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 ++
“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, Substack & More
Do you blog? Ulysses’ offers best-in-class publishing to WordPress, Ghost, and Micro.blog. You can post to WordPress, Ghost and Micro.blog from right within the app – complete with images, tags, categories etc. All offer a built-in preview to proofread before submission. Ulysses also supports copy paste publishing to Substack and Basecamp.
### 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
I have been using Ulysses happily for years and I would recommend the app to anyone who needs towrite texts, at lease time to time. I am happy to pay the subscription for your continuous effort. You are doing a great job, so thank you!
Overpriced
pjindrich
The new subscription model is overpriced. There is a lot of apps with similar functionality without subscription. There is no sense to pay subscription for text editor.
Developer Response
We are sorry you feel this way. Given the full functionality of Ulysses, we believe that the price of our subscription is justified. For about the equivalent of one cup of Starbucks coffee per month you get vast organizational opportunities, fully customizable export, attachments, setting writing goals and the ability to publish blogs in an environment that allows you to fully focus without being distracted by anything thanks to a simple and intuitive interface. Should you miss any particular feature, you can always send us your feature suggestions via help@ulysses.app –Lisa
Subscription!!!
Tai1Gunner
No subscription apps needed. One pay apps rules my iPad. Shame.
Developer Response
We are sorry about the confusion! You have to take out a subscription to start the free trial. We opted for a free download with in-app purchases so we can offer a fully-functional trial in the App Store and there is no other way to realize this. A list of available subscription options is also displayed in the app's description (under the heading “Subscriptions“). We are utilizing the standard App Store trial provided by Apple which can be canceled up to 24 hours before the trial period expires. Should you have any questions about the subscription options or using Ulysses in general, please contact us via help@ulysses.app. —Andrea
Subscription model
ghost.13
I am using this software for years, I have no problem to pay a major releases, but I refuse to pay just for using it. There is no benefit of subscription - I am not expecting new functions, I just want to use it and I already pay for iCloud and Dropbox, so there is no service from Ulysses. If you (company) need money for new release, than you should set a better pricing of new versions. So, time to export everything and look for some alternatives (maybe a plain directory structure in icloud drive with tags...).
- Fixes an issue where the editor would be slow to react to keyboard input.
- Fixes misplaced equations in PDF and DOCX export.
- Fixes a rare crash while typing.
If you're happy with the app, please rate it, or even leave a review. This is a great way to support us indie developers. Thanks a lot!
Version 39.5
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Full access on all devices.
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Full access on all devices.
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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 .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
Size
279.9 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese