# Quick Capture for Obsidian — Capture your thoughts & tasks

> Capture your thoughts & tasks (iPhone/iPad app by Daiki Yamaguchi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quick-capture-for-obsidian/id6777961161 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Daiki Yamaguchi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896478308)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Quick Capture for Obsidian?

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 notes or tasks to your daily note
• 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”

WEB CLIPPER
• Save webpage links from the Share Sheet
• Open the live page in Shard
• Add bullet notes to a linked Markdown note

FREE
• Quick capture for notes and tasks
• Task management
• Web link clipping
• 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 and custom clip destinations

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/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shard Plus (Yearly) | $24.99 | per year |
| Shard Plus (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shard Plus (Lifetime) | $59.99 | one-time |


## Is Quick Capture for Obsidian safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Quick Capture for Obsidian.

## Is Quick Capture for Obsidian legit?

Quick Capture for Obsidian has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Quick Capture for Obsidian is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.1 — 2026-10-19

Lock Screen Tasks now uses a more compact layout and shows only the number of additional tasks that don't fit on screen.

This update also includes interface refinements and improvements to vault file handling.

### 1.8.0 — 2026-10-18

Keep today's tasks on your Lock Screen with Live Activities.

• Complete tasks directly from the Lock Screen, with subtasks grouped under their parent task.
• Add subtasks while editing a task. New tasks added from Today now have today's due date filled in.
• Search saved clips by title or website, and browse them with thumbnail previews.
• Faster web clipping.

### 1.7.0 — 2026-10-01

Custom Notes are here. Add project notes, journals, or other notes to your post picker, each with its own heading and date grouping.

• Browse or search all notes in your vault, or create a new one.
• Switch between Daily Note and Custom Notes from one compact picker.
• Set up destinations and formats before upgrading. Shard Plus is requested when you post with a paid feature.
• Cleaner spacing between posts under the same date heading.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-09-28

Improved Clip Reader notes with clearer spacing between quotes, an English Quote action, and reliable links back to the daily note. Fixed an intermittent issue where the first character typed with Japanese input was excluded from conversion. Fixed the Tasks screen’s Clear all confirmation.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-08-31

Shard has a new lavender color palette, redesigned Settings, and a clearer vault onboarding flow. You can now choose the app font, manage Quick Tags more easily, and configure post destinations from one place. This update also improves image attachment menus and Markdown task file handling.

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