Atlas is more than just a writing application: It’s also designed to keep your research, notes, and anything that inspires nearby. Store and sync any kind of document, image, or media, place it all on a canvas, and reference it just like any other document. Oh, and purchase just once during Lifetime sales!
More than just a writing app, Atlas is designed to house all of the content that helps power your projects: research, drafts, images, web-page references, and more.
Canvases in Atlas are infinite spaces to lay out work on: place cards, labels, images, sketches, draw connections between them, and even edit documents directly. They can be maps, family trees, or anything else you think of.
Don’t like subscriptions? No Problem. Atlas frequently offers a Lifetime purchase option so you don’t need to worry about paying for access to your things.
The Web Clipper pulls webpages into Atlas as clean, readable Markdown with article text extracted, images pulled out, the navigation and ads left behind, and lets you choose where it lands and what to keep.
| Feature | Atlas | Ulysses |
|---|---|---|
| One-time purchase option | Lifetime Availability Sales |
Subscription only |
| Live Markdown editing | ||
| Editor Theme Customizing | ||
| Cross-device sync | ||
| Infinite canvas with connections | — | |
| Built-In Web Clipper | — | |
| Varied document types | Text, canvas, media, web & sketch |
Text sheets only |
| Custom Metadata | Keywords only | |
| Import/Export Frontmatter | — | |
| Writing goals & targets | Via custom fields & live stats | Built-in progress |
| Direct blog publishing | — | WordPress, Medium, Ghost |
| Publishing / Exporting | ||
| Dynamic Export Styling | ||
| Imports Ulysses export styles | .ulstyle supported |
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| Document History | Detailed with Comparisons & Integrated Between Devices |
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| Shortcut & Intents Support |
Ulysses has one of the best editors and amazing export functionality that focuses on Markdown XL, but Atlas has had thousands of hours of development and testing to ensure it is stable, feature packed, and just feels good to compete. Additionally, Atlas is a full creative workspace designed to house your research, inspiration, drafts, and includes additional useful features like Canvases, metadata, and a powerful web clipper. Overall, we think many will find a nice home in Atlas.
Though not always available, Atlas offers lifetime purchases on special occasions, events and holiday, or sometimes just for fun. Atlas also occasionally provides offer codes for lifetime and subscriptions, the former of which is always be redeemable through the App Store account settings page while valid even if lifetime isn’t available directly within the app—keep an eye out on Dan’s Mastodon or the Discord.
