Byword vs Mural
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Byword is comparable to iA Writer and WriteRoom in that they are all lightweight, distraction-free writing apps. However, iA Writer has more features than the others. Byword's strength is its ability to export and publish directly to Blogger, Evernote, Medium, Tumbler, and WordPress. For budget-minded writers who compose reasonably short pieces for the web, it's a fine option. That said, we would like Byword to add a library tool and templates, plus improve its saving options.
Jill Duffy
About Byword
Writing is made simpler on the iPhone and iPad with Byword. # Important aspects of Byword - Created to facilitate writing Markdown - Sync all of your Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices with text documents. - Turn off all documents so you can access them at any time - Use the text search to filter documents (Find & Replace inside documents coming soon - An alternative dark theme for added comfort in dim lighting - The most comprehensive Markdown support, with cross-references, tables, and footnotes - Export Markdown files as PDF and HTML files - Post content to Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, Medium, and Evernote # Suitable for iOS 13 - Support for dark mode to match iOS preferences; - Use iOS Spotlight to directly search documents; - Split screen and multitasking on the iPad; - Direct access to the most recent documents from the program icon and shortcuts for creating new ones. #Blog posting From Byword, you can publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and Evernote. It's easy to publish your tale with Byword: 1. Type in Word 2. Click Tools and choose Publish 3. Verify the metadata 4. Release # More attributes - Continued lists - Snippet expansion in TextExpander - Live updating word and character counters - Comprehensive VoiceOver support for users with vision impairments - Spelling and grammar checks, as well as dictionary searches - Shortcuts on the keyboard for formatting and switching between displays You can use Byword in the following ways: - To avoid utilizing cumbersome online interfaces and losing your work when posting to your blog. - For class, meeting, and research notes - To focus on writing that crucial email without getting sidetracked - To record thoughts and notes and make them accessible across all devices Rich text caution Only plain text formats are compatible with Byword for iOS. Txt, text, md, mmd, rmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd, and fountain file extensions are all supported.
Most popular feedback for Mural
I use MURAL for teaching and workshops with participants from around the world.. It makes a meeting become a collaborative work session for capturing and decision-making. I looked at other options but MURAL is so much easier to use with high level of functionality.
John W.
About Mural
MURAL is a collaborative intelligence company. We connect teams to unlock their potential, increasing the innovation capacity of the enterprise. MURAL creates a culture of effective collaboration — where everyone is connected, contributing, and empowered to deliver business-driving outcomes. The MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System™ centers around a digital whiteboard collaboration space, where teams work together in real-time or asynchronously. Consulting, innovation, product, information technology, and executive leadership teams collaborate visually with MURAL, using guided visual methods and Facilitation Superpowers™ features to connect and innovate.
Byword reviews
I feel iOS version is better than Mac version. Would love to see a safety mechanism from deleting files or folders by accident. As of right now, all you have to do is swipe a file or folder to expose the delete button. One touch and file is gone. I accidentally deleted a file once from grazing the button by accident. There needs to be a pop up menu or something to prevent that. Thanks for listening
- OneCornerstone
Been using the Desktop version for several months now. Really enjoyed writing Rich text based documents on my computer with this app. When I finally bit the bullet and purchased the iOS Version, I unfortunately discovered after the purchase that the iOS version does not support Rich text. That detail was at the very bottom of the description and to be fair I made an assumption that the iOS version of the app would work the same as the desktop version. I can’t understand why rich text is not supported, and if I had known (I guess it’s my bad for not reading every single bit of description all the way to the very bottom) that I would be unable to sync those types of documents across devices, I would’ve gone with a different platform.
- clarkeleland
Byword is my go-to distraction free writing app on the Mac and I used it on iOS for a while— but unfortunately the slow Dropbox syncing led me to explore other solutions for iOS. It seems like updates this year might have fixed this so hopefully it’s better now. I had Byword configured for a Dropbox folder that I use for journal entries and it has a couple hundred markdown files in it plus two sub folders with some text, markdown and a couple of old rtf (rich text) files in them. When I opened up Byword it would hang on ‘Downloading items’ or ‘Syncing Items’ for minutes and it made me nervous to open recent files and create possible conflicts in my Dropbox. That was a big blocker when I just wanted to open the app and start writing. I recently reinstalled the app and also removed the rtf files from this Dropbox folder (just in case) and things seem to be better— fingers crossed.
- bikemike
Mural reviews
The unlimited nature of MURAL boards is powerful. I need to space to think and create and reflect and MURAL allows me to do that fast. The sharing aspect is key for me, the real time collaboration, seeing how others interact. It's like magic!
- Louise M. Branding Consultant
Mural is a great tool for collaboration and brainstorming. I liked the fact that it had a rich set of templates that can be availed right away. Mural's interface is designed to be friendly to users and hence it was very easy to use.
- Hema B. Consultant
Mural is the secret tool I use that makes my coworkers think I'm better at sensemaking than I really am. Fast, easy, expressive, Mural is great.
- Greg K. Director of Information Systems
Pros & cons
Byword
| Pros |
|---|
| Distraction-free writing app with support for Markdown language |
| Lets you publish directly to popular websites |
| Inexpensive, one-time cost |
| Cons |
|---|
| Not useful for long-form writing |
| No library or tools for reference materials |
| Lacks templates |
Mural
| Pros |
|---|
| Not only is this a wonderful and functional app, but it's beautiful to use |
| It's as aesthetically pleasing as it is soothing to my designer's need to get my ideas across and organize them |
| I love the concept of having the free space to create and share ideas in real time |
| Mural is a great tool, generally speaking I am happy with it |
| The double click for post-its, the "follow me" function, are great |
| I love that you can paste a URL and it shows a thumbnail of the article." |
| Cons |
|---|
| One thing that has frustrated new users is getting the hang of controls especially if you are using on a computer (mouse vs trackpad controls are a bit different) |
| Navigating around the screen can be a little weird, especially if a lot of people are on at the same time |
| Sometimes the web visualization gets stuck or shows blank boards where they should have content, but a quick page refresh generally fixes it |
| That you have to pay for the product- not all users are on baord." |
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