Obsidian - Connected Notes

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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Last verified 31 Aug 2026

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4.5 2640 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Absolutely love obsidian

   I'm building a personal knowledgebase in the app and I love it. It is not user friendly per se like notion but it is much more flexible and once you get the hang of using markdown I think it's much faster. I love how the software just gets out of the way and supports me without making me have to change my process to adapt to the tool, I can just iterate on my thoughts, link notes, and organize information naturally without thinking about how I want to use information later. For example in notion, you can't build a database from your notes easily or use that information elsewhere outside of it's database quickly but with dataview (community plugin) it's pretty flexible and information that becomes useful later is easier to locate. The new UI overhaul threw me for a loop and I had just gotten pretty fast at the old way and now I have to re-train my thumbs but it does look a little cleaner and more modern now. I wish there would have been a headsup and option to revert back. I mean this is my second brain and now it looks different. It's kind of a shock.

   Odf13579 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5The best

   I’m gonna start by saying that the mobile version doesn’t have me as interested, I usually use the Apple notes app as it’s easy to create and find all of the notes and I can save on my email accounts to prevent loosing data, but I am actually considering a switch, because I can still save it in my iCloud. But the desktop web version of obsidian is so so so good. I use the computer so much and when I found this app I almost cried in happiness…you can customize it however you want with plugins, gives me so much freedom and as someone who always likes to change things up this is perfect. The way it’s organized by tabs it’s my most favorite feature, on google I always have like a thousand tabs open as I can’t deal with loosing where I was last at when working or studying, so I can switch so easy in between things and I love that. One thing that I seriously don’t like is that you have to pay for obsidian sync. I could have all of my computer notes in my phone as well, and if something happens to my computer I can keep my notes on my phone, but this is a feature I have to pay for and I just can’t buy more things at the moment. But I understand that everyone that goes into making an app has to earn money somehow so that’s fine. Overall great app definitely recommend, especially compared to all the other competitive apps out there, this is by far the best and good job to all its developers!!!

   anamariavelez120 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Truly The Best

   I have used, researched, and thought about more productivity apps than your average nerd… this is simply the best, in all cases. The development is done by a very small, very talented team. The updates, bug fixes, and announcements are lightning fast. They listen to the community but do not let it steer them in the wrong direction. They give you a million outs to not pay them a DIME. I have paid everything I can at the highest tier because this is my most used tool - but I didn’t really have to pay anything at all. I enjoy the desktop version more than the mobile version, but based on the insane features they just dropped on the desktop version (0.16) - I know the mobile version will be perfect at some point. The app itself - amazing note taking app right out of the box that does not gate your data - take it and leave whenever you want. But, the reason I feel so strongly about it, there is an UNENDING level of customizability that comes from the deeply dedicated community and their custom plugins and themes - which the developer personally reviews and approves. I could wax poetic forever. If you need more than basic note tools will give you then this is it. Forget Roam, Logseq, any of the other imitators - Obsidian is your answer.

   came0utswinging · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5Amazing Value

   Have been using Obisidan in beta for the past year and in the mobile beta since its inception. The combination is incredible and the Obsidian developers provide huge value for free across multiple platforms. Free full functionality in a data format that guarantees you can never lose access to your work. Support for the developers is only through their publish and sync services, neither is required to use all the functions of the product. It has spoiled me for any other note app. Best functionality is for knowledge management and longer form writing, for both of those it is a distinct pleasure to use. Lot’s of available community add-ons provide a wide variety of options for task management, calendar integration, kanban, data analysis and much more. In my opinion those are higher friction and I’d prefer other tools but if you are a bit technical and like tweaking on your own you will find those useful as well - beware that community plugins can be more hit or miss in the mobile version. With all that - this is THE most valuable tool in the entire Apple ecosystem for my day-to-day work.

   koparosti · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Slowwww on this xR

   All I want is a text-only note-taking app that is entirely offline, no tracking, quick to open, and the text or markdown files (if be happy with text) can be easily exported in one go (perhaps zipped, if there are multiple files) to my Linux OS via KDE Connect or a cable. What I like about Obsidian is the exportability, how easy it is to make and title a new file, and that no data is claimed to be collected. What I really don't like is waiting seconds (seconds! How spoiled I am :) for the app to open, and that the full-text search option is buried. I don't use any other features except for a mutual link between my tbr library list and my already-borrowed list, to move entries from the former to the latter, and I can live without that. I appreciate that you made and shared this work, hence the three stars, but it falls short of the truly performant and simple app I'm looking for, so now I'm questioning my rating at all- what use is it if I want something different but for users who want exactly what Obsidian is it's perfect? Revised to four stars, for grade-inflation.

   KiwiWren · 31 Jul 2026

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4.3 18368 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   Not intuitive at all. Absolute mindfxck of an app.

   Ellie Again · 1 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   An indispensable app for taking notes and keeping a diary. There are some issues with using the app on Android, but they're manageable :p

   ART pLoV · 1 Aug 2026

3. 5/5

   I've been using Obsidian for several years at this point and have found so much utility. in all the years since first using it I haven't ever looked back!

   Nico Judge · 1 Aug 2026

4. 2/5

   Works very well most of the time, but on two separate occasions I've had months worth of notes in a file just completely disappear. The file was still there, and the name hadn't changed, but all of the text inside was completely gone for no reason and with no warning.

   Cold Feet · 1 Aug 2026

5. 4/5

   I do love this app. it has a lot of features that are good for what I need it for such as A nice way of organizing notes into different files and naming them, different options to change how the text looks built into how you interact with the typing, and it is free. Most of the issues are just wishing there was a little more as far as options go such as having more than one highlighter color. However my biggest issue is that you aren't able to transfer from one device to the next without paying.

   Kelly Phillips · 1 Aug 2026

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