Obsidian vs Superscribe
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
Superscribe
This app records live conversations, automatically transcribing speech, identifying speakers, and generating summaries and outlines. Users can chat with the AI for answers that link directly to specific moments in the audio recording.
- Live transcription with speaker identification
- AI-generated summaries and outlines
- Chat for answers linked to audio
- Tappable transcripts and outlines
- Cross-device sync
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The live AI note taker. Tap record at the start of your meeting, class, or interview. Superscribe writes a transcript as people talk, names each speaker, and turns the conversation into a summary and outline you can browse. Chat and get answers that link to the key moments. Everything links back to the audio so you can check the app's work: tap any word in the transcript, or outline item to jump to that moment. Every chat answer links back to the relevant moments in the recording — tap any of them to play back and hear it for yourself. - Live transcription: words appear on screen the moment they're spoken. Read along as you record, and never lose your place. - Live speaker identification: Superscribe figures out who's talking from the context of the conversation. Fix any mistakes with a tap — no more "Speaker 1, Speaker 2" guessing games. - Live sync across devices: start recording on your iPhone, watch the transcript come in on your iPad, pick it up on the web later. Everything stays in sync. - Tappable transcripts: tap any word to jump straight to that moment in the recording. - Outlines that link to the audio: a short summary plus a section-by-section outline of what was discussed. Tap any section to play that part of the recording. - AI chat with citations: ask follow-up questions about what was said. Every answer points back to the moments in the audio it came from. Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass: feels at home on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brightenlabs.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian at none against Superscribe's 2. Obsidian also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 4) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). Superscribe's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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
Both are free to download. Superscribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.
Superscribe holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian has 2.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | Superscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Brighten Labs |
Customer experience
Obsidian
Superscribe
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
Superscribe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
Superscribe
- Pro$19.991 Month
- Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year









