Ulysses Mobile 4+

A fan but unconvinced that the subscription model justifies the continual spend

I have used Ulysses for approximately five years and bought several versions of the app before the change to the subscription model. While there is no debate about Ulysses quality, my doubt has increased in relation to the subscription cost to new feature ratio. For example compare an office 365 annual account. While I like Ulysses, the subscription model increases the onus on providing value. I remain unconvinced. For example, in the latest version 13 the creators flaunt things like highlighting keywords and a target to set writing goals. Sure this is useful, but is it valuable in comparison to say, pinch to zoom. Something that seems pretty low on the evolutionary scale for iOS and macOS but remains absent in the Ulysses feature set across all IOS and MacOS.

Perfect for the way I work

When I am writing a chapter, I might have a fully realised subsection. But for the next section, I might just have a sketch. Or I might just have a couple of sentences with ideas I don’t want to forget. I was ending up with dozens of fragmentary Word documents, which I assumed I would eventually flesh out and cut and paste into the final work. The sheet philosophy of Ulysses is perfect for this. You can create as many as you want, and drag and drop them anywhere. Also, you can import all your Word documents, and it supports footnotes, which was a deal-breaker for me, as I footnote extensively. This is light-years ahead of any other package I have tried, and now I couldn’t imagine working any other way.

Developer Response ,

Thank you very much for taking the time to write your review — we highly appreciate it. It's great to hear you enjoy the sheets feature so much and that they are so helpful for your creative process. Should you have any questions about this, or anything else, please just let us know: help@ulysses.app. —Max

Simple, beautiful, reliable writing tool

I use Ulysses for organising my thoughts, my website (blog posts), my first book (now with the publishers), and am
also using it for writing an online course and for my second book. Love how I can switch between phone, ipad and mac. Love using markdown, setting goals and colour coded keywords. Just wish it had support for tables, as I have to switch to Google Sheets for those.
It’s a clean, simple, beautiful, adaptable and reliable - thanks team Ulysses!

Developer Response ,

We would like to thank you for your kind words about Ulysses! In regards to table support, I'd like to let you know that we introduced it in the meantime and even perfected it with the last update. In fact, table support has been one of the biggest feature requests in recent history. Feel free to update Ulysses to our latest version, Ulysses 30.2 and enjoy all of our recent features! If you have any further suggestions or questions, please contact us via help@ulysses.app. — Kayla