designed for deep world-building and serious information gathering. Atlas adapts to how you work, not the other way around.
# Everything in One Place
Create projects that mirror how you think. Nest documents and folders to any depth, visualize connections on infinite canvases, sketch with Apple Pencil, and let smart wiki-style links keep everything connected as your project grows. Hierarchical tags tie related documents together, so a character, a source, or a loose thread never gets lost.
# Markdown That Works With You
Write with live formatting—headings, emphasis, and lists render as you type, with no separate preview mode. Images appear inline and resize with a drag. Links to other documents stay current when you rename them. Drop in Document Variables like title, author, and dates that fill themselves in. And shape the editor with the built-in theme editor until it feels like home—then share your themes with others.
# Collect From Anywhere
Research lives on the web, so Atlas brings it in cleanly. The Web Clipper captures articles as readable Markdown—images, metadata, and all—straight from Safari, and even pulls transcripts from YouTube videos. Snap a photo on your iPhone or share text from any app, and it's waiting in your project.
# Think Visually
Drop documents, images, and notes onto large canvases. Sketch maps, place labels, and draw connections between ideas. Arrange research beside your draft, map out story arcs, or build a mood board—and edit any document right on the canvas without breaking your flow.
# Syncs Thoughtfully
iCloud keeps your Mac, iPad, and iPhone in perfect sync. Start writing anywhere, continue everywhere. Automatic version history protects every draft, and intelligent conflict resolution merges changes for you—so simultaneous edits across devices simply work.
# Publish On Your Terms
When your work is ready for the world, export it your way: polished ePub eBooks with custom chapter breaks, print-ready PDFs down to trade-paperback layouts, clean HTML, RTF, or plain Markdown. A live preview shows exactly what you'll get before you export.
# Built for Hard Work and Play
Atlas is a native Mac, iPad, and iPhone app for writers, researchers, and creators tackling ambitious projects. Whether you're writing a novel, world-building, managing academic research, or building a personal wiki, Atlas fits the way you work.
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more You don’t have to pay to download it, but you do have to pay to do anything in the app. You can’t even close the popup that asks about a free trial to get into the app.
Developer Response Unfortunately, it does require a monthly or yearly subscription to use, but Atlas offers a 14 day trial if you want to check it out and you are always able to export your work, subscriber or not! I also LOVE giving out freebies—just email support@contagious.nu and I will gladly give you one! :)
You don’t have to pay to download it, but you do have to pay to do anything in the app. You can’t even close the popup that asks about a free trial to get into the app.
Unfortunately, it does require a monthly or yearly subscription to use, but Atlas offers a 14 day trial if you want to check it out and you are always able to export your work, subscriber or not! I also LOVE giving out freebies—just email support@contagious.nu and I will gladly give you one! :)
Atlas has all my favorite features from across all the notes apps I’ve tried, and then some. I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect whiteboarding app where I could not only collect websites & documents, but actually use them side by side, and Atlas delivers on those fronts. Instead of 50+ unorganized browser tabs I forget the contents of, I have them neatly organized into Canvases on Atlas. Of all the apps I’ve tried for this use case, it either 1) didn’t let me use the websites I needed without glitching/refreshing every two seconds, or 2) crashed completely if I added more than a few sites. Plus, it has a built-in web clipper in the Share Sheet that comes with Obsidian-esque templates tailored for popular forms of media. As someone who prefers visual workspaces, I love that I can clip articles and see them laid out as Cards instead of stuffed into a folder where I forget it exists. There are so many other unique features that I’ve never seen in any app that make it well worth the subscription fee. The developer is not only responsive to feedback, but will actually deliver on them in record time. It’s barely been a few months since the app launched, yet it has somehow launched new features that would take years to leave the Roadmap of other apps. I’ve made several feature requests and seen them implemented in the next release, which is crazy to see from a solo dev. I haven’t had to hesitate about adding my content to Atlas, since I can expect any issues I have to be fixed ASAP (and there are a bunch of export options). Super excited to see where this app goes!
Developer Response Thank you so much for your kind words! It really makes the effort I've poured into Atlas worth it :)
Atlas has all my favorite features from across all the notes apps I’ve tried, and then some. I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect whiteboarding app where I could not only collect websites & documents, but actually use them side by side, and Atlas delivers on those fronts. Instead of 50+ unorganized browser tabs I forget the contents of, I have them neatly organized into Canvases on Atlas. Of all the apps I’ve tried for this use case, it either 1) didn’t let me use the websites I needed without glitching/refreshing every two seconds, or 2) crashed completely if I added more than a few sites. Plus, it has a built-in web clipper in the Share Sheet that comes with Obsidian-esque templates tailored for popular forms of media. As someone who prefers visual workspaces, I love that I can clip articles and see them laid out as Cards instead of stuffed into a folder where I forget it exists. There are so many other unique features that I’ve never seen in any app that make it well worth the subscription fee. The developer is not only responsive to feedback, but will actually deliver on them in record time. It’s barely been a few months since the app launched, yet it has somehow launched new features that would take years to leave the Roadmap of other apps. I’ve made several feature requests and seen them implemented in the next release, which is crazy to see from a solo dev. I haven’t had to hesitate about adding my content to Atlas, since I can expect any issues I have to be fixed ASAP (and there are a bunch of export options). Super excited to see where this app goes!
