VoodooPad 5 vs Bear
When comparing VoodooPad 5 vs Bear, the Slant community recommends VoodooPad 5 for most people. In the question“What is the best single-user wiki?” VoodooPad 5 is ranked 13th while Bear is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose VoodooPad 5 is:
VoodooPad 5 is focused on use by an individual. It is a mature application. Its polished refinements are based upon many years of user experiences and feedback.
Specs
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Pros
Pro A desktop wiki
VoodooPad 5 is focused on use by an individual. It is a mature application. Its polished refinements are based upon many years of user experiences and feedback.
Pro Markdown support
You can use Markdown syntax to write your documents.
Pro Good task management features
Within the collections palette you'll find "to-dos" that are all @todo entries that you've left across all of your pages.
Pro Synchronize via Dropbox
You can utilize Dropbox to keep VoodooPad synchronized across all of your devices and allow for collaboration with other people.
Pro Java scriptlet & Event scripts support
To dynamically change HTML, ePub and PDF exports you can use Java scriptlets. To extend the functionality of VoodooPad you can use Event scripts.
Pro Export to ePub and PDF
Alongside being able to export a page as HTML, RTFD, Plain Text, or as a Word Document, you can export the whole document as XML, RTFD, Plain Text, .doc, ePub, PDF or to an iOS device via VP Reader.
Pro Collections palette
Collections allow creating an organizational structure of your pages.
Pro Beautiful interface
Well-designed app.
Pro Easy to use
Pro Instant markdown preview in the editor while preserving original MD code
Pro Easy tagging
For example: #tag/sub tag/foo/bar #tag2/foo/bar
Pro Flawless sync
It's everything Dropbox Paper promised to be, but without the embarrassment. The notes are always in sync between devices.
Pro Lots of export formats
PDF, RTF, DOCX, HTML, TXT and MD.
Pro Hashtag support
Adding a hashtag with a keyword tags the note to make it easy to search.
Pro Simple to back up/export entire note database
Notes are exported as plain text, not a proprietary format, along with all embedded objects.
Cons
Con OS X only
There are no Windows or Linux versions of VoodooPad.
Con Costs $24.99 USD
Price can be found here: http://www.voodoopad.com/
Con Breaks compatibility with VoodooPad 4
VoodooPad 5 uses a new file format that is not backwards compatible.
Con Only subscription-based
Can not buy it straight up.
Con No Tabs - can only view 1 note at a time
Con No inline editing and markup of pictures
The only option is to open in an editor (thereby creating a copy) and saving it again.