SwaggerViewer vs Obsidian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwaggerViewer
This application allows you to view documents from a Swagger-compliant API. It offers offline access and prioritizes security for sensitive data. It also supports integration with the iOS document picker.
- Standalone Swagger-UI viewer
- Offline document access
- Security-sensitive design
- iOS document picker support
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SwaggerViewer is standalone viewer of documents from a Swagger-compliant API. - standalone viewer. (include swagger-ui) - offline access. - security sensitive. - support iOS document picker. more information of Swagger: https://swagger.io github: https://github.com/itok/SwaggerViewer
Obsidian
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a powerful knowledge base that utilizes local Markdown files. This app acts as your personal second brain, accessible on your mobile device for seamless note-taking and idea connection.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view for connections
- Community plugins
- Themes
- iCloud sync
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Obsidian at 62% against SwaggerViewer's 0%. Obsidian also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). SwaggerViewer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Obsidian holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SwaggerViewer's written reviews are positive against 62% of Obsidian's.
SwaggerViewer ships an update every 2 weeks, Obsidian every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwaggerViewer | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #114 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | itok | Dynalist Inc. |
Customer experience
SwaggerViewer
Obsidian
Bugs and requests
SwaggerViewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Obsidian
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sync issues leading to data loss
- Freezing and crashing on mobile devices
- Editing bugs and text input issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved sorting and organization options
- WYSIWYG editing on mobile
- Better integration with other cloud storage services
- More intuitive onboarding process for new users
- Native mobile widgets and share sheet integration
In-app purchases
SwaggerViewer
No in-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
