VoodooPad for Mac

Overview

VoodooPad is a clean, practical note-taking app that combines the simplicity of a basic notepad with more powerful organization and multimedia features. At first glance its interface might appear complex, but it’s surprisingly easy to pick up and use.

Alternatives

Suggested alternative: Minecraft — Java & Bedrock Editions (paid)

How it feels to use

Despite an initially busy layout, VoodooPad is highly intuitive. It’s well suited for capturing quick thoughts or detailed entries, and it lets you structure notes into categories and separate pages. You can draw sketches and attach them to entries, and add links, bookmarks, images, videos, audio clips, and even other applications.

Organizing notes and linking

One of VoodooPad’s strongest points is the way items can be interconnected. You can build a web of linked pages where each piece has its place and follows your own logic, making it easy to reflect your personal way of thinking. The app includes a search field (top-right) and supports opening items in tabs for easier navigation.

Why you might pick it

I’d recommend VoodooPad because it lets you shape your notes to match how you work: flexible, powerful, and still approachable. It feels more capable than a plain text editor while remaining straightforward to use and to add content into.

Recent fixes and updates

• Word (.docx) files imported into the app are now converted into editable pages.
• The custom font dialog can now apply different styles to the "New Page Text" field in Preferences.
• Entries in the Edit → Insert menu no longer show file extensions from the Clippings folder.
• Resolved issues where links to PDFs and aliases failed after exporting for iPhone / VPReader.
• Corrected a bug that caused an unwanted page-anchor icon to appear when printing.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when syncing with some WebDAV servers.