When comparing OmmWriter vs Byword, the Slant community recommends Byword for most people. In the question“What are the best distraction-free word processors?” Byword is ranked 1st while OmmWriter is ranked 4th.
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Pros
Pro Offers a selection of great backgrounds, audio tracks and keystroke sounds to add ambiance
OmmWriter's greatest strength lies in a great selection of pleasant visual designs (images, photographs and chromatherapy backgrounds) and immersive music that can change the look and feel of the writer allowing to create desired ambiance. The backgrounds choices are calm and unobtrusive and the ambient music options are enveloping. You can even choose to replace keyboard strokes with different kinds of sounds. These elements, together with a clean design, create a feeling of a space that's separate from all distractions found in world around you.
Pro Blanks out the any other screens if you have more than one
Pro Monospace font support
Pro Exports to a .omm, .txt and .pdf files
OmmWriter can save to plaintext files (.omm and .txt are both plaintext, only the extension is different) and PDF documents.
Pro Cross-platform
OmmWriter is available for OS X 10.5+, Windows XP - 7 and iPad iOS 3.2+.
Pro Word count support
Pro A dark theme is available
Pro Can publish directly to external services
Pro Can export to html, pdf, rtf
In addition to plaintext, Byword can export to HTML, PDF, RTF.
Pro Exemplary Markdown support
Byword de-emphasizes the syntax itself, while emphasizing its effects. It appropriately adds style, like italic and bold, to text that's designated by markdown and dims the syntax so it does not getting in the way of comprehension. Additionally, there are commonly used hotkeys (⌘b, ⌘i, etc) that can be used to apply style without having to know the syntax or having to type it out each time.
Pro Includes features that speed up writing
For example, while authoring a bulleted list hitting return automatically prepares a new bulleted line.
Pro Available for all Apple devices
Byword is available on a Mac, an iPhone and an iPad.
Pro Syncs using iCloud and Dropbox
Documents can be synced using iCloud or Dropbox from within the editor for use across all devices.