Thank you so much for your kind words! It really makes the effort I've poured into Atlas worth it :)
**Document Version History (New Features)**
- Added ability to compare a document's historical versions to the current version (iOS + macOS)
- Added Markdown export for historical versions (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where historical versions couldn't be deleted (iOS)
**Typewriter Scrolling Improvements**
- Aligns content to the top when opening a document when typewriting scrolling is enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Improved text stability when opening documents with Typewriter Scrolling enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Improved text position consistency when toggling Typewriter Scrolling (iOS + macOS)
- Improved re-center behavior for Typewriter Scrolling when the editor isn’t focused (iOS + macOS)
- Improved saved scroll offset consistency across window sizes when typewriter scrolling is enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where inline images and links didn't respond when Typewriter Scrolling was set to Top or Bottom options (macOS)
- Fixed key commands for Typewriter Scrolling and Focus Mode (iOS pending due to some complexities here!) (macOS)
- Improves overall typewriting scrolling movement with various tweaks to behaviors (iOS + macOS)
**Focus Mode**
- Added dimming for unfocused images and equations (iOS + macOS)
- Added CMD + Option + G as a shortcut to toggle Focus Mode (iOS + macOS)
**Document Variables**
- Fixed issue where Document Variables inside links weren't recognized by the editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Document Variable support to context menus inside links (iOS + macOS)
**Clip and Share Extension**
- Added a search to the “Locations” view the filters the items.
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed crash when a document synced on another device during conflict resolution (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue causing blank Export Style previews (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where documents didn't return to their previous scroll location (iOS + macOS)
1.6.1 3d ago
New Features:
- Customizable Fonts: The Editor font styles can now be customized in the Editor Styles Menu.
- Focus Mode: Enable Focus Mode to dim text outside of the current editing location by paragraph, sentence, or line.
- Typewriter Scrolling: Use Typewriter Scrolling to adjust the position when editing to the top, bottom, middle or use the variable option to pin where the cursor is currently at.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, when renaming or changing a tag’s parent, documents wouldn’t properly show up for the new terms.
- Reorganizes the Editor Styles menu on macOS.
1.6 Aug 1
**Continuous Documents**
- Added continuous mode support for browsing multiple documents back-to-back in the Organizer (iOS + macOS)
- On macOS: continuous mode starts automatically when selecting multiple documents in the Organizer
- On iOS: Added continuous mode through both Edit menu, available by holding the icon on iPad or tapping the continuous icon after selecting items in Edit mode.
- On iOS (iPad): Added two-finger drag selection to quickly add documents to continuous mode.
**Web Documents and Web Canvas Cards**
- Added location memory for Web Documents and Web Canvas Cards between loads within a session so they keep their places when browsing (iOS + macOS)
- Added Pin to Location and Snapback to Web URL options for Web Documents and Web Canvas Cards (iOS + macOS)
- Added in-app Web Document modal window, accessible from the Canvas Web Card (iOS + macOS)
- Redesigned the Web Document editor for Liquid Glass and adding new options (iOS + macOS)
- Added option to change and copy Web Document URLs (iOS + macOS)
**Tagging Improvements**
- Improved package export/import to support tag colors and icons (iOS + macOS)
- Added search to the Add Tag window and Tag Editor (iOS)
- Added auto-select for newly created tags when adding tags to a document (iOS)
**Canvas Improvements**
- Reorganized Canvas menu elements for clarity (iOS + macOS)
- Improved Spotlight descriptions for Canvas items (iOS + macOS)
**Honorable Mentions**
- Added multi-document inspector for continuous mode and multi-item selection in Folder Outline (iOS)
- Added in-app browser option for links (iOS)
- Fixed sync stall after initial setup that persisted until the next app launch (iOS + macOS)
- Rebuilt the HTML to Markdown converter to fix escaping issues, including stray backslashes, and other Atlas editor specifics (iOS + macOS)
1.5.1 Jul 27
# Atlas 1.5
## Document Variables (New)
- Added Document Variables — type `{{` to insert Title, Author, Project, Date Created, Time Created, Date Modified, and Date Exported (iOS + macOS)
- Added dynamic variables that stay live, and snapshot variables that freeze to text at insertion (iOS + macOS)
- Added inline variable pills that resolve to plain text on export (iOS + macOS)
- Added a Date/Time format picker with a Custom pattern option (iOS + macOS)
- Added Convert to Text and Copy Document Variable to the context menu (iOS + macOS)
## Templates (New)
- Added inline variables with autocomplete to the Template Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Insert Template and Insert Variables actions to the Markdown and Template Editor menus (iOS + macOS)
- Added Save as New Template (iOS + macOS)
## Export & Publishing
- Redesigned the export tool around the Inspector, with Liquid Glass styling (iOS + macOS)
- Added suggested page sizes for PDF styles, with a lock or custom-size option (iOS + macOS)
- Added a 5×8" trade-paperback page layout (iOS + macOS)
- Added custom ePub chapters with Single, Per Document, and Custom Selection modes (iOS + macOS)
- Added per-document Enable/Disable Export in the export list (iOS + macOS)
- Added an on-by-default option to strip strikethrough from text-based exports, excluding Markdown (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed a PDF preview freeze when a document contained a web link (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed PDF preview lag while generating equation images (macOS)
- Fixed window restoration for the Export window (iOS)
- Fixed an export crash and duplicate images when multiple documents referenced the same image (iOS + macOS)
## Web Clipper
- Added YouTube transcription to pull a video's transcript into a new document (iOS + macOS)
- Themed the Web Clipper editor with the app's active theme (iOS + macOS)
## Editor & Menus
- Rebuilt the menu bar Editor menu to update dynamically with the active editor (macOS)
- Improved WikiLink support: incomplete links are highlighted, autocomplete, and become full links once matched (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed the WikiLink completion window opening inside code (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed autocomplete windows not anchoring to their link at the bottom of the screen (iOS)
