Ulysses is a Markdown writing app for novelists, bloggers, journalists, and screenwriters that runs natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad with iCloud sync, focused distraction-free writing, project organization, and direct publishing to WordPress, Ghost, Medium, and Micro.blog. Marketed as a Markdown writing app for Apple devices, Ulysses combines distraction-free writing in Markdown, hierarchical project organization with groups and filters, iCloud sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad, writing goals and statistics, focus mode with typewriter scrolling, direct publishing to WordPress, Ghost, Medium, and Micro.blog, export to PDF, DOCX, EPUB, and HTML, integrations with Apple Notes, Files, and major Mac productivity apps, plus a Mac, iPhone, and iPad subscription. Ulysses is a strong fit for novelists drafting long manuscripts, bloggers publishing to multiple platforms, journalists organizing research notes, and screenwriters managing multi-project portfolios.