Obsidian reviews

love the app. love the plugins. but we want something that isn't wrapped by capacitor. We want a native app. Downloading plugins (which is the whole point of this app) makes your app so laggy. Also as the vault size grows so the lag. The only reason I still use this app is cus it's open source and totally client-side. I'm hoping that we get a massive update in the future.

was working just fine and then stopped a few days ago. doesnt load anything after the main splash screen. this is for new version and previous version. not sure why but the app is now completely unusable. fortunately, the files arent lost and can be transfered to other file types but now I have a project. obsidian saves markdown files; there are many other MD file editors available like VSCODE and

incredibly modular notes app. it's got a plugin for everything, and I love that the files are just .md files so they are small and easy to transfer to other programs or devices!

The select all doesn't select all, and when trying to scroll when copying and pasting is SUPER SLOW. Copying an entire paragraph will take way longer than it should, and essay? see you tomorrow when you're halfway done.

My favourite app Best note-taking app ever 🧠🔥 Offline, super fast, folders + links OP. Perfect for study, ideas, games & brain vault. No ads, no bakwas. Love it ❤️ Obsidian is actually INSANE 😭🔥 At first I thought it was just a notes app… then suddenly: • themes 🎨 • dark neon setups 🌑⚡ • plugins ecosystem 🔌 • graph view 🕸️ • markdown files 📁 • offline vault system 😤 • second brain workfl

Honestly one of the most powerful note-taking tools I’ve tried. What really stands out is how flexible it is—you can organize your thoughts exactly the way you want, whether that’s simple notes or a deeply connected knowledge system. The linking feature is especially useful, making it easy to connect ideas and see the bigger picture. It does take a little time to get used to, but once it clicks, i

This app is really good...except for the in app community plugin browser. On Chromebook (which is normally fast, good wifi connection) it takes several minutes to load, sometimes not at all.

Tons of extensions, but very simple and lightweight on its own. However, only gripe is that it doesn't sync in the background, so when I open the app I have to wait a couple seconds for latest changes to sync over.

love the app. love the plugins. but we want something that isn't wrapped by capacitor. We want a native app. Downloading plugins (which is the whole point of this app) makes your app so laggy. Also as the vault size grows so the lag. The only reason I still use this app is cus it's open source and totally client-side. I'm hoping that we get a massive update in the future.

The best note-taking app I've ever seen. I've been using it for two years now and it's become like my own. The advantages of this application essentially depend more on the user himself, but here is a list of common ones: 1. completely free, not a hint of premium (only paid synchronization between devices, which is very easy to set up manually for $ 0). 2. It has a very nice default interface. 3.

Full-service note-taking app with no ads.

My favourite app Best note-taking app ever 🧠🔥 Offline, super fast, folders + links OP. Perfect for study, ideas, games & brain vault. No ads, no bakwas. Love it ❤️ Obsidian is actually INSANE 😭🔥 At first I thought it was just a notes app… then suddenly: • themes 🎨 • dark neon setups 🌑⚡ • plugins ecosystem 🔌 • graph view 🕸️ • markdown files 📁 • offline vault system 😤 • second brain workfl

I left OneNote after 23 years! Obsidian, clean, simple and powerful! I am on week 1 and am a proud financial donor. The app is that good. Keeping my notes local and private was what led me to try Obsidian. The performance and capability are what kept! I love Obsidian! If you are looking for the BEST Note-t app ever created Obsidian is for you! I you Ire migrating from another app. Doapp, doport ol

Migrated from Evernote and am glad I did! I was a 15 year Evernote user. When they increased their rates 3x to 4x I looked for an alternative and found Obsidian. it took me a while to understand all the plugins but the time commitment has been worth it. The Notebook Navigator plugin creates that nearly Evernote style experience.

Excellent notetaking app, replaced Notion and Evernote for me/faster and free. IIf you are patient and don't mind tinkering a little bit, plugins let you easily automate and design your note flow as you please. The mobile app could be improved for legibility, ease of use (looks like a port of the desktop version too much of the time). But it works! 2026-02: Mobile has been revamped, and is easier

Big Tech sucks and things like Obsidian are the remedy. I use Obsidian for all my DnD notes for campaigns, as a personal goodreads and letterboxed collection, and as my primary notebook for projects and research. the extensions library makes it easy to customize and the community is frequently adding new features for free. remember when you just paid for a program and it did exactly what it says i

I absolutely love this app. However, I do a lot of copying and pasting between notes and other apps. When I am attempting to highlight the section I want to cut/copy, the app bugs out and often changes which parts are highlighted and I have an extremely long and difficult time highlighting the sections that I actually want.

no cloud backup, have lost years of my notes

Steap learning curve, otherwise, this one is The Best One! I feel like more people should use it putting their time and effort as much as they can. Can't take the risk of losing it like Session. It's literally the second brain.

