WriteMapper 4 is out for Mac and Windows

Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 14, 2023 at 10:23 AM

I think Keith’s been pretty clear on its place in the Scrivener constellation – it won’t replace Scrivener, but it’s another tool for people who don’t want/need Scrivener’s “kitchen sink” approach (as Keith puts it, a “scalpel to Scrivener’s Swiss Army knife”).

I’m absolutely sure it’s a response to Ulysses and similar apps. Apart from the interesting list provided by @satis (thanks for that!), there are two other things worth mentioning:

a) it’s been in development for three years (so even if it is Electron, it’s being taken seriously!)
b) it would appear – at least, there’s a hint – that it will support customised (presumably CSS?) stylesheets (again, very like Ulysses/other writing apps)

He also emphasises that it will have iCloud synchronisation, and this suggests to me that he’s very aware of Scrivener’s less-than-satisfactory cross-platform performance, and is making this a tool capable of operating efficiently across multiple devices, including smartphones.

All these things make good sense to me. I’d love to know if he’s contemplating an Android version, too? Or even a Linux version (I’ve just scrobbled my 2013 MacBook Air and turned it into a Linux Mint machine!)?