I’ve experimented with writing apps for as long as I can remember (e.g. see here). Not all of them stick, though. Many are downright unusable, some do not fit my workflow, and a lot tend to be quite distracting – e.g. cluttered with unnecessary features.
But there are some that I have used consistently, and which continue to serve me well. Here are my best writing apps of 2022:
- Ulysses
- RoamResearch
- Drafts 5 (on which I am typing this post, actually. I can also send my posts to the blog from there.)
- Notion (this app is all things to all men. I use it for several things, including as a writing app.)
- Apple Notes
- GoodNotes 5 (I don’t use this one as much as I did in the past, but it’s still useful for taking handwritten notes while doing research.)
I’ll be carrying on with these apps in 2023. I don’t suppose I’ll be replacing any of them. Taken together, they meet all my writing needs. I’m also not looking to add another app to the list. Unless someone comes up with something truly revolutionary. I can’t imagine what that would be, but let’s wait and see.