Obsidian vs Vbloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Obsidian
Organize your thoughts and knowledge with a powerful, local-first note-taking app. Build your personal knowledge base using plain text Markdown files, accessible across devices. Customize your experience with themes and plugins for a truly personal workflow.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view for connections
- 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
Vbloom
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Vbloom is your personal idea garden - a calm space to capture, organize, and grow your thoughts before they disappear. Whether it is a quick spark of inspiration, a bold wild dream, or something to revisit later, Vbloom helps you plant every idea and gently bring it to life. CAPTURE IN SECONDS Type or record a voice note the moment inspiration strikes. Add a mood tag and your idea is safely planted. ORGANIZE BY MOOD Tag ideas with 5 customizable moods: Spark - High energy Chill - Easy, low effort Wild - Big, ambitious ideas Later - Save for another time Love - Favorites to revisit WATCH THEM BLOOM Ideas evolve from Seed to Sprout to Flower as you revisit them. If left untouched for a while, they gently wilt - a soft reminder to return to what matters. DAILY BLOOM Receive a daily reminder with one of your ideas at a time you choose. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Rename moods, change emojis, and switch between light and dark themes. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE All your ideas stay on your device. No account required. No cloud. No tracking. Give your ideas room to grow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vbloom at every 2 days against Obsidian's every 3 weeks. Obsidian's advantage is chart position (#133 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, Vbloom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | Vbloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Kanpitcha Nonnittayanan |
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
Vbloom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
Vbloom
No in-app purchases
