Obsidian vs ReSerch
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
ReSerch
Instantly transform video content into searchable, quotable notes. Paste links from popular platforms to get on-device transcriptions that can be exported to various text formats for easy note-taking and research.
- Paste video URLs from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram
- On-device audio transcription
- Export to Markdown or Rich Text
- Highlight passages and add inline notes
- Bulk select and copy transcripts
- Offline transcript history search
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Capture every video worth keeping. ReSerch turns the videos you scroll past into searchable, quotable notes instantly. Paste a TikTok, Instagram Reel, or YouTube link, and ReSerch transcribes the audio on-device, then exports clean Markdown or Rich Text straight to your notes app of choice. WHAT IT DOES — Paste a video URL from TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram — Get a clean transcript locally on ran on your device — Export to Markdown for Obsidian, Logseq, or any markdown editor — Export to Rich Text for Notion, Apple Notes, Mail, or Pages — Highlight passages and add inline notes — Bulk select and copy multiple transcripts at once — Search your transcript history offline BUILT FOR — Researchers and journalists pulling quotes from interview clips — Content creators studying competitors' hooks and scripts — Students saving lecture-style TikToks and educational Reels — Knowledge workers building a second brain in Obsidian or Notion — Podcasters and editors extracting transcribable clips fast PRIVATE BY DESIGN ReSerch transcribes everything locally on your iPhone If you don't trust cloud transcription services with your saved videos, ReSerch is for you. Privacy Policy: https://reserch-app.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReSerch at 100% against Obsidian's 62%. ReSerch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Obsidian's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 3). On price, update cadence and ads 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. ReSerch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReSerch 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Obsidian's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReSerch's.
Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, ReSerch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | ReSerch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Perris Aquino |
Customer experience
Obsidian
ReSerch
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
ReSerch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
ReSerch
- ReSerch Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- ReSerch Lifetime$29.99
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