- Fixed the annotation and footnote editor not opening in the Template Editor (iOS)
## Spotlight & Shortcuts
- Added Projects to Spotlight search (iOS + macOS)
- Added an Open in Canvas App Intent for Canvas items (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed the Open Document App Intent that previously threw an error (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed navigating to exact documents in a Workspace from Spotlight (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed Spotlight icon coloring and increased icon resolution (macOS)
- Fixed opening a document launching a new workspace instead of switching in the same project (iOS)
## Inspector & Layout
- Improved the layout on iPad mini and smaller windows, including Inspector crowding in portrait (iOS)
- Improved the Inspector open/close drag and animation (iOS)
- Applied the active theme to the Markdown Editor, Theme Editor preview, and Share and Clip extensions (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed the Markdown Editor's margins not resizing when toggling the Inspector (iOS)
- Fixed text selection in the Markdown Editor revealing the Inspector or Organizer (iOS)
- Fixed editor artifacting during selection and when the last paragraph shifted (macOS)
## Sync & Reliability
- Rebuilt iCloud sync error handling with distinct, readable errors logged in Settings › iCloud (iOS + macOS)
- Added an App Update Required alert for versions incompatible with the iCloud sync schema (iOS + macOS)
- Improved iCloud sync efficiency for the Clip, Share, and Shortcuts extensions (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed initial sync stalling on launch (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed a rare case where a conflicted document auto-resolved during a headless extension sync (iOS + macOS)
1.5.0 Jul 23
**Lifetime Pass (New Feature, Limited Time Offering)**
- Added a Lifetime Pass option, offered on a limited basis (iOS + macOS)
- Added an alert for users who are subscribed and hold a Lifetime Pass (iOS + macOS)
**Version History & Merging**
- Fixed issue where auto-merging during a conflict (such as edits to different paragraphs) surfaced an unnecessary resolution dialog (iOS + macOS)
- Added an "Auto Merged" badge to auto-merged versions in the version browser (iOS + macOS)
- Improved robustness of concurrent device editing (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where concurrent editing of the title, synopsis, and notes fields in the Inspector across multiple devices caused interruptions (iOS + macOS)
- Added a background to the text document comparison editors to highlight where changes occur (iOS + macOS)
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed issue where the Share Extension pulled the source URL instead of images from Safari and other web browsers (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where Folder Outline row selection didn't respond after opening an editor (iOS)
- Fixed issue where typing a space while in formatting broke the formatting, a minor divergence from the CommonMark spec (iOS + macOS)
**Localization**
- Fixed localizations on the new project overview where single and multiple items shared the same pluralization (iOS + macOS)
1.4.2 Jul 11
**Table Copy, Paste, and Export**
- Added Copy Tables option, supporting plain text, CSV, Markdown, or HTML (iOS + macOS)
- Expanded Copy Row(s)/Copy Column(s) for Tables to support plain text, CSV, Markdown, or HTML (iOS + macOS)
- Improved Rosetta table decoding for more accurate paste and web clipper table conversions to Markdown (iOS + macOS)
**General Improvements**
- Added support for exporting frontmatter and metadata settings with project export (iOS + macOS)
- Added support for importing metadata from an exported project (iOS + macOS)
- Added "Copy as…" and "Paste from…" menus with plain-text, HTML, and rich-text conversion support (iOS + macOS)
- Improved Organizer menus to make "Back to Project" easier to find (iOS)
- Added Organizer display when launching a Workspace on iPad at a size that triggers floating mode (iPadOS)
- Rebuilt Project Home layout, adding stats and tags (iOS + macOS)
- Added ability to launch the Sample/Tour project from the paywall (iOS + macOS)
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed issue where imported project documents didn't generate linking or statistics (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the web view didn't become active or scroll when a web card was selected on the Canvas (iPadOS)
1.4.1 Jul 3
Shortcuts (New Feature)
Added Shortcuts support with actions for Canvas, Documents, Projects, and Metadata (iOS + macOS)
Canvas: Add to Canvas, Find Canvas, Find Canvas Item, Get Canvas Items, Manipulate Canvas Item, Remove from Canvas
Documents: Add Media Document, Create Document, Open Document, Find Document, Move Documents, Move Documents to Trash, Move or Copy to Project, Restore Documents, Edit Document Text, Modify Document Property
Metadata & Tags: Create Metadata Field, Add Tags to Document, Remove Metadata, Remove Tags from Documents, Set Metadata, Find Metadata Field, Find Tag, Get Document Metadata, Get Document Tags
Statistics & Export: Get Document Statistics, Get Document Text, Get Project Documents, Export as Markdown
Web Clipper Improvements
Added "summarize" and "prompt" variable support to the Web Clipper, backed by Apple Foundational Models (iOS + macOS)
Added "Generate synopsis" button to the Web Clipper, backed by Apple Foundational Models (iOS + macOS)
Markdown Improvements
Improved Wiki-link importing and Markdown export parsing (iOS + macOS)
Imported Markdown documents with wiki-links now attempt to match documents within Atlas or an included batch (iOS + macOS)
Expanded Markdown Frontmatter support: exporting adds additional front matter properties, and importing parses front matter as properties, tags, or metadata (iOS + macOS)
Statistics, links, and other metadata are now parsed automatically on document import (iOS + macOS)
Bug Fixes
Fixed configuration issue preventing the Atlas Clipper from appearing on macOS Sequoia (macOS)
Fixed issue where the Equation preview in the editor popover didn't update between light and dark mode (macOS)
Fixed issue causing import of multiple photos or files to fail after the first (iOS + macOS)
Fixed crash in the Markdown Editor when pasting a link (iOS + macOS)
Fixed crash in the Markdown Editor on launch when the active theme was edited on another device (iOS + macOS)
Fixed critical CloudKit sync issue where Themes, Clip Templates, and Export Styles didn't update after initial sync (iOS + macOS)
1.4.0 Jun 27
- Fixes a potential crash during CloudKit sync on specific and future OS versions.
