Obsidian - Connected Notes

Name: Obsidian - Connected Notes
Rating: 4.5 (2334 reviews)
Author: Dynalist Inc.

Your second brain on the go

Free

2.3K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Dynalist Inc.
Language

EN
English
Size

34.2
MB

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. It is a second brain, for you, forever. Now available on the go for iOS! Features include: - Customizable toolbar - Pull down quick actions - Graph view - Community plugins - Themes - Sidebar pinning for tablet - iCloud vaults

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

2.3K Ratings

Absolutely love obsidian
10/15/2022

Odf13579
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.
Absolutely love obsidian
10/15/2022

Odf13579

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.
The best
11/21/2023

anamariavelez120
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!!!
The best
11/21/2023

anamariavelez120

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!!!
Truly The Best
08/31/2022

came0utswinging
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.
Truly The Best
08/31/2022

came0utswinging

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.
Amazing Value
07/14/2021

koparosti
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.
Amazing Value
07/14/2021

koparosti

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.

- New Appearance settings - Full screen: Toggle to automatically hide interface elements when you scroll. - Floating navigation: Option to disable the new floating buttons in the interface in favor of the "anchored" style of v1.10. - Sliding sidebars: Option to disable the new sidebar animation in favor of the old slide-over drawer style. - When full screen mode is enabled, the phone's status bar is now hidden when you scroll in a note. - New App actions (the menu when you press and hold on the app icon): - "Manage vaults..." Closes the current vault and takes you to the vault selection screen. - "Today" — Opens today's daily note. Only available when the daily notes plugin is enabled. - "New Note" — Creates a new note in the active vault. - Vault switcher has a new option to "Open Vault in Restricted Mode." This option opens the vault without activating any plugins. If your vault is failing to open due to a plugin issue, use this option to debug. - Fixed bug where first tap or long-press in the File Explorer did not work. - Fixed scroll getting interrupted if touch overlaps with a link. - Fixed text on Debug screen ("Show debug info") appearing very faint. - Fixed bug where the right-most navigation bar icon flashed briefly when the app was first loading. - iPad: Fixed Command + , not opening in-app settings. - iPad: Fixed mobile toolbar not appearing when using "Floating keyboard" option. - iPad: Fixed File Explorer context menu appearing too high and overlapping with the status bar.