
iA Writer opted not to support wikilinks like ] with the rationale that they're not standard Markdown.
However, after using for some time now, there are a few annoyances with it that are starting to bother me quite a lot: On the surface, iA Writer supports all of those features with the exception of backlinks.
Supports markdown, preferably Multimarkdown. Supports linking of notes, and preferably backlinks. The primary criteria I had when selecting an app for my Zettelkasten: As has been noted, it's clearly not designed to be a Zettelkasten app, so it doesn't surprise me that it's not going to meet every criteria I have. The writing experience is excellent, but there are some idiosyncratic things about it as a Zettelkasten that annoy me. I've been using iA Writer as my primary Zettelkasten system for a while now. I use Writer for mine mainly because I was already using it before for school assignments, lecture notes, and I already made the monetary commitment, but I reckon if I had to pick one solely for the Zettelkasten, I might have picked the Archive. docx and other formatsīut yeah, the really main difference is that Writer is not a Zettelkasten-focused app, it's just a writing app which happens to work well with the method. Multiple working folders simultaneously, indexed. Quick shortcut to create files when the app is not open. Custom theming (other than light and dark mode). #Ia writer sync archive#
I'd say these can be considered to be the biggest differences, among others:Ī couple of things iA does not have which the Archive does: Cool! Has anyone put together a quick comparison of iA Writer and The Archive?