1.3.3 Jun 12
**Canvas Pin Deep Linking (New Feature)**
- Added deep linking support for Canvas Pins, cards, and labels in the Markdown Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Canvas Pins and cards to search results (iOS + macOS)
- Added scoping for search results by Canvas item type (iOS + macOS)
- Added Tokenized Link support for deep linked Canvas Pins and cards (iOS + macOS)
**Document Management (New Features)**
- Added "Move to Project" to move and duplicate documents between projects (iOS + macOS)
- Added Duplicate Document and Duplicate Document with Children (iOS + macOS)
- Added per-document iCloud sync status to the Inspector (iOS + macOS)
**Organizer Improvements**
- Added "Move to…" context menu to move documents from the organizer and outline views (iOS + macOS)
- Added search to the Location picker when moving or creating documents (iOS)
- Added Recent Documents to the Link Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Updated the Link Editor to better match macOS functionality (iOS)
**Other Improvements and Bug Fixes**
- Added equation insert button to the Markdown Formatting Keyboard (iOS)
- Added options to show the Project Organizer or open recent projects from the dock right-click menu (macOS)
- Fixed issue where permanently deleting a document with children did not also delete its children; updated deletion confirmation to reflect this behavior (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the iCloud unavailability notice was not visible when reloading into a Workspace (iOS + macOS)
- Added notice when attempting to sync documents or attachments larger than 250 MB (iOS + macOS)
1.3.2 Jun 5
Markdown Editor
- Fixed issue where images couldn't be selected (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed a related issue causing image selection to jump the editor to the top (iOS)
- Fixed misaligned resize handle on images (iOS + macOS)
- Improved selection behavior around block-level images (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed failure to enter resize mode for images after menu selection (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed editor jumping on image and equation selection (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed linked images not showing the link border/background (iOS + macOS)
Canvas
- Fixed issue where the "Open Document" menu action caused the app to hang (iOS)
Web Clipper
- Added video extraction support in templates (iOS + macOS)
- Improved YouTube content extraction for channel name, duration, synopsis, and body content (iOS + macOS)
1.3.1 May 13
# Atlas 1.3.0 Release Notes
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## Tables
Tables bring live, interactive grids to the editor — insert from the Markup menu and start editing immediately, with handles for rows and columns built right in.
- Added table support via the Markup menu (iOS + macOS)
- Added export across Markdown, HTML, ePub, and PDF with alignment and formatting preserved (iOS + macOS)
- Added column alignment — Left, Center, Right, or Default — including the header row (iOS + macOS)
- Added keyboard navigation using Tab, Shift+Tab, and Return (iOS + macOS)
- Added automatic detection when pasting HTML tables, TSV, and GFM Markdown (iOS + macOS)
- Added table color controls in the Theme Editor: border, header, row background, alternate row, and selected cell (iOS + macOS)
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## Web Clipper & Share Extension
The Web Clipper extracts page content, images, and metadata before saving, so you can review and edit everything first.
- Added Web Clipper Action for clipping from Safari and other browsers (iOS + macOS)
- Added selection support, image extraction, and tag and metadata assignment (iOS + macOS)
- Added Share Extension for sharing from Safari or any supporting app (macOS)
- Added Markdown editor to the Share sheet for editing before saving (iOS + macOS)
- Added option to save as a canvas card or append to an existing document (iOS + macOS)
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## Clip Templates
- Added Custom Clip Templates to control metadata and tags pre-filled when clipping (iOS + macOS)
- Added template management in Settings and iCloud sync (iOS + macOS)
- Added support for importing Obsidian-compatible clip templates (iOS + macOS)
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## Metadata
Metadata lets you attach typed, searchable values to documents — define fields once per project and apply from the Inspector. Track POV characters, factions, arcs, word targets, due dates, or any custom flag across a project.
