When comparing Stylo vs iA Writer, the Slant community recommends iA Writer for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” iA Writer is ranked 11th while Stylo is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose iA Writer is:
The Noise Free Writing Experience is one of the first approaches to create a first class distraction-free environment. The feature hides the Mac program bar when you start writing.
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Pros
Pro Flexible styling using CSS
Markdown source styling is really flexible because the App relies on CSS.
Pro CSS style definitions editable inside the editor
There is no need for complicated theme manipulation steps to create a style, everything is right in the editor along with the Markdown source.
Pro CommonMark support
CommonMark Markdown standard got a lot of traction lately and it's good to use an editor that conforms to it.
Pro Noise Free Writing Experience removes even the program bar
The Noise Free Writing Experience is one of the first approaches to create a first class distraction-free environment. The feature hides the Mac program bar when you start writing.
Pro A mode that brings focus to the sentence you're working on
Enabling Focus Mode will dim the whole text except the sentence you are currently writing on.
Pro Can tell how long it would take to read through what you've written
Pro Markdown support
Pro Syncs using iCloud and Dropbox
iA Writer can sync documents using iCloud or Dropbox from within the editor for use across multiple devices.
Pro Create whole document by including separate images/markdown docs
This is new and very awesome feature in iA Writer 4.0.
Pro Can export a Word document
Pro Available for all Apple devices
iA Writer is available for Mac, iPhone and iPad.