Ulysses: Writing App 4+
Write a novel, story, book
Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Ulysses is your one-stop writing environment for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Its pleasant, focused writing experience, combined with effective document management, seamless sync, and flexible export, make Ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.
++ Apple Design Award Winner 2016 ++
“The app is amazing. An absolute delight to use. Well done.”
– David Hewson, Bestselling Author (The Killing)
### A Text Production Powerhouse
Ulysses’ markup-based, distraction-free editor lets you focus on your most important task: Write, edit, and write some more. Formatting is kept for later, so you can completely immerse yourself in the text. Ulysses’ uniquely streamlined toolset covers the entire writing process, and its clean and simple interface will boost your productivity. From first to final draft, from prologue to closing chapter – Ulysses keeps you in the flow, so you can get stuff done.
### All Your Texts, All the Time
Everything you’ll ever write is stored in Ulysses’ unified library. You can manage projects of all kinds and sizes, be it novels, diaries or study notes – they are always saved, and automatically in sync. And since Ulysses offers feature parity across macOS and iOS, it doesn’t matter where you are or when inspiration hits: All its tools, and all your texts, are always at your fingertips.
### Built-In Proofreader and Editing Assistant
Write with confidence, thanks to Ulysses’ integrated grammar and style check. Available for over 20 languages, it analyzes your text and offers informed suggestions for capitalization, punctuation, semantics, redundancy, style and more.
### Create eBooks, DOCX, PDFs and HTML
Ulysses’ export is flexible enough to cover any writer’s needs: Transform your text into beautiful PDFs, Word documents or eBooks. Or export HTML code, ready to be used anywhere on the web. You can even choose between a variety of pre-made formatting styles for all kinds of purposes, or create your own and share it with other users.
### Publish to WordPress, Ghost & More
Do you blog? Ulysses’ offers best-in-class publishing to WordPress, Ghost, Medium, and Micro.blog. You can post to WordPress, Ghost and Micro.blog from right within the app – complete with images, tags, categories etc. Publishing to Medium works just as easy, and all four offer a built-in preview to proofread before submission.
### Pricing
Ulysses requires a subscription. We offer monthly and yearly subscription plans. They include a fully functional trial, so you can test Ulysses (including export and sync). There’s also a special discount for students.
All plans unlock the app on Mac, iPhone and iPad, and feature full synchronization.
### Questions
Please visit ulysses.app for more information. You can also reach us via help@ulysses.app or on Twitter @ulyssesapp – we’re happily awaiting your feedback!
Terms of Use: https://ulysses.app/app-terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://ulysses.app/app-privacy-policy
What’s New
Version 34.3
Fixes a display issue in the editor when typing text in Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
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Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Choice
Focus on your prose with Ulysses’ distraction-free editor and character, word, and page goals, then organize your documents using keywords and document groups. With built-in blog publishing, grammar and style checkers, and Shortcuts support, this can be your do-everything writing app.
Perfect
I was a little dubious when it came time to switch from the previous version I paid for to the subscription-based model...but my concerns quickly faded. So much time and attention goes into the seamless functionality of Ulysses, I'm happy to support the developers and their ongoing commitment to providing such a quality writing experience. I write every day and publish frequently in online and print journals, blogs, magazines, and have deleted my extensive collection of writing programs in favour of Ulysses. The customisation is great, the sync between Mac/ipad/iphone (where I jot my notes) is seamless, and the whole experience is a pleasure. The real strength lies in the ability to write in markdown and publish the same document to multiple output formats without changing a thing in your document. Brilliant. I also love the filing system, ease of search, pinning my word count/stats to whatever I'm writing, being able to change/customise the editor to my mood, having everything I need so close and accessible...pretty much everything about this program. If there was a lifetime subscription option, I'd happily jump on board. Kudos to the development team from a happy convert :)
It's the tiny little details that make the difference
You don't notice how fast you're going in a German car. And you don't realise how productive Ulysses is until you look back over what you have achieved.
The way that you can do the majority of your work without touching the mouse alone is joyful.
I'm > 11,000 words into writing a technical, non-fiction book. It's a difficult topic to write about because of interdependent ideas. Creating the structure for the book is almost as hard as writing the content. I actually don't know how I would do it without Ulysses. I make heavy use of creating / splitting / joining and moving sheets around at will. It would be horrible to attempt that any other way.
The subscription model is the only sane way of running a software business. As a consumer, I want the latest and I want the tools that I rely on to be there for me in the long term. My subscription supports the continual development and I'm very happy to pay.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for taking the time to write your review — we appreciate this a lot. It sounds like Ulysses has been very helpful for you for a long time now and you enjoy using it a lot, which we love to hear! If you ever have any suggestions, questions etc, please don't hesitate to let us know: help@ulysses.app —Max
App Privacy
The developer, Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG
- Size
- 41.1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.2 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Monthly Plan $9.99
- Yearly Plan $59.99
- Student Offer $17.99
- Yearly Plan $47.99
- Yearly Plan $63.99
- Yearly Plan $59.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.