- Added custom metadata fields to documents via the Inspector (iOS + macOS)
- Added metadata search using Query Tokens in the search bar (iOS + macOS)
- Added metadata export as YAML front-matter when exporting to Markdown (iOS + macOS)
- Added metadata to templates so new documents inherit fields automatically (iOS + macOS)
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## Canvas
- Removed artificial pan boundaries and improved zoom behavior (iOS + macOS)
- Improved pinch-to-zoom to anchor to the pinch midpoint (iOS + macOS)
- Rewrote grid rendering for consistent alignment across zoom levels (iOS + macOS)
- Added content caching on load for faster revisits (iOS + macOS)
- Added 10% and 25% as zoom level options (iOS + macOS)
- Added trackpad pinch-to-zoom support (macOS)
- Improved trackpad zoom sensitivity and `Fit to Contents` reliability (iOS)
- Added webpage cards to the canvas from the Add Media menu (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed web views responding to interaction before selection and auto-playing media (iOS + macOS)
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## Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
**Editor**
- Reorganized Markup menu for consistency across platforms (iOS + macOS)
- Improved performance of image-heavy documents in the Markdown editor (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed Inspector background not extending behind the keyboard (iOS)
- Fixed lag when opening large documents (iOS + macOS)
**Search**
- Expanded Query Token search to match across all metadata fields (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed Tags changes not immediately reflected in search results (iOS + macOS)
**Help**
- Added searchable help topics to the Help menu (macOS)
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed projects failing to open after dismissing the subscription prompt (iOS)
- Fixed media shared from Safari importing as the wrong type (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed external drag and drop into the canvas (iOS)
- Fixed canvas save/load, zoom, pan, scroll, and deselection issues (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed back-tap navigation in certain states (iOS)
- Fixed label, icon, and sizing inconsistencies in canvas UI (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed sidebar "+" button not appearing in some states (iOS + macOS)
1.3.0 May 6
Math Equations
Atlas now supports mathematical equations powered by LaTeX.
- LaTex Equation Support — Write math expressions directly within your text or in entire blocks using $$ to start.
- Equation editor — Dedicated equation editors on both iOS and macOS for composing and previewing math content.
- Placeholder display — Empty equation blocks show a √ symbol so you can easily spot and fill them in.
- Export support — Equations export cleanly to HTML, ePub, and PDF as rendered images.
- Theme support — Customize equation appearance (text color, background, and selection colors) for both inline and block equations independently in the Theme Editor.
Link & Image Editor
The link and image editors have been redesigned with an updated interface and new capabilities.
- Image previews — See a preview of images directly in the link editor before inserting or when reviewing them.
- Edit URLs in place — Faster access to a link or image URL.
- Explicit open button — Links now include a dedicated button to open the destination.
- Convert between links and images — Easily switch a link to an image or vice versa using either the “Convert to Link” or “Convert to Image” command, OR just by inserting a ! before an existing link (Thank you for recommending, Tas!)
- Loading indicators — Visual feedback while link and image previews are being fetched.
- iOS and macOS parity — Link and image popovers now offer a consistent experience across platforms.
Writing Statistics
- Improved accuracy — The text statistics engine has been rebuilt and thoroughly tested to ensure markdown characters and other non-visible items are excluded.
- Selection statistics — Select text to see live word and character counts for just your selection.
Editor Improvements
- External link navigation — Clicking an external link in the Inspector Link overview now scrolls to that link's location. A context menu now allows you to open links directly from this view.
- Improved auto-linking — URLs in your text are detected and linked automatically with a refined approach. Right-click or long-press an auto-linked URL to edit it.
- Pasted URL support — Paste a URL and it will be recognized as a tokenized link automatically.
- Better cursor positioning — Improved cursor placement after paste operations on macOS.
- Inline alignment — Images and equations now align properly with the text baseline for cleaner, more polished documents.
Canvas & Conflict Resolution
- Read-only previews — Link and image content now displays correctly in read-only editors, including during conflict resolution.
Performance
- Image caching — Images and rendered equations are now cached to disk, reducing load times on repeated views.
- Faster image editing — Fixed a timing issue that could cause incorrect options to appear when switching between images quickly.
Bug Fixes
- Inspector typing — Fixed an issue where typing in the inspector’s document or notes field quickly could cause overwrites to text you were actively editing.
- Link preview display — Fixed cases where link previews for Atlas documents weren't appearing.
- Link and image removal — Fixed an issue preventing links and images from being properly removed and instead removed other content.
- URL saving — Fixed a bug that prevented newly entered URLs from saving correctly.
- Auto-link alignment — Fixed a visual inconsistency where auto-detected links could lose their paragraph alignment.
- iOS editor offset — Fixed an issue on iOS where content could appear offset in certain scrolling conditions.
1.2.1 Apr 15
Release Notes
Custom Export Styles (New Feature)
- Added Custom Export Styles for HTML, ePub, and PDF (iOS + macOS)
- Export styles can now be duplicated, exported, and customized in Settings (iOS + macOS)
- Introduced new CSS and pdfstyle formats to support export style customization (iOS + macOS)
- Added support for importing Ulysses ulstyle packages for export styling (iOS + macOS)
- Added new "Novel" built-in PDF style (iOS + macOS)
Export Improvements
- Improved PDF exporting for more dynamic layouts (iOS + macOS)
- Expanded style preview options in Export Preview (iOS + macOS)
- Improved escape character handling: now highlighted in the editor and removed from HTML, ePub, and PDF exports (iOS + macOS)
Find & Replace
- Added Find & Replace to the Markdown Editor (⌘F / ⌘G on macOS, "Find in Document" in the More menu on iOS) (iOS + macOS)
Inspector
- Added menu option and keyboard shortcut (⌘⌥I) to toggle the Inspector (iOS + macOS)
Help & Documentation
- Linked Atlas Help Documents (iOS + macOS)
Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash that could occur when opening documents (iOS)
- Fixed issue preventing settings from syncing between devices (iOS)
1.2.0 Apr 7
Annotations & Footnotes (New!)
- Added Annotation and Footnote support to the Markdown Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Annotation and Footnote support to plain-text, HTML, and ePub exporting with additional supporting export options (iOS + macOS)
- Added Annotation/Footnote display in inspector overview panel (iOS + macOS)
- Added quick creation for Annotations (using curly brackets) and Footnotes (using (fn) or |fn|) (iOS + macOS)
- Expanded Theme Editor to support Annotation/Footnote styling (iOS + macOS)
Markdown Formatting Improvements (New!)
