iA Writer now has wikilinks

Posted by satis
Jun 14, 2022 at 09:56 PM

In 2017 I bought IA Writer for Mac for $9.99 and the iOS version for $3.99. (Pretty sure it was a 50%-off sale.) I just checked the current pricing and was a little shocked to see each has jumped to $49.99, but considering that IA are adamant about not offering subscription pricing this must be the only way to pay salaries and continue development.

I rely on Ulysses for pretty much all text over 300 words, and I’ve gone all-in on their cloud sync which has thankfully been reliable and stable. The Ulysses subscription is $49.99/year (having purchased earlier versions I’m grandfathered-in at a $29.99/yr tier, though) so for a typical Mac/iOS user IA Writer beats Ulysses after two years. (Albeit with different features and less customizability.) I appreciate IA’s continued thoughtful advancements even though it’s only a backup app for me these days.

If you like writing in Markdown and don’t want to pay a subscription IA’s Mac and iOS apps are pretty nice.

If you’re looking only for a Mac app Typora - offering a unique and bulletproof WYSIWYG “live preview” - is an awesome deal at $15. (And it has a 15-day trial.)