Well, I ended up downloading Writer Pro. As I suspected to begin with, a lot of the "issues" with it are more to do with people comparing it to the original iA Writer and its workflow.
Which is really OK because I never used the original anyway.
Plus, they'll address the "issues" soon enough.
After using Scrivener, I don't think I can justify Ulysses at the same price. It does A LOT less. At that rate, I should just stick with Scrivener and suck up the iOS issue as it looks like I'm going to be in the same boat with Daedalus Touch.
I feel like the Writer Pro setup works well so far at the price. It's a little awkward, but I'll make it work. I think this so called new "workflow" will be a lot better than the weird carousel of Daedalus Touch, especially for notes.