- Added floating format bar to the Markdown Editor (macOS)
- Added show/hide option for the floating format bar (macOS)
- Added Markdown Formatting keyboard support on iOS, enabling quick formatting on iPhone and iPad (iOS)
Theme Editor Improvements
- Fixed issue with selected link color selection in the Theme Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Updated all 7 built-in themes with Annotation, Footnote, and selected-token colors (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where theme properties were incorrect (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where font sizes and attributes from built-in themes didn't display properly (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue with the Monochrome theme (iOS + macOS)
Editor Improvements
- Fixed issue where selected links didn't highlight properly (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the background of inline code blocks overflowed into adjacent text (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where links with no caption content weren't visible (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed line height offset for larger line heights to keep content centered (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where Markdown Editor wasn't constrained to bottom of screen (iOS)
- Fixed iPad and external keyboard display issues (iOS)
- Fixed accessory bar gradient on iPhone (iOS)
Version Browser
- Added current document display in Version Browser (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the Version restoration button would become unresponsive (iOS) or not appear (macOS)
Sketch Renderer
- Fixed light/dark mode appearance mismatch of sketches on open Canvases when switching between apps (iOS + macOS)
Icon Picker
- Fixed issue where the Icon Picker didn't properly update to preview the active selection (iOS + macOS)
1.1.5 Mar 28
Release Notes
Canvas Improvements
- Added Canvas Pins to canvas and project import/export (iOS + macOS)
- Added additional import window to gather contents from Canvases (iOS + macOS)
- Added ability to quickly edit Sketches from the Canvas (iOS)
- Fixed an issue where placing a pin or card didn’t center on screen (iOS)
- Fixed an issue that prevented there card/pin deletion confirmation from the inspector from showing (iOS + macOS)
Icon and Color Improvements
- Expanded icon sets (600+) and made icon picker window larger (iOS + macOS)
- Added search to icon picker (iOS + macOS)
- Improved custom color legibility across different light/dark modes. This can be disabled in Settings. (iOS + macOS)
Export Improvements
- Fixed Export Preview so continuous mode shows all documents (iOS + macOS)
- Added separator and page-break mode for continuous export options (iOS + macOS)
Localization
- Updated several localizations (iOS + macOS)
1.1.4 Mar 25
Canvas Pins (New Feature)
- Added Canvas Pins to notate and navigate quickly around the canvas (iOS + macOS)
- Pins can be customized with icon, shape, color, and title (iOS + macOS)
- Pins can be connected to other canvas pins and cards (iOS + macOS)
- Pins can be linked to other documents for quick references with auto-updating icons, colors, and titles (iOS + macOS)
- Added ability to lock, unlock, remove, and convert pins and cards in the Inspector canvas section (iOS + macOS)
Canvas Improvements
- Improved button interaction at smaller sizes: Control surfaces now resize to stay consistent and make touch interaction more reliable, particularly on iOS (iOS + macOS)
- Added new color panel to replace the system color panel for icon/color selection (iOS + macOS)
- Added context menu on canvas background to quickly place labels or pins at that location (iOS + macOS)
- Moved Canvas items menu to the Inspector (now includes pins) so it remains visible while interacting with the canvas (iOS + macOS)
- Added ability to hide label backgrounds entirely (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where navigating the canvas via the Inspector didn't animate (macOS)
- Fixed issue where sketches didn't properly adapt between dark and light mode when placed in Canvases (iOS + macOS)
Sketch Editor Improvements
- Fixed issue where open sketches could have their contents overwritten during a conflict scenario (iOS)
- Fixed issue where the background of a Sketch didn't stick to the editable area and was stuck to the lower corner (iOS)
Image and Media Improvements
- Added ability to scope Image Editor search to just media/sketch documents (iOS + macOS)
- Added thumbnail previews to media documents in search lookups (iOS + macOS)
- Added set of recent media/sketch documents to the Image Editor (iOS + macOS)
Share Extension Improvements
- Fixed issue where Safari prioritized the webpage when attaching images using the Share Extension (iOS)
- Fixed issue where PNG/JPG images didn't show the Share Extension as an option (iOS)
- Added preview to the webpage export in the Share Extension (iOS)
Bug Fixes
- Improved Sidebar overlay behavior on iPad Mini, smaller iPads in portrait mode, and small windows (iOS)
- Fixed issue where the Inspector didn't retain the same pane when changing editors (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue preventing the Inbox from showing the Add Document button in the toolbar (iOS)
1.1.3 Mar 22
Bug Fixes
- Dramatically improved performance of loading and editing large markdown text (\>50KB) (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed crash when an ampersand (&) appeared in an inline code block (iOS + macOS)
Localization
- Added initial Chinese (Simplified) language translations (iOS + macOS)
1.1.2 Mar 13
# Custom Theme Editor
Create your own editor themes with a full three-column Theme Editor. Customize colors, fonts, and styles for every markdown element — headings, bold, italic, lists, code blocks, links, and more. Edit light and dark appearances independently with a live preview that updates in real time. Use the Quick Color palette to define reusable colors that cascade across linked elements, making it easy to restyle your entire theme at once. Choose from three color picker modes — Grid, Spectrum, and Sliders — with support for HSB, HSL, RGB, CMYK color spaces and hex input.
# Theme Import & Export
Share your custom themes as `.atlastheme` files, or import themes from others. Atlas also supports importing Ulysses `.ultheme` files, automatically converting them to Atlas themes.
