Obsidian vs Pushinator
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 stores your notes as plain text Markdown files. Access your personal second brain on any device, with extensive customization options and community-driven plugins.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view
- Community plugins
- Themes
- Sidebar pinning
- iCloud vaults
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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
Pushinator
Easily subscribe to notification channels by scanning QR codes. Receive instant updates whenever new content is available. Create and manage your own notification channels on the web.
- Subscribe to channels via QR codes
- Receive instant update notifications
- Create custom notification channels
- Web-based integrations and automations
- Easy-to-use interface
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Pushinator is a push notifications service and easy-to-use app that lets you subscribe to notification channels using QR codes. Once you've subscribed, you'll receive notifications whenever new updates are available. To get started, simply scan the QR code for the channel you want to subscribe to. Pushinator will automatically add the channel to your list of subscriptions, and you'll start receiving notifications right away. Visit pushinator.com to learn how to create your own notifications channels, set up integrations & automations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pushinator at 5.0 against Obsidian's 4.5. Obsidian's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Pushinator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. 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.
Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Pushinator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | Pushinator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #122 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Appricos |
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
Pushinator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
Pushinator
No in-app purchases
