Obsidian vs IETFNext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
IETFNext
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IETF Next is your tool for navigating the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Conferences. Browse by Working Group or follow along on the schedule and read the latest Internet-Drafts as well as view presentations from the meetings. If you missed a session, pull up the Minutes and check the working group progress against the Charter. All RFC's are indexed and available for reading. Updates and obsoletes can be shown in graph form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Obsidian at every 3 weeks against IETFNext's every 7 months. Obsidian also leads on chart position (#129 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, IETFNext every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | IETFNext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #129 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Thomas Pusateri |
Bugs and 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
IETFNext
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
IETFNext
No in-app purchases
