Comparison

3tabs Secure vs Actions For Obsidian

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

3tabs Secure

This app helps you stay organized and secure while browsing the web. It offers quick switching between three tabs, dedicated search and favorites tabs, and robust security features like passcode and biometric unlocking.

Highlights
  • One-click tab switching
  • Dedicated Search tab
  • Dedicated Favorites tab
  • Passcode lock
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
Features
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With 3tabs Secure you can stay organized and secure while browsing the web! - Switch between your three tabs with one click - Dedicated Search tab - Dedicated Favorites tab - Lock 3tabs Secure with a Passcode - Unlock 3tabs Secure with Face ID or Touch ID (Requires supported device)

About

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.

Highlights
  • Create and manipulate notes
  • Search and organize notes
  • Work with files and folders
  • Integrate with Dataview
  • Utilize note properties
  • Execute Obsidian commands
Features
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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.

Screenshots

3tabs Secure3 screens
Actions For Obsidian2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Actions For Obsidian at Free against 3tabs Secure's $0.99. Actions For Obsidian also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 23 months). 3tabs Secure's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Actions For Obsidian is free to download; 3tabs Secure costs $0.99 up front. 3tabs Secure sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Actions For Obsidian sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Actions For Obsidian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actions For Obsidian has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3tabs Secure ships an update every 23 months, Actions For Obsidian every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
3tabs Secure versus Actions For Obsidian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3tabs SecureActions For Obsidian
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVedant MalhotraCarlo Zottmann

Customer experience

3tabs Secure

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Actions For Obsidian

All ratings40 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

3tabs Secure

One-time5
  • Tip Level 1$0.99
  • Tip Level 2$1.99
  • Tip Level 3$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Tip Level 4$3.99
  • Tip Level 5$4.99
10 purchases

Actions For Obsidian

One-time10
  • macOS+iOS License Upgrade (S)$6.99
  • macOS-only License (S)$8.99
  • iOS-only License (S)$8.99
Show 7 more
  • 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

Questions

Is 3tabs Secure free?
3tabs Secure costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 3tabs Secure or Actions For Obsidian?
Actions For Obsidian is rated higher. 3tabs Secure averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Actions For Obsidian averages 4.8 from 40 ratings.
Do 3tabs Secure or Actions For Obsidian have ads?
Neither 3tabs Secure nor Actions For Obsidian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3tabs Secure or Actions For Obsidian?
3tabs Secure ships an update every 23 months, and Actions For Obsidian every 3 weeks. Most recently, 3tabs Secure was updated on October 29, 2026 and Actions For Obsidian on November 3, 2026.

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