The best app ever for note-taking and knowledge system building, but I would say that it requires quite a learning curve and also requires quite a lot to keep up with, but you get a lot in return.

best notes app ive used, it has a learning curve to it tho

This app is a real Obsidian. Nice, clean and realible note app.

its slick and well made, but I really dont understand the advantages of this note app over a simple notepad.exe type app. if info gets complicated, this app is too unwieldy to use on a tiny screen. which leaves it as too complex for simple notes. all it seems to do is allow displaying your thoughts in some weird visual web graph, along w goofy animations. maybe im just not turbosperg enough to und

Slow performance after recent major update. UPD: Lags are partially solved by disabling blur via a css snippet. The app feels heavy even without plugins.

I want to love this app. I truly do, because I love Obsidian desktop. And in most ways, it's excellent. But it has a severe flaw in that I can't copy text. It says it's saved to clipboard, but never is. And selecting text via touchscreen is nigh-impossible anyway because the cursor flies all over the place and actively deselects previously selected text. No other app does this. I'm forced to swap

The select all doesn't select all, and when trying to scroll when copying and pasting is SUPER SLOW. Copying an entire paragraph will take way longer than it should, and essay? see you tomorrow when you're halfway done.

It wont let me copy and paste!!! Its definitely not my phone because I used copy and paste on another notes app and it doesnt work on here?? Its really annoying to just copy every single thing instead of simply pasting it like I always do. Maybe its just a glitch on my part? But it's completely fine on every other app I used copy and paste for, so it's definitely obsidian thats the problem. Can yo

great app,but has bugs one of them is ,if i move anything file to other path and try again to move another file the dialogue box for moving won't appear and the app lags from that moment,not fully freezed but main function stops working.

Excellent functionality for working in markdown. Unfortunately, there are weird glitches like if you hold down on a folder too long, the app freezes and nothing can be clicked. (flagship samsung phone)

Horrible, horrible functionality. The file explorer keeps freezing when you tap and hold any file. It's wasting so much time and effort. Day by Day, Obsidian seems more and more like another overrated program.

This UI update is horrible, laggy animations and less space for buttons. As far as I can tell, the appearance settings are _only_ colors and font size? Very disappointing update, with no option to use the more efficient android layout?

The new iOS-based UI design is a bit annoying to use and I was able to disable floating navigation button through the settings, which was the biggest issue for me. However, even after that, the app still feel unoptimized especially since the app doesn't really consider the android navigation bar that well, therefore some UI elements are rendered underneath it. Feels like the app did not do any and

i love everything with the app. the only thing i don't like is the update with the format change. i am very comfortable with the bar for files being on the bottom rather than the top. please make it an option that you can change the position of it. everything else is okay. i truly love the app

App is good but needs fixes! The app for me has a menu icon overlapping with the phones top bar icons ( a non responsive area)....

Really good functionality, but not at all optimised for tablets. On my Android device, the navigation and status bars stay on top of some buttons and options, making them inaccessible. Additionally, you can't move the tab divider without a Bluetooth mouse! No clue why it doesn't work with just your finger. I'm looking for an experience as close to the desktop version as possible, but it still has

bottom bar was hiding the setting icon, but now it's fixed

The startup time is awful, I have to wait for 10 seconds staring at a blank text document before I am able to interact with anything. The UX needs some serious work, text will randomly be deleted or moved in the middle of typing.

Obsidian is slower than ever to open up to jot down a quick note takes about 8 seconds

The battery drain is absurd. And my phone is constantly overheating. I can't use this app for more than 10 minutes. I know this phone is old, but Obsidian drains and overheats my battery more than opening a video player and a browser app at the same time. Also, I've lost changes to documents before. It wouldn't hurt to add a manual save option, because automatic save does not always work.

Another three months later and I can't help but think that the brilliance of this app is somewhat marred by the inability to rearrange or stack tabs like one can in Chrome, Vivaldi, etc. So, it's time to drop a star. I beg for this functionality. --- I came back 6+ months later forgetting that I'd left the below review and it was to say the same - almost perfect app, but drag and drop tabs would b

I love it but please add a feature to be able to drag and reorder lines up and down from their right edge with a "drag handle". This way I can have a vertical Kanban board.

Great; amazing ecosystem. I'll make this 5 stars once I can move tabs around on my tablet

I was excited to use this app but disappointed to find that the widgets it offers don't display the content of a note. This effectively makes the widgets useless, so I guess I'll be looking elsewhere.

Please Add Native support for Local Notication for Todo. - [ ] Notify (@2026-04-25 19:00) Task Management is a feature many users want.Otherwise this app is beyond expectation.Great Note Taking App.

I gave it another shot after 2 years and it's much better! but still no widget that shows the last updated notes/files :(

good experience, I noticed the markdown formatting for bold text isn't working. and for those of us that use some symbols like mathematical ones we'll like a feature that can help with that.

The startup time is awful, I have to wait for 10 seconds staring at a blank text document before I am able to interact with anything. The UX needs some serious work, text will randomly be deleted or moved in the middle of typing.

good app for notetaking but the idents wont show up in reader mode. i have already tried different solutions for keeping the indents but it wont work

new ui update 11/10 only thing missing is a proper export suite so I can share notes with others. for example when I note down some recipes I want to export an entire folder with working links. normal export is available on desktop but not on mobile

Obsidian is good for all. But can not share anything with other and there is default header. So it's useless. Don't download.

this app is great!! though. I wish there can be imported/exported images from your gallery in case we wanna write our fanfic texts