WriteFreely vs Obsidian Web Clipper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WriteFreely
A minimalist blogging app for seamless web publishing. Write in a distraction-free editor and publish to your blog or any compatible writing community. Supports offline drafting and synchronization with your WriteFreely account.
- Distraction-free editor
- Offline drafting and editing
- Sync posts with WriteFreely account
- Publish to multiple blogs
- Dark mode option
- Open source platform
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WriteFreely for iOS gives you a seamless way to publish your thoughts on the web. Write your thoughts in its clean, distraction-free editor, and then publish to your blog or any writing community powered by the WriteFreely software. WriteFreely for iOS supports Write.as and self-hosted WriteFreely instances. If you're not hosting your own instance, visit https://writefreely.org/instances to find a community to join! # Just Write WriteFreely for iOS includes only what you need to write and publish, so you can focus on your words. It launches straight to the editor, so you can get your thoughts down before they vanish. # Write Offline Draft and edit blog posts offline on your iPhone or iPad, and publish whenever you're ready. If you don't publish a post, it remains safe and private on your device. # Stay Synchronized Log in to any WriteFreely instance you have an account on, and sync posts from your WriteFreely account to your device. # Publish Widely Publish to multiple blogs on your account, and move posts between blogs and Drafts with a few quick taps. # Light Customization Make it your own by choosing a default font for your posts, and whether or not you'd like to write in dark mode. # Freedom The WriteFreely platform is built entirely on open source software, from the server-side to this iOS app. Rest easy knowing you ultimately control your publishing tools, and visit https://writefreely.org/contribute to find out how you can contribute.
Obsidian Web Clipper
Save web content directly to your personal knowledge base for offline access. Organize research, recipes, articles, and more with customizable templates and smart triggers. Your data is private, secure, and stored locally in durable Markdown format.
- Clip any web content
- Select page content or extract main article
- Customizable templates for metadata
- Smart triggers for automatic template application
- Seamless integration with Obsidian vault
- Save as local Markdown files
- Offline access to clipped content
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Bring the web to your personal knowledge base. Save content to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline. Obsidian is secure, private, and designed around durable open formats that allows you to preserve your data for the long term. Whether you're researching for a project, saving recipes, bookmarking travel destinations, or collecting inspiring articles, the Obsidian Web Clipper helps you organize your ideas. - Clip anything: From news articles and blog posts to recipes, product pages, and research papers — if it's on the web, you can save it. - Select page content: Clip entire pages, selected text, or let the clipper intelligently extract just the main content. - Customizable templates: Create tailored templates to automatically extract metadata from web pages. Perfect for academics, movie buffs, book lovers, or anyone who wants structured notes. - Smart triggers: Set up rules to automatically apply the right template based on the website you're clipping from. - Seamless integration: all your clips flow directly into Obsidian, in the vault and folder of your choice. As with everything Obsidian, Web Clipper is designed to protect your privacy, and give you control over your data. - No lock-in: All your clips are saved in clean, durable, portable Markdown files — no proprietary formats. - Offline access: your saved clips are saved locally, and always at your fingertips, with or without an internet connection. - 100% private: all your clipped content is stored locally in your Obsidian vault. Your thoughts are yours. Obsidian helps you create connections and links between your notes so you can organize your thoughts. You can create links between everything — ideas, articles, lists, locations, books — anything you can put in a note, you can link to other notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Obsidian Web Clipper at Free against WriteFreely's $11.99. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (69% vs 44%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Obsidian Web Clipper is free to download; WriteFreely costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Obsidian Web Clipper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian Web Clipper has 98 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of WriteFreely's written reviews are positive against 69% of Obsidian Web Clipper's.
WriteFreely ships an update every 2 months, Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WriteFreely | Obsidian Web Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) | 4.4 (98 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 98 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Musing Studio LLC | Dynalist Inc. |
Customer experience
WriteFreely
Obsidian Web Clipper
Bugs and requests
WriteFreely
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Obsidian Web Clipper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Defining a file path with a subfolder does not work
- Doesn't wait for page load, resulting in missing content
Requested features
2 requests- Immersive reading experience with ability to hide top and bottom bars
- Autofill possible vaults for clipping
In-app purchases
WriteFreely
No in-app purchases
Obsidian Web Clipper
No in-app purchases
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