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
Focus on your prose and organise your documents with this app. With built-in blog publishing, grammar and style checkers, and Shortcuts support, this can be your do-everything writing app.
Best writing app I've found so far
CS_191200
I give this a 5* rating, which is a high praise from a UX designer. It is intuitive/easy to use, very organized, user-friendly, the minimalist interface is a pleasure to work with because it has everything you need, and zero clutter. The intro process is also very simple and effortless, so you as the user know exactly what's going on, and the step-by-step guidelines are quick, concise and effective. There are really no cons I can yet point out. You can tell the developers had a laser focus on their target user's needs. Thanks for a great experience for writers.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We are happy you appreciate our hard work and see how our design approach helps making a writer's life easier. I've forwarded your kind words to our developers. Thanks so much for sharing this with others! —Andrea
My favourite writing app
Lili453
I adore the customisation options, the UI, and all the features it provides. It feels just as delightful to use on Mac as on iPad and it's greatly improved my productivity both for work as well as personal projects.It's been my go-to writing app for a few months now and I can't see myself switching to anything else.
Developer Response
Thank you for your wonderful review! We’re thrilled to hear that you adore the customization options, UI, and features of Ulysses. It’s great to know that it’s improving your productivity on both Mac and iPad for work and personal projects. We're honored to be your go-to writing app. Thank you for sharing your experience with others and supporting our work with your subscription. Happy writing! — Andrea
Best writing app out there
a:lin
If you're a writer or a copywriter, this app is for you. Packed with features and no-nonsense design, the last mail I got from their team was about making the subscription price cheaper, not the other way around. Great app, great team. Way to do it guys!
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind review! We're delighted that you're recommending Ulysses to fellow writers and appreciating its many features. Your words and subscription support mean a lot to us! —Andrea
- Monthly backups are now kept indefinitely
- Keeps more hourly, daily, and weekly backups
- Fixes a crash when using nested footnotes in Markdown files
- Improves performance when exporting longer texts as PDF
- Fixes an issue where manual page breaks could add blank pages to PDFs
- Restores the close button in the export preview on iPad
- Fixes the markup bar layout when Display Zoom is set to Larger Text
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 41.2
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
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Usage Data
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Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Colour Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Size
286.3 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.4 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese