Comparison

CutClip vs Obsidian Web Clipper

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

Head to head
About

CutClip

Save and edit web pages for offline reading directly from your browser. Organize saved content with a favorites list and share it in various formats. Offers iCloud sync for data storage with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Save web pages from Safari for offline reading
  • Edit saved offline pages
  • Share web page content
  • Organize with a Favorites List
  • Support for dark mode
  • Export pages as text, PDF, image, or HTML
Features
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## CutClip CutClip can help you to collect and save web pages whenever you are surfing the internet in Safari. You can share, edit the offline pages whenever you like. ## Features - Save and share web pages from Safari for offline reading - Store and sync data on iCloud after making an in-app purchase - Favorites List - Share contents - Support dark mode - Export a page as plain text, PDF, image or HTML. ## About auto-subscription 【Title of service】 Store data on iCloud 【Time period of each subscription】 1 month, 6 months, 1 year 【Price of each subscription】 $1.49 per month, $7.99 per 6 months, $13.99 per year. 【Payment】 Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the time of purchase. 【Auto-renewal】 Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. 【Cancel auto-renew】 Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase。Follow these steps to turn off auto-renewal: Settings -> select and view the Apple ID -> click Subscriptions -> choose to cancel this subscription. ## Privacy Policy http://alturl.com/4c88x ## Term of Use http://alturl.com/iyyts Feel free to send me any comments or questions by email 【cutclip@outlook.com】. We'd like to hear from you.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Obsidian Web Clipper at 4.3 against CutClip's 3.7. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (105 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. CutClip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Obsidian Web Clipper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Obsidian Web Clipper holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian Web Clipper has 105 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CutClip ships an update every 2 weeks, Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CutClip versus Obsidian Web Clipper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCutClipObsidian Web Clipper
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.3 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—68.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer思意 谢Dynalist Inc.

Customer experience

CutClip

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Obsidian Web Clipper

All ratings98 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative21.6%

Bugs and requests

CutClip

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

3 purchases

CutClip

Subscriptions3
  • Store data on iCloud$1.491 Month
  • Store data on iCloud$7.996 Months
  • Store data on iCloud$13.991 Year
None

Obsidian Web Clipper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CutClip free?
CutClip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Obsidian Web Clipper free?
Obsidian Web Clipper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CutClip or Obsidian Web Clipper?
Obsidian Web Clipper is rated higher. CutClip averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Obsidian Web Clipper averages 4.3 from 105 ratings.
Do CutClip or Obsidian Web Clipper have ads?
Neither CutClip nor Obsidian Web Clipper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CutClip or Obsidian Web Clipper?
CutClip ships an update every 2 weeks, and Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. Most recently, CutClip was updated on November 3, 2026 and Obsidian Web Clipper on November 4, 2026.

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