Custom themes also sync across all your devices via iCloud. Create a theme on your Mac and it appears on your iPad and iPhone automatically.
# Resizable Images
Resize images directly in the editor context clicking an image, enabling resize, and dragging the handle. Set a default image display size in Settings to control how large new images appear when alone on a single line.
# Share Extension (iOS)
Share content from Safari, Notes, and other apps directly into your Atlas projects using the iOS Share Sheet. Atlas automatically extracts titles from shared URLs.
# New Built-In Themes
Two new built-in themes — Oolong and Birds of Paradise — join the existing collection. The previous Compact and Spacious size-only themes have been retired.
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# Improvements
- **Synced Editor Settings** — Your active theme, line height, and text size multiplier now sync across devices via iCloud. Toggle this on or off in Settings \> iCloud.
- **Text Size Multiplier** — Adjust the overall text size in the editor with preset steps from XS through 3XL.
- **Editor Styles Redesign** — The theme selection screen in Settings now displays a grid of live theme previews in your current color scheme (light or dark).
- **Image Context Menu** — Long-press or right-click on an embedded image to open its source URL, navigate to a linked document, or remove the image. iOS shows an image preview in the context menu.
- **Link Context Menu** — Right-click or long-press on a link to open it directly.
- **Canvas Preview Thumbnails** — Canvas documents now generate visual preview images.
- **Per-Element Styling** — The rendering engine now supports individual font family (System, Serif, Monospace), text color, marker color, background color, font traits, and text alignment for every markdown element type.
- **Block-Level Backgrounds** — Headings, blockquotes, and dividers can now display full-width background colors in the editor.
- **Export Settings Quick Access** — Jump directly to export settings from the Editor menu.
- **macOS Preferences Cleanup** — The iCloud and Editor Styles preferences sections have been redesigned for clarity.
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# Bug Fixes
- Fixed the horizontal rule (`---`) not being recognized due to the system converting dashes to em dashes.
- Fixed an issue where Heading 5 appeared bold by default even when not configured as bold.
- Fixed a re-parse issue that caused stale images when moving content in the editor.
- Fixed an issue where multiple macOS Preferences windows could open simultaneously.
- Fixed a crash on launch when previously-closed Markdown documents were referenced.
- Fixed a appearance color scheme misalignment in the image loader.
- Fixed the alpha slider not appearing in the color picker.
- Fixed theme preview images not regenerating after editing a theme.
- Fixed the iCloud icon on macOS preferences to match the iOS counterpart.
- Fixed button tap targets on macOS being too small in the theme picker.
- Standardized free trial button text sizing.
1.1.0 Mar 7
# Canvas and Sketch Improvements
- Fixed scrolling bounds sizing while in a zoomed state in Canvas and Sketch Editors (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where scrolling became erratic while zoomed in the Sketch Editor (iOS)
- Added zoom control to the Sketch Editor (iOS)
- Fixed fit to contents on Canvas Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Canvas image and PDF export support (iOS + macOS)
- Added Undo/Redo support to the Canvas (iOS + macOS)
# New Features
- Added Handoff support for Documents and Workspaces (iOS + macOS)
- Added multi-line list creation (iOS + macOS)
- Added Copy Link menu item to the context menu in the Markdown Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added QuickLook and Preview windows to the Outline/Folder view (iOS + macOS)
# Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue with ePub export on iOS that could produce out-of-spec ePubs (iOS)
- Fixed potential crash in the project Inbox when adding a new text document (macOS)
- Improved UI consistency across editors (iOS)
- Improved CloudKit issue dialogs to help users resolve issues and avoid superfluous alerts (iOS + macOS)
1.0.6 Feb 25
Improvements:
- Improves document export in the organizer for mixed types and multiple selection (iOS + Mac)
- Improves Exporter support for Media and Sketches (iOS + Mac)
- Adds Markdown export embed support (iOS + Mac)
- Adds multiple selection support to the Folder Outlines (iOS)
- Improves multiple selection support export in the Outlines (Mac)
- Adds support for the Exporter to show image, sketch, and other media previews (iOS + Mac)
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes an issue that could cause document types to change from the Edit Document screen (iOS)
- Fixes an issue that prevented sketches from being displayed and exported as images both within documents and independently (iOS + Mac)
- Fixes an issue where the Sketch Editor canvas on new documents didn’t open in the center (iOS)
- Fixes an issue where the selection options bar in the organizer didn’t appear (iOS)
- Enables Sketch Grid by default (iOS + Mac)
1.0.5 Feb 21
Improvements and New Features
- Added Sketch Document support on iOS: Draw or handwrite with Apple Pencil and embed sketches directly into canvases and documents (iOS creates, macOS views only)
- Improved Conflict Resolution with support for Sketches (iOS + macOS)
- Added tap to view full-screen images in the Image Overview in the Markdown Editor (iOS + macOS)
- Workspace Inspector now remain open when changing between documents (iOS)
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug that could prevent the cloud copy of a conflict resolution from downloading to the local device (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed bug where the Version Browser's sidebar overlapped the Text Editor (iOS)
- Fixed superfluous iCloud warning when no network is available (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the Conflict Resolution UI was cut off at the edges on iPhone and compact windows (iOS)
- Fixed dragging and dropping text to move it in the editor (macOS)
- Fixed undo behavior when moving or cutting text in the editor (macOS)
- Fixed bug that prevented line breaks in front of images and links (iOS + macOS)
- Improved inline image deletion when backspacing to work like links (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where a line break at the end of a link's text could break the link (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where forming a wiki-link caused cursor misalignment (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where applying and undoing formatting caused selection misalignment (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed crash when reaching the bottom of the undo stack (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed text in the Edit Document screen to correctly reflect editing an existing document rather than creating a new one (iOS)
