TextEdit
A simple text editor, which is perfect for the needs of less demanding users, or when you need notes with minimal formatting or do without it. Free is available in OS X.
Pages
More advanced editor from Apple. It has a word processor, with all the ensuing consequences. A handy tool for compiling both documents, as well as conventional texts such as articles or abstracts. It allows you to specify any formatting, to add to the text of tables, charts, media and more. Documents via iCloud sync across all your devices, so you can work on any of them.
Price: Free
Price: Free
Byword
We turn to the Markdown-editors. Byword - one of the first such instruments, but still properly supported. You will not find in it no frills, all at a minimum: basic formatting through the pop-up menu, ascetic font settings, night theme and focus mode. If you are working with the text and on the iPad, the presence of synchronized iOS-version will also be a plus for you. Those who leads your blog, you should pay attention to the purchase of built-in that adds the ability to publish to WordPress, Medium and Tumblr.
Price: 459 rubles
Paragraphs (overview)
Paragraphs - a modern representative of a basic text editor. At the forefront here costs a minimalist design, but the basic options are also available, though they are few. At your disposal - a small browser documents, fonts, two themes and various export options.
Price: 749 rubles
Another editor with many favorite Markdown markup language, which will be closer to the people, who often have to work simultaneously with several fragments of text. With Bear can take notes, make sketches, and collect material for a book or large articles. Using hashtags all the notes related to a specific project, it is very easy to be sorted. There is support for themes and iOS-version with full synchronization of all records.
Price: Free
Price: Free
iA Writer (overview)
Golden mean among the Markdown-editors rightly be regarded as iA Writer. Its developers have managed to find the fine line between minimalism and functionality. It has everything you need, including visual formatting options, statistics and preview layout. Conveniently, the corresponding mode is called two-finger swipe gesture. There is a night theme, focus mode and a typewriter, when the cursor is always in the middle of the window. Not less functionality and has a mobile version of the app for iPhone and iPad, which are synchronized with all of your documents.
Price: 2290 rubles
Price: 699 rubles
Scrivener
We turn to the heavy artillery. In the case of Scrivener is not just a metaphor, it is. Appendix "sharpened" to work on serious projects, the creation of which requires training, research and the collection of materials. You get a virtual whiteboard where you can arrange the various pieces of text by changing its structure, and in considering the content. Extensive formatting options, inserting formulas and other necessary things in scientific texts. What you need for writing theses, books or scripts.
Price: 3690 rubles
Ulysses III (overview)
Another "heavyweight" is not inferior to the capabilities of the previous one. For serious work with Ulysses has three-column interface that separates the Project Manager, the list of notes and the actual text editing panel. There is absolutely everything: visual and Markdown-edit, tags, notes, goals, themes and much more. Without iOS-version of the application level can not do, and it too is in the Ulysses, with synchronization and completely the same interface. Yes, expensive, but the app is definitely worth the money.
Price: Free
Simplenote
A handy application to write simple texts without unnecessary problems. Markdown's formatting is supported by the base, previews, tags and mobile version. Among other utilities very helps automatically saved and version history, which allow to rollback any changes to notes.
Price: Free
TextWrangler
Alone in our collection holds TextWrangler. This is a text editor for specific needs, which will be a great tool for hardcore developer or writer who prefers to typeset your text directly to HTML. Despite the apparent simplicity and gratuity, it is a very functional application with a lot of features: code highlighting, version comparison, an AppleScript support, and different encodings. In addition, TextWrangler can work with FTP and allows you to edit remote files. If the available options will be enough, you can upgrade to an even more powerful BBEdit - an older version of the editor.
Price: Free