Comparison

Obsidian vs KGM

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

KGM

Streamline your move or downsizing by photographing, identifying, and deciding the fate of each item. Organize packed boxes with smart labels and track moving costs against item value to make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • Item photography and cataloging
  • AI-powered item identification
  • Decision-making workflow
  • Smart box packing and tracking
  • Cost analysis for moving/storage
  • Household sharing and syncing
  • Desktop access and printing
Features
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Moving? Downsizing? Get the whole household on the same page: every item photographed, decided and packed — together. KGM turns the hardest part of a move — hundreds of small decisions — into something a family actually finishes. Point the camera at an item and it's in. Ask the built-in AI to identify it and it comes back named, described, weighed and valued. Then do what the name orders: make up your mind — keep it or give it — then move! WHAT'S INSIDE • Snap it — photograph items one at a time or in bulk. Every item keeps its photos, notes, room, category and value. • AI identification — a standard identification names an item, describes it and estimates its weight and value; an expert one digs deeper for the items that deserve it. • Decide it — work through the undecided pile with a card deck built for momentum: one swipe makes the call, and 'Not sure' parks the item for a later decision without losing your pace. • Pack it — smart boxes know what's in them and what they weigh, where they are stored and what their final destination is in the new place, so nothing gets lost between homes. • The money, honest — enter your mover's quote and every item shows its true cost to move. That old couch you've been thinking of replacing? See what it costs to move against what you could sell it for. One tough decision made easy! Thinking of storing some keepers instead? Compare the storage cost against what the stored items are worth before you spend the money. • One household on every phone — invite your family with a single QR code; everyone adds, everyone decides, everything syncs. Pick your household's currency and every value in the app wears it — it works worldwide. • The Desk — open your move on a computer at keepgivemove.com/desk: the whole inventory on a big screen, and everything that prints — QR box labels, manifests, reports. • Yours, on your phone — your inventory also lives on your device and works offline. Sign in and it's backed up in the cloud and shared with your household. FAIR, SIMPLE PRICING Try it without creating an account — up to 30 items. Sign up for a free account and that limit lifts: keep as many items as you like, share with your household, back everything up, and get access to 30 standard plus 2 expert AI identifications, free. The Move Pass — one-time, no subscription: 800 standard + 20 expert AI identifications and everything the Desk prints: QR labels, manifests, reports. One pass, yours forever. Need more identifications later? A Top-up adds 500 standard and 10 expert — credits never expire. No ads. No selling your data. Your photos and notes stay in your household's private space. Snap it. Decide it. Pack it. KEEP.GIVE.MOVE

Screenshots

Obsidian4 screens
KGM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KGM at 5.0 against Obsidian's 4.5. Obsidian's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). On price, ads 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. KGM sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KGM 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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Obsidian versus KGM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObsidianKGM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#113 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynalist Inc.LEONARDO S CORTES

Customer experience

Obsidian

All ratings2,803 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews1,347 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral12.0%
Negative26.1%

KGM

All ratings1 ratings
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

KGM

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Obsidian

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

KGM

One-time2
  • Top-up$4.99
  • Move Pass$19.99

Questions

Is Obsidian free?
Obsidian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KGM free?
KGM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Obsidian or KGM?
KGM is rated higher. Obsidian averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while KGM averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Obsidian or KGM have ads?
Neither Obsidian nor KGM shows ads.

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