When comparing Write for Mac vs Gingko, the Slant community recommends Gingko for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” Gingko is ranked 28th while Write for Mac is ranked 42nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Clean. Beautiful. Distraction Free.
Pro Synchronizes with iCloud and Dropbox
Can be synchronized with iCloud and Dropbox.
Pro Great UI
Pro You can customize colors
Pro Allows focusing on one piece of information at a time
Since Gingko documents are "trees", they are always organized on the go. And since everything is written in cards, it is possible to focus on one chunk of content at a time.
Pro Easy to overview
Despite the complexity of the tree structure, it's always clear where you are, and how to quickly add your thoughts.
Pro Markdown support
All formatting is done via Markdown.
Pro Non-linear
Non-linear notetaking allows you more flexibility, freedom and creativity.
Cons
Con Attempting to download it results in an error, webmaster e-mail is dead
This app may not be maintained anymore. The download attempt from its site failed and so did an attempt to report it to the webmaster.
Con Crashes with keystrokes managers like Typinator
Con Limited free version
The free version is limited to 100 cards and 10 documents. Depending on how you use it, this might not be enough.