Comparison

Obsidian vs Stikkr

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Local Markdown file storage
  • Customizable toolbar
  • Graph view
  • Community plugins
  • Themes
  • Sidebar pinning
  • iCloud vaults
Features
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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

About

Stikkr

Design and print custom labels directly from your device using text, images, and templates. Supports batch printing and offers an offline-first experience with no ads or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Label design canvas
  • 150+ pre-made templates
  • Bluetooth printing
  • Batch printing from CSV
  • Counter labels with encryption
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or accounts
Features
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Stikkr is a label designer and Bluetooth print app for NIIMBOT D110, B1, B21, B3S and newer Phomemo M110 printers. It runs entirely on your device, with no accounts and no ads. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Design labels on a canvas — text, shapes, barcodes, QR codes, your own images. • Use 150+ ready-made templates: address blocks, price tags, jar labels, cable IDs, return-address strips, and more. • Print over Bluetooth straight to your printer. No cloud round-trip, no print server. • Batch print from a CSV or spreadsheet — type once, print fifty. • Counter labels with optional encryption — keep a private running series across batches without exposing the raw count. • Quick-fill any field from your phone keyboard or a clipboard paste. • Six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean. WHAT IT WON'T DO • No account. No sign-up. No "create your free workspace." • No ads. Not a single banner, ever. • No analytics by default. One optional anonymous toggle in Settings, off out of the box. • No cloud sync in v1.0. Anything you make stays on your device unless you export it yourself. PRINTERS SUPPORTED AT LAUNCH • NIIMBOT D110 — the popular pocket label printer with replaceable ribbons. • NIIMBOT B1 / B21 / B3S — the larger desktop and portable models. • Phomemo M110 (newer BLE models, also sold as M150) — the M110 hardware with the OLED screen. Older M110 hardware revisions that only speak Bluetooth Classic SPP are not supported in this release. OFFLINE-FIRST BY DESIGN Your designs, spreadsheets, print history and printer pairings stay on your device. They are never sent to any server. You can use the entire label-designing-and-printing flow without giving us so much as an email address. The network is touched only for things you explicitly opt into: a one-time purchase, optional anonymous usage statistics, or a cloud feature you turn on yourself. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UNLOCK Stikkr has a generous daily print quota that covers everyday use. If you regularly run big batches, a one-time in-app purchase removes the cap forever — no subscription, no recurring fee. Single payment, yours from then on. WHO THIS IS FOR People who bought a thermal label printer and would prefer their label app not to upsell them on premium fonts, login flows, or "AI Suggestions". Hobbyists, small-shop owners, archivists, anyone running a tidy household, anyone who labels jars. If you've been put off by the official apps that ship with these printers, this is the app they should have shipped with.

Screenshots

Obsidian4 screens
Stikkr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stikkr at 100% against Obsidian's 62%. Stikkr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Obsidian's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stikkr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stikkr 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. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Obsidian's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stikkr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Stikkr every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Obsidian versus Stikkr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObsidianStikkr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#122 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynalist Inc.Simon McAuliffe

Customer experience

Obsidian

All ratings2,803 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews1,354 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative26.0%

Stikkr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Stikkr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Obsidian

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Stikkr

One-time1
  • Unlimited Prints$7.99

Questions

Is Obsidian free?
Obsidian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stikkr free?
Stikkr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Obsidian or Stikkr?
Stikkr is rated higher. Obsidian averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Stikkr averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Obsidian or Stikkr have ads?
Neither Obsidian nor Stikkr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Obsidian or Stikkr?
Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stikkr every 3 months. Most recently, Obsidian was updated on November 12, 2026 and Stikkr on November 5, 2026.

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