Quick Capture for Obsidian
Capture your thoughts & tasks
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Capture notes to Obsidian in seconds.
Open. Type. Done.
Shard gives you a fast path from a thought to plain Markdown in your Obsidian vault. After setup, it opens to a focused capture field with the keyboard ready.
QUICK CAPTURE
• Add posts to your daily note and tasks to your task file
• Use common Daily Notes and Periodic Notes folder and date settings
• Write directly to vaults in iCloud Drive, Obsidian Sync, or on your device
• Keep text captures queued on your device when the vault is temporarily unavailable
TASKS
• Manage Markdown checkboxes from your phone
• Add due dates and times
• Filter by Today, Overdue, Upcoming, or No Date
• Create subtasks and move completed tasks under “Completed”
FREE
• Quick capture for notes and tasks
• Task management
• Lock Screen buttons for New Post and New Task
SHARD PLUS
• Local reminders for tasks with a due date and time
• Home Screen task widgets for today and overdue
• Custom Post templates and destinations
• Post and Task actions in Shortcuts and the Share Sheet
• Image attachments
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No Shard account. No analytics. No tracking. Your content is written directly to the vault you choose. If a text capture cannot be written immediately, it waits locally on your device.
Shard works with plain Markdown, so your notes stay portable and there is no proprietary format.
Obsidian is a trademark of Dynalist Inc. Shard is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dynalist Inc.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
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Shard now focuses on quick capture and task management.
• Simplified navigation with Home and Tasks.
• Share webpage URLs as plain text in a Post.
• Kindle highlight import and web clipping have been removed. Existing files in your vault are preserved.
• Improved handling of shared URLs and pending captures.
The developer, Daiki Yamaguchi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Daiki Yamaguchi
- Size
- 6.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Shard Plus (Monthly) $2.99
- Shard Plus (Lifetime) $59.99
- Shard Plus (Yearly) $24.99
- Copyright
- © Daiki Yamaguchi
