Been waiting for VooDooPad 6.0 to be finished? Yeah, me too. Got tired of waiting so I build something better. MojoPad 1.0
I created MojoPad in the likeness of VooDooPad because that’s what we all liked. But I sprinkled in lots of goodies to bring it up to todays world. MojoPad will import all of your old VooDooPad files just fine. If you are still longing for VooDooPad so you can import all of your old files, please give it a try. Free download, free 2 week trial, then a one time payment if you like it. Please let me know if any questions or comments. App is signed by Apple. Only runs on Mac OS. And runs just fine natively on the latest Tahoe 26.6.
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Very interesting - Private but syncable through iCloud or Dropbox, basically Vodoocloud with modern local AI built in, versionable per page, 1 time purchase. That’s a nice set of features that may appeal to a broad group.
Actually, Primate Labs did release VoodooPad 6 in 2021 during a very very brief opening of their cone of silence about the product. I managed to get the app at the time, and it still works. (macOS reports that VP6 is silicon compliant, but we’ll see if that’s true when Rosetta is retired.)
MojoPad looks nice, but $59 is steep for me.
Katie
Looks nice… is there a roadmap that includes iOS?
@MojoPad - Perhaps I am missing something. The sidebar appears to be a flat list of pages without recognizing subpage relationships - is that correct?
Hopefully I am a mistaken. For a Wiki if the index cannot be organized to reflect such subpage relationships that is a fatal omission.
You get the ability to install it on 2 Mac computers, and it is a lifetime key. Since it is updated to todays standard with regards to additional features, and runs natively on the latest Mac OS, and is maintained, it will last many years, so your initial investment is quite small for what you are getting in additional features above and beyond VooDooPad. Yes, VooDooPad did release a 6.0, but we all know it was a beta release, and really not many new features. As far as I can see it has been abandoned. We will be here if you ever change your mind. Thanks for the comment. I feel 59.00 is reasonable for what you are getting. There are costs involved to maintain infrastructure, payment systems, and development costs.
Longer term for IOS, the initial focus was to get something for Mac OS.
Really appreciate you pushing on this — it turned into the best kind of feedback.
The honest part first: you’re right that the left sidebar is a flat list. That’s intentional — it’s the complete A–Z index of every page, the same way VoodooPad’s page list worked. A wiki is fundamentally a flat pool of pages connected by links, so that list stays complete and never hides anything from you.
But hierarchy is there — it lives in Collections (in the palette panel). You can build a full nested table of contents: make folders, nest pages, and nest pages under pages, as deep as you want. It even drives the order of PDF/ePub/HTML exports.
Here’s the part I’m grateful for: your comment made it obvious this was buried, so I fixed it. Landing in the next update:
- The Palettes button now opens straight to Collections — the table of contents is one click away instead of hidden behind a tab
- Page-under-page nesting — any page can hold subpages, not just folders (your exact “subpage relationships” point)
- Expand/collapse the tree, with the fold state remembered
- Name and rename your collections, plus a hint so it’s obvious how to start
So: the flat list is the index; Collections is the structure — and after your nudge it’s now front-and-center and genuinely outline-like. Thanks for the push; it made the app better.
(If you already grabbed 1.0, Collections is in there today under the palette panel — the update just makes it far more discoverable and adds the page-under-page nesting.)
Exactly how does an Electron app “run natively on macOS”?
What “infrastructure costs” are there for a personal desktop app?
Your justification for the price is weird. Any app (or business) has costs such as payment systems, development, etc. Not begrudging paying; it just seems weird to cite those as reasons for the price. Just say “I gotta eat, etc.”
Excellent - the quick response is much appreciated. That works much better in the new version
Two other observations/questions when you can:
(1) I see that I can reference pages as [[This Page ]]. For most Wikis if that page does not exist yet it is automatically created when content with the brackets is added to the page. It would be helpful if yours did that rather than the separate step to create a link
(2) Is there a way to customize the bookmarklet so I can configure a “Clippings” Wikipage or similiar and then all clippings automatically become subpages of that master Clippings page? Perhaps with a standard format so I do not need to select which format each time?
Hmm, well when there are expenses in any product or service one might offer, your price must factor them in when coming up with a price for any service or product.
- Domain Purchase
- Web Hosting Fees
- Payment System Fees
- Marketing Fees
- Development Costs
- Maintenance Costs
- I Gotta Eat
Thanks for the additional feedback. They both make sense, so I have added your two requests to the next sprint.
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I’ve downloaded and am giving MojoPad a try. I like what I see, and it’s quick.
I wish this thread was stand alone and not appended to an ancient VoodooPad thread.
@MojoPad – you don’t need to justify your pricing decisions to. us. The market will vote. Best of luck and keep up the good work.
Katie
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Appreciate the kind words.
New thread created in software.
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Looks like a few people flagged my recent post to the root of software as over promoting/spam. So I toned down to the basics and posted again.
Thanks for the support.
Here we go again censoring participation by small independent developers who interact with the Forum.
Why is this a problem?
Can we create a Developers section so those who are not interested can just not read it?
I can think of few things more useful on MPU than interacting directly with a developer.
If it were someone just leaving ads and not coming back I would get it - but if they are willing to engage and answer questions, why is that a problem?
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Yeah, I didn’t actually have an issue with this one.
It seemed pretty relevant and not spammy.
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I agree. Someone here was so angry, for no reason, to flag every single post that @MojoPad pad made, and to get rid of the dedicated thread I had suggested that the developer create. That’s unwarranted aggression.
Katie
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How does this work on Discourse?
Is a single flag already sufficient to remove a post as spam?
Or is there a threshold (number of reports)?