editor and wordprocessors

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editor and word processors

This table is a quick comparison between word processors and blogging platforms.

In fact this page is written using iA Writer. And I will add links for the apps mentioned.

app wordpress medium ghost citation iA writer X X X — Draft — — — — Ulysses X X X — Author X — — X Byword X X other — pages X word X

Blogging platfroms

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS — WordPress

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

WordPress

Download and build your own blog

wordpress.com is managed service

WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog

Create a free website or build a blog with ease on WordPress.com. Dozens of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support.

WordPress.com

you can have a free blog but pay for additional features

My new favourite platform is Ghost

Ghost: Turn your audience into a business

The world’s most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform. Used by Apple, SkyNews, Buffer, OpenAI, and thousands more.

Ghost — The Professional Publishing Platform

Ghost is an API first blog with built-in membership

a service only blog is Medium

Medium — Where good ideas find you.

Medium is an open platform where readers find dynamic thinking, and where expert and undiscovered voices can share their writing on any topic.

Medium

a managed service you don’t own the blog or data

Word Processing Apps

iA Writer: The Benchmark of Markdown Writing Apps

Plain text. Total focus. The Industry standard Markdown text editor. Available for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Download it now, try it for free

My Favourite writing app so far

Ulysses — The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone

A pleasant, focused writing experience combined with effective document management, fast syncing and flexible export make Ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.

Ulysses

amazing app for writer

both iA writer and ulysses integrate with blogs. They are amazing when writing Mark Down. They work seamlessly on all Mac Devices. lots of other features you can explore.

Byword — Markdown text editor app for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Markdown text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Metaclassy, Lda.Byword

Drafts, Where Text Starts

Drafts quick-capture app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch

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Author — Augmented Text

Augmented Text

Pages

Pages lets you create stunning documents on a Mac, iPad or iPhone — or on a PC using iWork for iCloud. And it’s compatible with Apple Pencil.

Apple (United Kingdom)

Microsoft Word — Work together on Word documents

Collaborate for free with an online version of Microsoft Word. Save documents in OneDrive. Share them with others and work together at the same time.

Word