When comparing Macchiato vs Whiskey, the Slant community recommends Macchiato for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” Macchiato is ranked 31st while Whiskey is ranked 46th. The most important reason people chose Macchiato is:
Macchiato does not get in the way. It has a minimalist UI that highlights Markdown syntax.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Does not distract the user
Macchiato does not get in the way. It has a minimalist UI that highlights Markdown syntax.
Pro Support for latest Mac OSX features
Macchiato supports Mac OSX features like fullscreen mode, auto-save and version history.
Pro Simple
As far as Markdown editors go, Whiskey is pretty simple to use.
Cons
Con Software is somewhat expensive and there's no trial version to test it out
Macchiato costs $19.99 and offers no way of testing the software before buying.
Con In beta
Whiskey is still in beta (as of September 2016) and might even be abandoned entirely.