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Businesses & Organizations

$39.99
1 user Per Year

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Users consistently praise Ulysses for its clean interface and focus on writing, which helps minimize distractions and enhances productivity. The seamless iCloud integration allows for easy access across devices, making it a preferred choice for many writers. However, some users note that the subscription model can be pricey.

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javier a.
JA
javier a.
Administrador de redes
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"It has a pleasant visual interface, focused on improving user visuality."
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

This software is very intuitive and has a very pleasant interface visually, it is based on the orientation of the text generators in the direction of the digital area, it does not have an extensive list of menus on the contrary you have the availability of your text manager so from your keyboard It is a very useful program that many users use for the daily use of our work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

It is a very expensive program in reality, it has its free version but it does not have the same freedoms, which brings its premium version. usually presents some failures in terms of synchronization with other programs or adaptations of other text managers, this usually occurs very little since most tools are already compatible with this great software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
UW
Verified User in Writing and Editing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect for content writers"
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

I like the cross-platform integration and iCloud sync so I can work on the go. The theming is really important to me. I have a dark-mode set up with large text, so it's easier on my eyes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

The goal-tracking functionality is sometimes laggy/buggy and crashes the app. I wish you could track more than one metric at a time with the goals feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Holly G.
HG
Holly G.
Co-Instructor Lockhart Correctional Facility
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great for Notetaking"
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

I love the ability to create simple and streamlined folders of notes without a lot of clunky features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

Nothing! It really has been great for my note taking though I don't normally compose in Ulysses but instead in google docs ot Scrivener Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
UW
Verified User in Writing and Editing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A winner for fiction and tech"
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

I like the clean, simple interface that lets me focus on writing. The iCloud integration is also really important to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

Sometimes copying text from other applications into Ulysses messes up line breaks or other special characters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark David G.
MG
Mark David G.
Author, Speaker, Creativity Catalyst
Entertainment
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Terrific Writer's Tool"
4/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

That it syncs content to all my devices. It's important to me to be able to access my writing project on whichever device is convenient without worrying about version confusion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

I have had some technical challenges when dealing the back-up feature and when migrating my account to a new laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bakari C.
BC
Bakari C.
Web Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very useful lightweight text editor"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

I’ve used Ulysses off and on for over five years. I prefer it over applications like Word, Pages, and TextEdit. I like that Ulysses allows me to keep documents inside the application, which means I can work on longer projects and manage parts and chapters as separate "sheets" rather than one long file. I also especially like "Typewriter Mode" which keeps the text in the middle of the file so that I don't have to look or scroll down to keep typing. It's also useful that there's a iOS version Ulysses which means I can read documents on my iPad and iPhone. Moreover, I like Ulysses allows me to select which documents I want to sync to iCloud and which I want to keep on my local device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

The subscription model is pricey, and there are really not useful benefits for subscribing. I get that developers need to make money for the work they do, but now they have set it up so that you can edit documents without paying the subscription fee. Would also like the ability to hide documents that I'm not using, but don't want to delete. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marius S.
MS
Marius S.
Fullstack Developer, Photo/Videographer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"MarkDown enabled editor with iCloud sync"
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

Ulysses is based around the MarkDown language, and it synchronizes with your iCloud account, to make your scripts available on every device you own. They even have a mobile app for iPads, so you can write anywhere. There is an option to export your texts directly to your Medium blog as an article. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

Recently they switched from one-time license payment to a monthly subscription, which makes it more expensive in the long run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great writing experience combined with awesome backup feature "
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

Ulysses allows a tree like structure with multiple levels. It also automatically backs up to the icloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

I didn't like that I paid upfront and they then changed it to a subscription model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
UW
Verified User in Writing and Editing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple, focussed writing ecosystem"
4/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

I like that it is more bicycle than SUV. It is a straightforward writing environment--read distraction free in modern shop talk--that allows you to focus on writing words and not fiddling with hundreds of menus and unnecessary options (like Word and imitators). For those familiar with markup languages, there is support for Markdown. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

I dislike that the default storage mechanism is to store it in a central database. Also, while it has Markdown support, it doesn't currently support other markup languages; they say this is coming but they've been saying that for a while. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nicholas G.
NG
Nicholas G.
Principal
Internet
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The greatest, writer-focused, writing software yet."
5/5
What do you like best about Ulysses?

Ulysses transforms your relationship to your writing software. Unlike a word processor, where you pick and futz and monkey around with formatting, fonts, and grid, Ulysses enables you to focus on the content, the words on the page. Formatting is handled simply through markdown, an easy to learn and easy to type structured markup; it takes minutes to learn. Meanwhile, templates enable you to export to PDF, ePUB, or .docx formats when you're ready to "publish."

It's extremely innovative sheets concept takes minutes to get used to, but then, again, transforms your thinking away from documents and towards components.

In addition, their sync to iPad and now iPhone is extremely well executed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ulysses?

Currently the export formats, if you're a front end develop and you like to code, take more CSS know how then the average person would expect. A styles editor that created the CSS would be great.

There are no logical sections, yet: so formatting documents in different grid systems — two columns, one column, etc — isn't yet supported in a single document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Businesses & Organizations

$39.99
1 user Per Year
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