# Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape

An episode of [AppStories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1227872143), 6 Apr 2026, 39 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/613/pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/f15c1ae3/0af3e7a2.mp3

This week on AppStories, John and Federico revisit the state of text editors on Apple platforms and how they use them. On AppStories+, John and Federico dig deeper into their writing workflows and the apps they’re using to write. Also available on YouTube here. Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our \[Plans page\](https://appstories.net/plans, or read the AppStories+ FAQ. This episode is sponsored by: • Steamclock – We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. • Claude – Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Links and Show Notes Text Editors Discussed • Obsidian • Obsidian CLI • Obsidian Sync • Drafts • Drafts Action Directory • Drafts MCP Server • Notion • Panda • Bear • Zed Other Markdown and Plain Text Editors • iA Writer • Ulysses • Typora • MarkEdit • Clearly Markdown • Atlas • Runestone • FSNotes File Formats • TextBundle AppStories+ Post-Show Writing Workflow Tools • Claude Code • DropOver • Pandoc Leave Feedback for John and Federico • AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon • AppStories • Federico Viticci • John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky • AppStories • MacStories • Federico Viticci • John Voorhees Join Annual $50/yearJoin Monthly $5/month

## Chapters

- 0:00 Returning to Text Editors
- 2:35 Obsidian and Notion
- 6:04 Sponsor: Steamclock
- 7:26 More on Writing in Notion and Obsidian
- 16:26 Drafts
- 19:11 Panda, Meteorite, Clearly Markdown
- 23:32 Sponsor: Claude by Anthropic
- 25:56 Zed
- 28:48 Runestone, iA Writer, MD Edit, Typewriter
- 33:03 Typeora and Atlas

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