The Typora alternative Mac writers actually want
Typora went paid in 2021. Then it got slow on M-series Macs. Enfoca is what comes next: a $12.99 one-time hybrid editor, built native for Apple Silicon.
Where Typora falls short
Typora in 2026
- Slow on M2/M3/M4 Macs under realistic doc sizes
- One-time pricing became a version upgrade trap
- No active development velocity since 2023
What Enfoca does differently
- Native Apple Silicon rendering — no Rosetta, no stutter
- One-time $12.99 with free lifetime updates, not version-gated
- Milkdown v7 under the hood, actively shipping
The thing Typora can't do
Typora's WYSIWYG hides the markup. iA hides the rendering. Enfoca's hybrid engine shows you markup only on the line you're editing — you read the page you'll ship while you write it.
Coming from Typora?
Enfoca reads any folder of .md files. Open your existing directory and keep working — no import, no migration.
Try Enfoca free →