Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

4recommend
0warn against
Nov 10, 2025first mention
Oct 12, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used fornote-taking

Why people recommend it

“Still works like a charm 15 years and 14 macOS releases later.”

“I used Notational Velocity in those days :) A rare gem of ergonomics.”

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“I used Notational Velocity for years. I loved its free form approach to note taking and searching”

sphNov 10, 2025recommends

“writing my own Notational Velocity desktop app clone in Godot”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Often compared with

All comments 4

“Still works like a charm 15 years and 14 macOS releases later.”

“I used Notational Velocity in those days :) A rare gem of ergonomics.”

“I used Notational Velocity for years. I loved its free form approach to note taking and searching”

sphNov 10, 2025recommends

“writing my own Notational Velocity desktop app clone in Godot”

Threads where it came up

Data: notational-velocity.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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