Or just use Sublime and a cloud. Ctrl+Shift+F will search all your notes. (https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd)

That's what I do at the moment. I have an open window of ST3 at all time with a bunch of notes in there.

It really is great, I've been using it for years -- and all my notes are stored as plain-text (markdown) files. Only downside is images really. If you want to try it, check out this more-recently-updated fork. The creator of the fork is apparently working on a replacement that I'm rather looking forward to trying.

http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

Thanks for this. I've been using Notational Velocity for years and often occasionally looked for an update but found none.

What's the replacement you mentioned? I didn't see any info on the linked site.

Apparently it's going to be called bitwriter (see the bottom of this post http://brettterpstra.com/2016/02/12/marked-2-dot-5-4-updates...) but there's not much information out there yet.

It's been more than a year. Hopefully not abandoned.

Any recommendation for a companion iOS app to sync with NValt?

1Writer[1] is the best I've tried, assuming you're using Dropbox for sync.

[1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1writer-note-taking-writing-...

And Brett Terpstra -- the programmer of nvAlt -- uses 1Writer as well. He reviewed 1Writer in 2015 and continues to recommend it.

http://brettterpstra.com/2015/01/28/my-pick-for-best-ios-nva...

nvNotes[1] was great, but the latest version removed Dropbox syncing (because the developer was using an older API that is being deprecated) and now it's... no so useful. Combined with nvALT[2] on the Mac, this used to be a great combo.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nvnotes-note-taking-writing-...

[2] http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

nvAlt integrates with Simplenote for syncing. More here: https://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/superpower-your-not...