DevonThink 3 versus Tinderbox versus VooDooPad

Posted by Hugh
Nov 23, 2019 at 05:30 PM

For what it’s worth: I’m not confident that any of the three suggested applications will really be ideal for what you need. VoodoPad is essentially a wiki, and also, as I think you imply, perhaps less persistently developed that when it was in the care of its original developer. There are many opinions about what Tinderbox is best for, but here’s mine: identifying “emergent” structure. As that description suggests, it’s much more about exploring data for its meaning, usually data expressed in words, than manipulating it for other purposes. DevonThink, though it can be used for multiple purposes, is essentially a document manager on steroids. What I think you may need is a database manager - but I have much less experience of those. I assume that you’re using a Mac: Tap Forms comes to mind, but I don’t know whether it will do what you require.