- Fixed rare crash in the Nifty engine under specific edge case conditions (iOS + macOS)
1.0.4 Feb 20
Wiki-Link and related Improvements
- Significantly improved wiki-link typing ease (iOS + macOS)
- Added highlighting for in-progress wiki-links (iOS + macOS)
- Ordered wiki-link results by relevancy (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where wiki-link insertions didn't include magic tokens for automatic title updates (iOS + macOS)
- Added Document Synopsis and Media previews to the Link Preview Screen (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where wiki-links could capture content from the following paragraph in the autocomplete dialog (iOS + macOS)
- Added wiki-link support to the Template Editor (iOS + macOS)
Performance & Bug Fixes
- Fixed major issue causing large and complex documents to respond very slowly with delayed typing (iOS)
- Fixed cursor "bounce" issue during typing on some documents (iOS)
- Significantly improved overall text editor performance, especially in larger documents (iOS + macOS)
- Added list indent and de-indent support with Tab, Shift+Tab, and Enter on indented lists (iOS + macOS)
- Added a main menu bar for iPadOS
- Fixes many instances of undo / redo behavior acting bizarrely (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed background color of the Link Editor URL search and title field in dark mode (iOS)
- Fixed inconsistent pasting behavior in the editor (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed cursor position after pasting (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed cursor position after inserting an image (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where the Template Editor on iPad didn't respect the sidebar offset (iOS)
1.0.3 Feb 17
**New Features**
- Editors now open in independent windows (iOS + macOS)
- Added a proper menu bar (iPadOS)
- Added a new Editor menu with options relating to the current editor (iOS + macOS)
- Attachment previews are now visible in Folder Outline (iOS + macOS)
- Export settings are now retained between sessions (iOS + macOS)
- Folder export exclusions are now remembered between sessions (iOS + macOS)
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed an issue that could cause an endless sync loop (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed the wiki-link dialog sizing incorrectly for its contents (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed search results coming out of alignment (macOS)
- Fixed the menu bar incorrectly labeling the save template action (macOS)
- Fixed several localization issues (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed back/forward navigation buttons remaining in a pressed state (macOS)
- Fixed the Add Text Block and Add Media buttons on the canvas not responding to input (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed a memory leak that could cause unexpected behaviors (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed thumbnail generation occasionally outputting an incorrect image (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed tapping the top of the screen inadvertently scrolling the canvas (iOS)
- Improved Liquid Glass effects on the canvas (iOS)
- Fixed misalignment of placeholders on the canvas (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed the Template Editor becoming unresponsive after being opened (iOS) after being opened (iOS)
- Fixes an issue where the sidebar button didn’t show when hidden and navigation changed (iOS)
- Fixes an issue where swiping down on a previewed media document would cause the Workspace to dismiss (iOS)
1.0.2 Feb 6
- Completely rebuilds the wiki-linking functionality so selection happens inline
- Improves iCloud syncing and conflict merging so resolutions are done on a per-property basis
- Fixes a crash that could occur on iOS when opening a document from the Canvas
- Fixes the cursor placement after the closing of the link or image editor on Mac and iOS
- Fixes Link tokens not resolving on the canvas on iOS
- Adds the ability to adjust the line height multiplier in Settings on both Mac and iOS
- Fixes a crash related to creating an image at the end of a document on iOS
- Fixes an issue that caused the edit menu to popup unexpectedly and obtrusively while working with links on iOS
- Fixes an issue that could cause the Organizer on Mac to jump around
- Fixes an issue that prevented multi-select in the Organizer on Mac to work as expected.
1.0.1 Jan 30
**Document Version History (New Features)**
- Added ability to compare a document's historical versions to the current version (iOS + macOS)
- Added Markdown export for historical versions (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where historical versions couldn't be deleted (iOS)
**Typewriter Scrolling Improvements**
- Aligns content to the top when opening a document when typewriting scrolling is enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Improved text stability when opening documents with Typewriter Scrolling enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Improved text position consistency when toggling Typewriter Scrolling (iOS + macOS)
- Improved re-center behavior for Typewriter Scrolling when the editor isn’t focused (iOS + macOS)
- Improved saved scroll offset consistency across window sizes when typewriter scrolling is enabled (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where inline images and links didn't respond when Typewriter Scrolling was set to Top or Bottom options (macOS)
- Fixed key commands for Typewriter Scrolling and Focus Mode (iOS pending due to some complexities here!) (macOS)
- Improves overall typewriting scrolling movement with various tweaks to behaviors (iOS + macOS)
**Focus Mode**
- Added dimming for unfocused images and equations (iOS + macOS)
- Added CMD + Option + G as a shortcut to toggle Focus Mode (iOS + macOS)
**Document Variables**
- Fixed issue where Document Variables inside links weren't recognized by the editor (iOS + macOS)
- Added Document Variable support to context menus inside links (iOS + macOS)
**Clip and Share Extension**
- Added a search to the “Locations” view the filters the items.
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed crash when a document synced on another device during conflict resolution (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue causing blank Export Style previews (iOS + macOS)
- Fixed issue where documents didn't return to their previous scroll location (iOS + macOS)
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