EML Viewer vs Actions For Obsidian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EML Viewer
Easily view saved emails in EML format directly on your iOS device. Open attachments, share them with other applications, or print them. You can also compose a new email using the content of an EML file.
- View EML files
- Access attachments
- Share attachments
- Print attachments
- Compose new emails from EML
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View .EML files on your iOS device, including attachments within them. These are usually emails saved in the EML format. Tap on an EML file in another app, "Open In..." and select EML Viewer to view your saved email. You may tap "open a sample EML" to see an example email open up. Attachments may be shared with other apps or printed. Tap the compose icon to open your EML as a new Mail message This app is for .EML files. If you also need to view Outlook .MSG files, check out our related apps MSG View and Message Viewer Pro on the App Store.
Actions For Obsidian
This app bridges your personal knowledge management notes with Apple's automation tools. It offers over 40 actions to integrate your notes with other applications, enabling seamless data flow between your vaults and the wider Apple ecosystem.
- Create and manipulate notes
- Search and organize notes
- Work with files and folders
- Integrate with Dataview
- Utilize note properties
- Execute Obsidian commands
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Actions For Obsidian integrates the personal knowledge management tool Obsidian with Apple's automation ecosystem. With 40+ Shortcuts actions, it brings your notes and automations together, making Obsidian a first-class citizen in Apple's Shortcuts app. Use it to bring information from other apps into your notes, or to bring information from your vaults into other apps. Some of the possibilities it adds: - Creating, manipulating, searching, opening, organizing notes, including daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly ones - Working with files - Working with Dataview - Working with note properties - Working with your vault's files and folders - Working with Obsidian commands For a full list and detailed description, please click the "Website" link to the right or visit https://actions.work/actions-for-obsidian. ——— This application is not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.md.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Actions For Obsidian at Free against EML Viewer's $1.99. Actions For Obsidian also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (88% vs 49%). EML Viewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Actions For Obsidian is free to download; EML Viewer costs $1.99 up front. Actions For Obsidian sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. EML Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Actions For Obsidian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of EML Viewer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Actions For Obsidian's.
EML Viewer ships an update every 2 months, Actions For Obsidian every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EML Viewer | Actions For Obsidian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matrix Logic Corporation | Carlo Zottmann |
Customer experience
EML Viewer
Actions For Obsidian
User reviews
EML Viewer
From 21 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Opens .eml files
- 👍 Works as advertised
- 🚀 Quick updates and support
- ✨ Displays attachments
- 💡 Handles PEC emails
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unusable due to crashes
- 🐛 Does not read digitally signed emails
- 🐛 Does not open files over 2MB
- 🐛 Low memory errors
Actions For Obsidian
From 40 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Incredible productivity boost
- 👍 Fixes Obsidian's lack of native Shortcuts support
- 💡 Game-changer for Obsidian integration
- 👍 Extensive list of actions
- 👍 Excellent developer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 App returns to Actions app instead of staying in Obsidian
- 🐛 Black screen when opening Obsidian on completion
- 🐛 Continuous pop-up asking for money
- 🐛 Splash screen opens on iOS every time Shortcut runs
- 🐛 Lists removed vaults
Bugs and requests
EML Viewer
Reported bugs
34 issues- App crashes frequently
- App is unusable due to crashes
- Does not read digitally signed emails
- Does not open files over 2MB
- Low memory errors
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- Poor formatting and link browsing
- Does not download attached images
- Only displays email header
- Does not support dark mode override
- Clumsy to open files
- Does not open attachments
- Does not support Chinese characters
- Does not display formatted text
- Cannot open EML files from Calendar app
- Does not support Reply and Forward
- Does not open attachments from PEC
- Blank screen on opening
- Crashes on some EML files
- Does not show up in share menu
- Instructions not clear
- Money wasted
- Does not open EML files
- Garbled Japanese characters
- Does not open PDF attachments
- Crashes browser
- Does not open EML files on iPad
- Does not support ISO2022JP
- Does not display To/Cc Japanese names correctly
- Price is slightly high
- Does not support Outlook MSG to EML conversion
- Does not support EML files from Lotus Notes
- Does not allow printing or PDF export
- Forwarding not compatible with default mail apps
- Does not display external images by default
Requested features
12 requests- Dark mode option
- Option to create folders
- Ability to print messages
- Forwarding function
- Prevent external images from loading by default
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- Support for ISO2022JP character encoding
- Support for Lotus Notes EML files
- Improved handling of To/Cc Japanese names
- Improved link browsing controls
- Support for digitally signed emails
- Support for emails over 2MB
- Improved memory management
Actions For Obsidian
Reported bugs
6 issues- App returns to Actions app instead of staying in Obsidian
- Black screen when opening Obsidian on completion
- Continuous pop-up asking for money
- Splash screen opens on iOS every time Shortcut runs
- Lists removed vaults
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- No shortcuts appear in Apple Shortcuts after installation
Requested features
4 requests- Better handling of app switching after action completion
- Option to clear removed vaults
- Native Apple Watch support for commands
- Open source the entire app
In-app purchases
EML Viewer
No in-app purchases
Actions For Obsidian
- macOS+iOS License Upgrade (S)$6.99
- macOS-only License (S)$8.99
- iOS-only License (S)$8.99
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- macOS+iOS License Upgrade (M)$8.99
- macOS-only License (M)$11.99
- iOS-only License (M)$11.99
- iOS-only License (L)$14.99
- macOS + iOS License (S)$14.99
- macOS + iOS License (M)$19.99
- macOS + iOS License (L)$22.99
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